Lotus Elise goes to school.

[eshtog]

Originally posted by: TitanDiddly
My MB 300D (w/ turbo) could probably hold its own there. Not win, but not spectacular loss, either.

Please put down the crack pipe.

 

[MBrown]

That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Stewy
It would have been a little more fair if the Veyron was put up against the Exige S. It would have still gotten slaughtered.... but not quite as bad.

And even less bad slaughtering would be the Lotus Sport Exige.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Lotus-Sport-Exige.htm

how do they crank 400 hp out of a naturally aspirated 3 liter v6?

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
http://www.fastdrive.org/1/p/car-videos/car-videos.php?view.825.0.25

that is the definition of WALKING a car

I would hope that a 1000BHP car would pull away from an elise on the straigtaway. That being said, the elise had it in the chicanes

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Stewy
It would have been a little more fair if the Veyron was put up against the Exige S. It would have still gotten slaughtered.... but not quite as bad.

And even less bad slaughtering would be the Lotus Sport Exige.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Lotus-Sport-Exige.htm

how do they crank 400 hp out of a naturally aspirated 3 liter v6?

It's a high compression near-competition engine.

RPA puts out 383hp out of their Powertec RPD Macroblock 2.6L V8 (and 525hp in their 3L form).

http://www.radicalsportscars.com/news_folder/superbitch/index.php

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Stewy
It would have been a little more fair if the Veyron was put up against the Exige S. It would have still gotten slaughtered.... but not quite as bad.

And even less bad slaughtering would be the Lotus Sport Exige.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Lotus-Sport-Exige.htm

how do they crank 400 hp out of a naturally aspirated 3 liter v6?

I thought the exige was blown?

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Stewy
It would have been a little more fair if the Veyron was put up against the Exige S. It would have still gotten slaughtered.... but not quite as bad.

And even less bad slaughtering would be the Lotus Sport Exige.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Lotus-Sport-Exige.htm

how do they crank 400 hp out of a naturally aspirated 3 liter v6?

I thought the exige was blown?

The Exige S is blown. It's an Exige with a supercharger with 240hp and a bit more weight.

The Sport Exige was a specially designed car made for a very rich Malaysian (I believe) client. Ultra lightweight dry CF widebody (1873 lbs), 400hp dry-sumped normally aspirated v6, Hewland sequential transmission, 8-point rollcage, Ohlins ST44 dampers, AP brakes, etc.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

MBrown is correct, it's the Veyron.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

MBrown is correct, it's the Veyron.

No I meant a Veyron compared to a Carrera GT not a Mclaren F1.

 

[imported_Stewy]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Stewy
It would have been a little more fair if the Veyron was put up against the Exige S. It would have still gotten slaughtered.... but not quite as bad.

And even less bad slaughtering would be the Lotus Sport Exige.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Lotus-Sport-Exige.htm

how do they crank 400 hp out of a naturally aspirated 3 liter v6?

I thought the exige was blown?

The Exige S is blown. It's an Exige with a supercharger with 240hp and a bit more weight.

The Sport Exige was a specially designed car made for a very rich Malaysian (I believe) client. Ultra lightweight dry CF widebody (1873 lbs), 400hp dry-sumped normally aspirated v6, Hewland sequential transmission, 8-point rollcage, Ohlins ST44 dampers, AP brakes, etc.

Correct. The regular Exige is just a regular Elise with a new body, new suspension, ect.. Much more track oriented. The HP is the same as the Elise however... Around 190, right?

The Exige S is the one featured on Top Gear a few weeks ago.

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

MBrown is correct, it's the Veyron.

No I meant a Veyron compared to a Carrera GT not a Mclaren F1.

I'm pretty sure it was the McLaren F1 he was talking about.

 

[hysperion]

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

I'm sure he was talking about the Carrera GT without seeing the episode. Jeremy Clarkson hates everything Porsche and will always go for a punchline one one.......................In reguards to the Veyron hitting 200 first: Big F-N Deal.....For probably 50k or less you could make a dragster muscle car with comparible handling. The Veyron is a boat. The Carrera GT would smoke a Veyron around the ring or any other worldclass track.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

MBrown is correct, it's the Veyron.

No I meant a Veyron compared to a Carrera GT not a Mclaren F1.

Ah, gotcha. Still incorrect.

Jeremy Clarkson's Article for The Sunday Times

You might point out at this juncture that the McLaren F1 could top 240mph, but at that speed it was pretty much out of control. And anyway it really isn?t in the same league as the Bugatti. In a drag race you could let the McLaren get to 120mph before setting off in the Veyron. And you?d still get to 200mph first. The Bugatti is way, way faster than anything else the roads have seen.

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: hysperion

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

I'm sure he was talking about the Carrera GT without seeing the episode. Jeremy Clarkson hates everything Porsche and will always go for a punchline one one.......................In reguards to the Veyron hitting 200 first: Big F-N Deal.....For probably 50k or less you could make a dragster muscle car with comparible handling. The Veyron is a boat. The Carrera GT would smoke a Veyron around the ring or any other worldclass track.

I don't think many of they Veyrons are actually going to see any track days, so the point is moot.

How many of the road going CLK-GTRs have actually been raced on a track? Fair enough, you wouldn't want to race a limited edition, but the car also costs ~1,500,000 USD, IIRC.

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx

Originally posted by: MBrown
That this is FAST!!!!!!!!!! Especially on that last strait away. Jeremy Clarkson said that if the Veyron and the Mclaren F1 had a race and the F1 would hit 150 before the veyron took off and the veyron would beat the F1 to 200mph. That is just mind boggling.

I believe he was talking about the Carrera GT. Not 100% sure.

MBrown is correct, it's the Veyron.

No I meant a Veyron compared to a Carrera GT not a Mclaren F1.

Ah, gotcha. Still incorrect.

Jeremy Clarkson's Article for The Sunday Times

You might point out at this juncture that the McLaren F1 could top 240mph, but at that speed it was pretty much out of control. And anyway it really isn?t in the same league as the Bugatti. In a drag race you could let the McLaren get to 120mph before setting off in the Veyron. And you?d still get to 200mph first. The Bugatti is way, way faster than anything else the roads have seen.

Amazing. Check out the end of this video. Its unreal. Text

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I find that my Veyron is a bit faster than my Elise on the Nuremburg.

Correct that to Nurburgring and you have some nice smelling BS

 

[notfred]

Jesus, that Bugatti accelerates like a motherfvcker.

 

[overst33r]

 

[filetitan]

anyone have any info towards when Lotus Exige S will be coming to the US ?

 

[ElFenix]

i was about to post R

 

[LordMorpheus]

4300 lbs really?

My lincoln town car weighs less than that!

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
4300 lbs really?

My lincoln town car weighs less than that!

Yeah but I bet that car's engine weighs more than your car altogether .

 

[overst33r]

nicey

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Stewy

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Stewy
It would have been a little more fair if the Veyron was put up against the Exige S. It would have still gotten slaughtered.... but not quite as bad.

And even less bad slaughtering would be the Lotus Sport Exige.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Lotus-Sport-Exige.htm

how do they crank 400 hp out of a naturally aspirated 3 liter v6?

I thought the exige was blown?

The Exige S is blown. It's an Exige with a supercharger with 240hp and a bit more weight.

The Sport Exige was a specially designed car made for a very rich Malaysian (I believe) client. Ultra lightweight dry CF widebody (1873 lbs), 400hp dry-sumped normally aspirated v6, Hewland sequential transmission, 8-point rollcage, Ohlins ST44 dampers, AP brakes, etc.

Correct. The regular Exige is just a regular Elise with a new body, new suspension, ect.. Much more track oriented. The HP is the same as the Elise however... Around 190, right?

The Exige S is the one featured on Top Gear a few weeks ago.

It would be the same HP as the American Elise, the European ones are in the 140s I think...