I actually like the body styling of this car but i think the mirrors are fugly




heres the specs

http://www.grouplotus.com/car/car_te...s.php?id=7#top

Engine installation Transverse, mid-mounted
Cylinder configuration in-line 4
Capacity 1998 cm3
Fuel consumption - urban 22.2 mpg ( 12.7 l/100 km )
Fuel consumption - extraurban 38.9 mpg (7.3 l/100 km )
Fuel consumption - combined 30.4 mpg ( 9.3 l/100 km )
CO2 emissions 220 g/km
Fuel tank capacity 9.6 galUK ( 43.5 l )
Gear ratios I / II / III 3.818 :1 / 2.158 :1 / 1.475 :1
IV / V / VI 1.067 :1 / 0.875 :1 / 0.744 :1
R / Final drive 3.545 :1 / 3.941 :1
Max Power 197 bhp ( 147 kW ) ( 200 PS ) at 5400 rpm
Max Torque 200 lbft ( 272 Nm ) at 5000 rpm
Specific power output 99 bhp/l ( 74 kW/l ) ( 100 PS/l)
Power to weight ratio 198 bhp/ton ( 148 kW/t ) ( 205 PS/l)
0-60 mph 5.5 seconds
0-100 km/h 5.8 seconds
0-100 mph (0-160 km/h) 13.8 seconds
Maximum speed 143 mph ( 230 km/h )
Vehicle mass - unladen 995 kg
Weight distribution 38% Front - 62% Rear

 

It's an overweight Elise that won't be sold in the US. [:'(]

 

I would have hoped that, were Lotus to revive the Europa name, it would have tried to stay closewr to the original car, in content and styling...

IMHO, the whole car is fugly, and a deritive design based on the Elise, which is borderline fugly itself, but made beautiful by the sheer performance capabilities of the beastie

 

I dont like it. I dont like the Elise either. Way too small and so underpowered for an "exoitc". I know thats not the focus, but still.

 

Meh it is a small amount of horsepower, but it's a tiny lightweight car... the Exige is the one I'd be after, though.

Reading those fuel consumption ratings... I can get 9.3L/100 km out of my car combined driving, if I drive like a grandmother. I put about 1000 miles on my car driving to save gas... and I avg'd 9.3L/100km... so a bit over 30mpg combined. Not bad for the heavy A4 w quattro...

 

It would kinda suck to have a car that looks like that that isn't actually fast.

There's a guy that works close to me that has one of these(in Red without the sunroof)




I think he has some kind of modified exhaust because it is loud when he guns it - and he guns it just about everywhere he goes.

 

He hasta gun it. No, rilly, teh flywheel is sooper light, if it's teh turbo-4-banger. I read that somewhere. it's not from personal experience...

 

Way too small, way too underpowered and way too unattractive, definitely not a head turner...Lotus downgrade[sm=smiley21.gif]

 

I agree, the elise or exige...this things ugly like a frankenstein creation...just wrong