Underworld Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 They showed a new Lotus exige last night, it was the 1.8 toyota engine with a ... super charger on it! COoooool. 0-60 in 4 seconds. Thats pretty damn quick! Also looked a really fun drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afennell Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I wonder if you can buy the super charger kit. I have seen the turo kits, just not the charger kits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspec Germany Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Nice car, but I would've lined up something other than the Moostang GT. A sh*tty comparison to say the least. Oh, and I would've put it on the cool board, then again, I tend to disagree with Clarkson a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Comparison was a little unfair:d I liked it though:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The comparison was done to show how A light car with not a huge amount of power and a cr@p driver can spank the arse of some big thing with lots of power and importantly torque...even with an ace driver. Lotus MotorSport will convert older Exiges....for about 7K....but it's cheaper to trade in your old Exige and get a new one with it all fitted to start with. Also the understeer that it had was due to the fact the factory has to make them idiot proof as much as possible...an owner who can drive would have that dialed out with suspension adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I was amazed Clackson could get in one..?! with his legs round his head.. Yeah, was the Toyota engine anything to do with Digsy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afennell Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The old one did not have the crap understeer. I think i would still prefer an mr2 turbo. Still has the go-kart handling, but with all the usual comforts. Also save me nearly 30k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 nice car but expensive for a car that could be a bit of a one trick pony to some extent, you are still going to get left behind on the A road when already moving and that family saloon with stuff in the boot, air con on etc is pushing you out of the way. Excellent track car though for the ability to just turn up and drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Yeah, was the Toyota engine anything to do with Digsy? Nope...the Toyota Engine is a crate job from Toyota. Lotus add their own cover and ECU. The supercharger is a TRD unit...and Lotus's involvement was making it fit and more importantly cooling everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 nice car but expensive for a car that could be a bit of a one trick pony to some extent, you are still going to get left behind on the A road when already moving and that family saloon with stuff in the boot, air con on etc is pushing you out of the way. Excellent track car though for the ability to just turn up and drive Eh??? I don't get your analogy at all.. There isn't a family saloon in the world that could live with an Exige on ANY road. Unless you're talking Autobahn's....which if I'm not mistaken arn't in this country. And why are you comparing it to a normal car?? It quite blatently isn't and it isn't trying to be!!! It's no good at getting into a geostationary orbit either apparrently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The old one did not have the crap understeer. Like I said they are making them idiot proof...ie American proof (That was a joke if you're an American reading this ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Slightly on topic. http://cars.msn.co.uk/carnews/tgbanmay06/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Eh??? I don't get your analogy at all.. There isn't a family saloon in the world that could live with an Exige on ANY road. Unless you're talking Autobahn's....which if I'm not mistaken arn't in this country. And why are you comparing it to a normal car?? It quite blatently isn't and it isn't trying to be!!! It's no good at getting into a geostationary orbit either apparrently eh I don't get what the problem is lol. What I'm saying is that there are some regular high performance cars that will at least match if not see this bad boy off at top speed and very high speed driving - the sort you can do on A and M roads... we don't always compare cars performance on a suitable track, these are road cars and on the road it will be sometimes be beaten in circumstances that can't make use of it's exceptional handling and very good off the line performance, make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 And a van will carry more stuff than it too, so what's the point? -Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 lol ok fair enough, you are saying it is nearly unbeatable for what it is good at (for the £), not disputing that at all just saying on the road (rather than track) a car like that could come a cropper and be beaten in circumstances that don't suit it (i.e. top speed / high speed pull) Note - this is not like comparing it against a van for load carrying or a satellite either. The aspects I'm comparing are all part of the cars overall 'performance' measure. I'm not comparing chalk and cheese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Like I said they are making them idiot proof...ie American proof (That was a joke if you're an American reading this ) Americans drive around corners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I was amazed Clackson could get in one..?! with his legs round his head.. Yeah, was the Toyota engine anything to do with Digsy? Not guilty, your honour By the way, it's not the TRD kit. We made our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Not guilty, your honour By the way, it's not the TRD kit. We made our own. Oops my bad...is it an Eaton S/C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I think the innards are Eaton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgs Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 what can them engines be tuned to. 300 brake in that car would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 No idea. You'd probably be better off asking on a Celica forum, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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