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Sep 28, 2007 | 10:30 AM

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I just don't understand why the Exige got so heavy from that one to the next.

I saw a car on the telly the other day that was 320kg, and it looked more substantial than my bloody Elise!

Sep 28, 2007 | 10:37 AM

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ge2

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Originally Posted by Bada Bing!,Sep 28 2007, 07:30 PM

I just don't understand why the Exige got so heavy from that one to the next.

I suppose because they turned it into proper road car that's good on track rather than a track car that's horrible on the road. And falls apart

320kg

what was that then?

Sep 28, 2007 | 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by RichUK,Sep 28 2007, 06:03 PM

Fat bast

Blame the G/F.

Russ.

Sep 28, 2007 | 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by moff,Sep 27 2007, 08:51 AM

Never really understood bhp/ton... well I get what it means, but I used to think this was the main indicator of real world performance.

But, our 335d has 'only' got 175 but is a shade faster than the S to 100mph - 13.8 versus 14.1

Whats that all about?

Area under the torque curve. Which is why the x35Ds are such stompers, and thet's before they're chipped.

BHP/Tonne is a very crude indicator.

A good example would be to compare the NSX with the S2000; the former has a table-top torque curve and feels it. The S2000 needs a lot of work, which makes it far more exciting/terrifying.

They're not far apart on BHP/tonne though!

Sep 28, 2007 | 11:54 AM

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i always thought this was the best looking elise:

the GT1- the love child of an elise and a Noble.

Sep 28, 2007 | 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ge2,Sep 28 2007, 07:37 PM

320kg

what was that then?

The black one - http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain.jsp?ln...ction=On%20test

Sep 29, 2007 | 01:53 AM

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I was expecting some sort of seven-a-like.

Sep 29, 2007 | 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by lower,Sep 28 2007, 08:54 PM

i always thought this was the best looking elise:

the GT1- the love child of an elise and a Noble.

I seen that before somewhere. What's the story behind it?

Sep 29, 2007 | 02:23 AM

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The lotus elise GT1? simplest explantion is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elise_GT1

Lotus built some of them to race in the GT series and had to make one for retail, even if they didn't sell it.

It wasn't successful, but i still think it looks amazing.

If they sold the elise with the the turbo charged lotus V8 in a car looking like this, i'd sell my soul to the devil to have one as a trackday toy!