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Lotus official press release today, which was good news on almsot all fronts.
Here are some key changes:
New Elise SC, which has fatotry supercharger installed, good for around 220hp. SC package also includes new wheels and a lame little spoiler which is good for nothing. This is something owners have been calling for for a long time. It isn't intercooled like the Exiges are, but you get far more rear visibility.
New performance pack for Exige S, which boosts hp up to 240. Exige S's across the board have the old Cup roof scoop, the mohawk-style lid that extends the opening right to the windscreen (again, very demanded). Performance pack also includes other goodies like launch control and on-the-fly 30-mode traction control (apparently ridiculously cool). Also bigger brakes are included.
Airbags are standard across the range (has been in North America since 05 anyway), all cars also benefit from a nifty new guage cluster with some sort of fancy new LCD display unit. Aircon is optional, before it was deleted at a cost. New paint is something that they only mention, but provide no photos to support the new range. There are several new colours, and the removal of some old favorites. They also seem to have bought up the old chameleon paint from TVR, so expect to see some of those flippy metalics from Lotus soon too (the only photos I've seen are on little models taken at the factory a couple of months ago, so who knows what will actually happen).
All in all it is pretty good news, they added some interesting things across the line. Also they made sure to not piss off current owners with false promises, and the 05s are starting to roll into after-warranty, so those base cars are going to stop depreciating because of aftermarket options. They seem to finally be doing things right (oh yeah, they also gave the boot to the ass who lead Lotus Cars USA). Now we have to wait another couple of months to see what will happen with the GT3, the Eagle and hopefully Esprit-replacement.
Oh yeah, here are some shots of the new Elise SC, with its new wheels and wing (both of which I dislike). I'm not sure what the colour is, but it is not the much-loved Chrome Orange.
Enjoy!
Here are some key changes:
New Elise SC, which has fatotry supercharger installed, good for around 220hp. SC package also includes new wheels and a lame little spoiler which is good for nothing. This is something owners have been calling for for a long time. It isn't intercooled like the Exiges are, but you get far more rear visibility.
New performance pack for Exige S, which boosts hp up to 240. Exige S's across the board have the old Cup roof scoop, the mohawk-style lid that extends the opening right to the windscreen (again, very demanded). Performance pack also includes other goodies like launch control and on-the-fly 30-mode traction control (apparently ridiculously cool). Also bigger brakes are included.
Airbags are standard across the range (has been in North America since 05 anyway), all cars also benefit from a nifty new guage cluster with some sort of fancy new LCD display unit. Aircon is optional, before it was deleted at a cost. New paint is something that they only mention, but provide no photos to support the new range. There are several new colours, and the removal of some old favorites. They also seem to have bought up the old chameleon paint from TVR, so expect to see some of those flippy metalics from Lotus soon too (the only photos I've seen are on little models taken at the factory a couple of months ago, so who knows what will actually happen).
All in all it is pretty good news, they added some interesting things across the line. Also they made sure to not piss off current owners with false promises, and the 05s are starting to roll into after-warranty, so those base cars are going to stop depreciating because of aftermarket options. They seem to finally be doing things right (oh yeah, they also gave the boot to the ass who lead Lotus Cars USA). Now we have to wait another couple of months to see what will happen with the GT3, the Eagle and hopefully Esprit-replacement.
Oh yeah, here are some shots of the new Elise SC, with its new wheels and wing (both of which I dislike). I'm not sure what the colour is, but it is not the much-loved Chrome Orange.
Enjoy!
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That spoiler is wrong! Any shots of the Exige yet?
