Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Lotus
The first thing you need to know is that this is the
Lotus Exige S Roadster, unchanged from the Exige S even in price and officially the fastest convertible
Lotus has ever made. The second thing you need to know is that if you live in the US, you won't be getting this car.
Now that that's out of the way, the lack of a roof, rear wing and front splitter help make it 22 pounds lighter than the coupe, coming in a 2,565 pounds, and the supercharged 3.5-liter V6 in this topless blossom discharges 345 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. For historical comparison with a non-convertible, those numbers nearly match the
2004 Lotus Esprit V8 Final Run edition - which had twin Garrett turbochargers. Yet the Exige S gets from a stoplight to 60 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds, nearly a full second quicker than that
Esprit. Fair play, though, the Esprit did weigh 3,040 pounds.
It will be fitted with a six-speed manual only, and cost 52,900 pounds ($79,667 US), 55,378 euros ($71,404 US) or 8,500,000 yen ($82,078 US), depending on where you live. Here in the US we'll be sticking with the track-only Exige V6 Cup and Cup R models. The press release
below offers more on the fine points.
Continue reading Lotus offers Exige S Roadster for sale, but not in North America
Lotus offers Exige S Roadster for sale, but not in North America originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 23 May 2013 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Videos, Lotus
We haven't heard much about the
Lotus Exige S Roadster since we first saw it at the
Geneva Motor Show last year, but
Lotus is now confirming the car will go on sale this summer. Of course, unless anything has changed since the car was introduced, Lotus' "ultimate roadster" will still not be coming to the US.
Lotus has released a new video showing its 345-horsepower roadster in action, and while it doesn't even show that much of the car, you can check out our live images of the Exige S Roadster in our gallery. The video, which looks like a knockoff of a Universal Studios movie trailer, is
posted below.
Continue reading Lotus Exige S Roadster coming this summer to a circuit near you
Lotus Exige S Roadster coming this summer to a circuit near you originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 01 May 2013 19:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It's more than sad that we won't be getting this run-out version of the Lotus Exige. Maybe it's because the company's U.S. air-bag exemption has run out, or that CEO Dany Bahar's pissed we weren't more excited about the company's new concepts. So, let's share a moment of vicarious pleasure with Chris Harris
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It's more than sad that we won't be getting this run-out version of the Lotus Exige. Maybe it's because the company's U.S. air-bag exemption has run out, or that CEO Dany Bahar's pissed we weren't more excited about the company's new concepts. So, let's share a moment of vicarious pleasure with Chris Harris
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It's more than sad that we won't be getting this run-out version of the Lotus Exige. Maybe it's because the company's U.S. air-bag exemption has run out, or that CEO Dany Bahar's pissed we weren't more excited about the company's new concepts. So, let's share a moment of vicarious pleasure with Chris Harris
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