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Old 11-21-2008, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ULLLOSE
That is how the Elise started to.... By the end of 2005 it had one.
As far as I remember the elise was faster on a race track without the LSD. The only reason they put it in was because of all the whining (and rightfully so) from autocrossers in the US.
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Originally Posted by ShinkaTeen
reminds me of a lambo.. and we all know what happened to them.
What happened to them? They started making more reliable, useable supercars which sold in far greater numbers than previous? I'm confused...
Old 11-21-2008, 10:25 PM
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i think i ment to say "we all know about them"...

i dont know why i sad WE ALL..

cause i was just trying to hint that i hate those cars... i guess i should have put like a weird face things to get my point better across.
Old 11-21-2008, 10:47 PM
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That car is beautiful and anybody that thinks otherwise is a stupider dumby poo-poo head.
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that is one sexy *** car! Put me on the list...
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Originally Posted by zoom44
Gotta go to my local Lotus dealer soon! But I gotta say, did anyone ever expect to see such a fat *** on a Lotus?
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its just a weird angle and the black hides the line on the top of the panel
Old 11-22-2008, 09:57 AM
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She's gota big butt, I can not lie.....
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anyone know where they are getting the 3.5 v6 from??
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Old 11-22-2008, 12:19 PM
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I am definately going to have to take a drive to my local lotus dealership to see this in person. I the body looks nice in the photos but it might look better or wrose in person. I wonder what the CD and CL is? At 3000LBS the v6 should get the car around the track very quick and probably have a top speed of around 165-175. The v6 should have a little more power then the stock camry engine and even a camry will do 150-160 (scary).
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Defeats the purpose of a lotus.
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front lights look similar to the F430. I love it, I wonder what the price tag is
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Originally Posted by Falken
Defeats the purpose of a lotus.
That's kind of the point. It's not a replacement or competitor to the elise, it was made to attract a new buyer to lotus.

I'd be interested if they added 70-100 hp.
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
That's kind of the point. It's not a replacement or competitor to the elise, it was made to attract a new buyer to lotus.

I'd be interested if they added 70-100 hp.
That V6 is a good motor. 268 HP at 6200 RPM and 247 FT LBS at 4700 on 87 octane. Bump is up to 91 octane and toyota says it makes 280 and 260.

I think that these are the same number lotus is using. My guess is that they will make some minor changes and get it closer to 300HP.

Give them a couple of years. The first couple of years they will sell to the people that just have to have it then then they raise the bar to keep the sells going.
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saw it in person yesterday at the car show; gorgeous!
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This is truly am awesome looking car.

I'm sure it will eventually get a SC. The exige and elise both started NA then moved to SC'ed. I remember reading that lotus did leave enough room around the engine to add a SC.
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the Evora has been known for a year.

Sure is a nice car.
Old 11-24-2008, 10:32 PM
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hmmm...i'm intrigued by the headlights! it looks pretty big though, almost like the GT-R. i'll have to check it out at the auto show this week
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Here are some shots I took at the L.A. Auto show this last weekend.

Enjoy...





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BTW, I spoke to the sales person and its at around $75,000
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Originally Posted by djcharlee
Enjoy...
Man, that's one big butt!
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Front end doesn't match the backend. Back end looks better. Lotus has never been good with creating an original front end, which I find strange. But then it's not all that surprising, when you look at all those independently built sports cars coming out of the UK, like Noble. They all have nondescript, generic front ends, if not the entire car. Maybe it's a British mind creativity defect.

I would like to see that old Honda NSX replacement concept car from a couple of years back that Ferrari complained Honda copied them. What was the name of that car? That's still the best looking design overall.
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I'll take an Exige as my weekend car, and the Evora will be the beater.

Yeah. That works nicely.

I love the front. Big happy face.


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