Scottish Elises

The Lotus Exige S – breathtaking performance from the fastest accelerating Lotus ever to come off the production line

Summary

A small lightweight sportscar weighing just 935 kg (2057 lbs), powered by a 162.5 kW (218 hp, 220 PS) high revving supercharged engine, giving a zero to 100 km/h time of just 4.3 seconds (0 – 60 mph in 4.1 seconds). It comes straight off the production line and isn’t an “aftermarket specialâ€

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Lotus Exige S Specifications, Technical Details and Options

Vehicle Description Technical Specifications

Mid-mounted, transverse, 1796 cm3, 2ZZ-GE engine, Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) & aluminium lightweight and compact construction, 4 cylinders in line, water cooled. 11.5:1 Compression ratio, Double overhead camshafts exploiting a Variable Valve Timing & Lift with intelligence (VVTL-i) system, hydraulic tappets, 4 valves per cylinder, rocker arms with low friction followers. Lotus electronic throttle control system
Lotus developed supercharger installation including intake manifold, plenum and induction system, and air to air intercooler – (cooling air enters via the roof scoop)

Engine

Twin oil coolers (front mounted)
Engine management Lotus T4e engine control unit
Max Power 162.5 kW (218 hp, 221 PS) @ 7800 rpm
Max Torque 215 Nm (158.6 lb ft, 22 kgf m) @ 5500 rpm
Power to weight ratio 173.8kW/t (233.2hp/t, 236.4PS/t )
Specific power output 90.5 kW/_ (121.4 hp/_, 123 PS/_)
Three-way catalytic converterEmissions control .
Euro IV emissions compliant with full On-Board Diagnostics (OBD).
Transmission C64 Gearbox, aluminium lightweight construction, 6-speed, close ratio,constant mesh helical gears and open differential. (Limited Slip Differential option)
Fully independent sport suspension utilising unequal length wishbones, Bilstein mono-tube gas damper, Eibach coaxial coil spring at each corner and front anti-roll bar.


Suspension

Double-shear rear traction control arm brace
Chassis Lotus designed lightweight structure of epoxy bonded aluminium alloy extrusions with integral steel seat-belt support structure and lightweight steel rear subframe.
Steering Solidly mounted mechanical rack and pinion steering box with 2.8 turns lock-tolock.
Brakes Servo-assisted, track tuned 4-channel Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with Lotus/AP-Racing twin-piston fixed aluminium alloy front brake calipers, Brembo single-piston sliding rear calipers and 282 mm diameter, 26 mm thick front and rear cast-iron ventilated & cross-drilled discs.

Wheels

Unique black lightweight cast wheels of eight x Y-spoke design (16â€

Ha ha
Was in MMC a couple of weeks ago told Pauline 'they are bound to use that new yota with SC in the Exige.'
I am good! Will have to go and gloat

£4k premium aint that bad really is it ?

.....i mean i know you are doing it for less Jamie, but its not as bad as when you look at 240R prices.

simon wrote: It is certainly the quickest Lotus production car - so far!...

(121.4 hp / litre, 123 PS / litre)
935 kg, 2057 lbs)
(233.2 hp/tonne, 236.4 PS/tonne)

Pah....

>tapping on the rear wing of my Esprit S4s<

140PS / litre
1180 kg
271 hp/tonne

PAH!

I guess Hethel burned the archives while closing the Esprit production line!


...now they said it was 300BHP where it actually was 320 But even with 300BHP the figures would look like:

136PS / litre
1180 kg
254 hp/tonne

If I did not have my Exige I would go for the 240R now selling for 37K on PHs lot of goodies for your £s

Those times seem a little optimistic!

4.1 0-60 Surely that aint right?

How does that compare to the 240R?

Sounds very nice to me - though I've never liked those wheels as much as the standard Exige ones!

Think they copy and pasted the 240R times which are optimistic as it is!

The Lotus Exige S – more suitable performance from the Exige we should have launched in the first place

so true! Dont want to know what its going to do to the secondhand exige market!

already asked MMC when the demo is going to be there. Looks like March time frame.

OTR cost £38.5k approx.

Its not meant to be announced for another 10 days or so

If the engine is technically the same as the GT3 version, surely someone will figure a way to liberate a few more ponies from it???

Probably something really cheeky, like the Mini Cooper thing...

You know, the new Mini Cooper was exactly the same spec, engine wise, as the Mini One, the fly-by-wire throttle on the One was just calibrated so that it didn't open fully!!!

Still, easy power for those who know.

Probably something really cheeky, like the Mini Cooper thing...

You know, the new Mini Cooper was exactly the same spec, engine wise, as the Mini One, the fly-by-wire throttle on the One was just calibrated so that it didn't open fully!!!

Still, easy power for those who know.