me too, loving this when it first came out

 

Yeah, they're beautiful. There is one here in Australia and the guy have worked it up. Apparently it runs 4 seconds 0-60mph. It's pretty much a road legal steroid injected go kart. However I've heard the top end suck because of the size of the engine.

 

Well, it's a 1.8L pushing about 177 hp. The light weight attributes to the cars 4 second range of 0-60. If you take a close look at the car and its interior you'll see there's nothing besides 2 seats, 2 guages, a shifter and 3 pedals. And there are no doors, you hop in.

I believe it weighs in around 1,400lbs.


Engine:

4 cylinder in-line, 1.8L mid-mounted water-cooled engine with Lotus developed engine management system. Double overhead cmshafts with mechanical tappets. Electronic multi-point injection.

Performance (estimated):

Maximum Power: 170bhp @ 7800 RPM
Torque: 171Nm @ 5000 RPM
Maximum speed: 130 mph
0-60 mph: 4.3s
0-100 km/h: 4.4s
0-100 mph: 10.9s
0-160 km/h: 10.7s

Transmission: 5 speed transaxle driving rear wheels, close ratio gearbox

Gear Ratios:
First 2.923
Second 1.750
Third 1.307
Fourth 1.033
Fifth 0.848
Reverse 3.000
Final drive 4.200

Body: Composite body panels with detachable clamshell with 2 radiator entry panels for battery and brake fluid and removable engine cover. Boot and bonnet covers are fixed with allen bolts (9 on the boot, about 5 each on the bonnet panels).

MORE: http://www.cewap.co.uk/car/specs.htm

 

Is that what it will look like when it hits the US?

 

wouldn't it be great to live in the UK? Used ones are quite cheap over there...

 

"That" won't make it to the US. It was a limited production run of 340. Strange thing is that even though it is so rare, it depreciated a considerable amount.
A low mileage (sub 10,000miles) 2 year old is yours for 22,000 pounds sterling When they were selling new for ~32,000.

When I was last in the UK I visited a Lotus dealership and took a lot of video of the 340R they had in the showroom.

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