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Old 09-12-2005, 09:04 AM
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Lotus Exige Confirmed for U.S. Release in Early 2006
"Production will be limited to between 300 and 350 cars for the United States, with a base price of $50,990. Loading up the specifications would add about $6,000."

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=107130

For only $50k??!?!
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That's not an Exige. That picture is of their Le Mans prototype GT racer I believe..
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Correct.
Old 09-12-2005, 09:51 AM
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That pic isnt from the link

The exige is supposed to have basically all new panels compared to the elise except a bumper or somethin like that... and look very similar to the above pic..

I really doubt they're gonna come from the dealership like that
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saw my first Elise today btw. A blue one. hotness.
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A friend of mine took viddy of one 2 ft under water in New Orleans. I can't imagine being the owner of that car, he probably waited months for it...
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The news on the US Exige is old. Take a trip over to elisetalk.com and read the forums. They've known about the Exige for almost six months now. Also, as mentioned, the one in the picture above is not the product we will be seeing here but a one-off race version that was built privately for a client by Lotus. I started this thread on it back in January of this year.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...pic=261121&hl=
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oh. sorry for not searching for your old threads before posting. cheezus.
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The Exige is a fun track car.

An 80's 930 turbo is a faster (much) track car for less money -- but it does eat through more expensive tires and brakes.
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Originally Posted by steven975,Sep 12 2005, 04:19 PM
saw my first Elise today btw. A blue one. hotness.


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