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Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:06 pm
by C7Steve

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:49 pm
by neil
£68k + options :shock:
Presumably the Cup 380 will follow soon

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:20 pm
by tut
I thought there was already a 400/410, or is that the Evora?

tut

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:23 pm
by neil
It's the Evora that's got the 400 & 410. Supposedly that's not possible in the Exige as there's no room in the nose for the charge cooler stuff. Either that or they're saving it for later

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:37 pm
by GraemeLotus
neil wrote:It's the Evora that's got the 400 & 410. Supposedly that's not possible in the Exige as there's no room in the nose for the charge cooler stuff. Either that or they're saving it for later
no room in the nose..

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:46 pm
by ryallm
GraemeLotus wrote: no room in the nose..
Yeah, right, nothing to do with keeping a marketing distance from the more expensive Evora 400.... :) Komotec can squeeze a charge cooler in there so surely can't be beyond Lotus.

The Sport 380 does look fantastic though 8)

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:59 pm
by GraemeLotus
ryallm wrote:
GraemeLotus wrote: no room in the nose..
Yeah, right, nothing to do with keeping a marketing distance from the more expensive Evora 400.... :) Komotec can squeeze a charge cooler in there so surely can't be beyond Lotus.

The Sport 380 does look fantastic though 8)
Komotec don't have to homologate a new car, nor pass crash testing for post-registration mods, nor provide a 3 year pan-Euro warranty.....believe me, it's not quite as easy as it looks...!

The new car is a lovely, lovely thing.....the true performance gap vs 350 is (I'm told) large, and personally I love the new back end.

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:14 pm
by C7Steve
Cup 400 with side skirts on the way then? :wink:


Steve.

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:59 pm
by Eric K
Are all the new Exiges "roadsters"?

i.e. does the roof bit pop off without the need for a spanner or allen key?

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:01 pm
by campbell
Nice.

More interested in the 2020 Elise S4 :-)

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:08 pm
by neil
Eric K wrote:Are all the new Exiges "roadsters"?

i.e. does the roof bit pop off without the need for a spanner or allen key?
After a bit of dremel work they can all be fitted with a soft top which can then be removed the same as the Elise. The hard top still needs tools to remove. Plus at over 140 you need the hard top as the soft top will try to remove itself

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:13 pm
by j2 lot
campbell wrote:Nice.

More interested in the 2020 Elise S4 :-)
:withstupid
New models are needed to reinvigorate things, as good as they are the extra but models generate blips of interest rather then big news.

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 8:48 pm
by Stu160
GraemeLotus wrote:
ryallm wrote:
GraemeLotus wrote: no room in the nose..
Yeah, right, nothing to do with keeping a marketing distance from the more expensive Evora 400.... :) Komotec can squeeze a charge cooler in there so surely can't be beyond Lotus.

The Sport 380 does look fantastic though 8)
Komotec don't have to homologate a new car, nor pass crash testing for post-registration mods, nor provide a 3 year pan-Euro warranty.....believe me, it's not quite as easy as it looks...!

The new car is a lovely, lovely thing.....the true performance gap vs 350 is (I'm told) large, and personally I love the new back end.
Yes Gramme, loving the back end. I had plans over the winter to add most of the aero that you have just put on the 380....so I will now just be a copy cat :D
stunning looking car, and I am sure equally as stunning to drive, well done to all at Lotus. :thumbsup

Stu

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 9:10 pm
by campbell
Aero, Stu? What, you mean you need to go FASTER?!

Re: Lotus Exige Sport 380

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 9:18 pm
by Stu160
campbell wrote:Aero, Stu? What, you mean you need to go FASTER?!
Always Campbell :D

Stu