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Lotus Exige S (V6) specs

Price in Europe €67,940 - €76,565
Price in Britain £54,500
Car type Coupe
Curb weight 1080-1180 kg (2381-2601 lbs)
Origin country United Kingdom
Gas mileage 23.9-10.1 l/100 km (10-23 mpg US / 12-28 mpg UK)
CO2 emissions 250 g/km
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Lap times

Acceleration

0 - 40 kph1.3 s
0 - 50 kph1.5 s
0 - 100 kph3.8 s
0 - 130 kph6.3 s
0 - 160 kph9.3 s
0 - 200 kph13.6 s
0 - 250 kph29.7 s
1000 m22.2 s @ 241.0 kph
Est. 0 - 60 mph3.8 s
0 - 100 mph7.9 s
0 - 150 mph22.2 s
Est. 1/8 mile8.5 s @ 99.4 mph
1/4 mile12.3 s @ 117.4 mph
Lotus Exige S acceleration graph

General performance

Top speed279 kph (173 mph)
Est. 0 - 100 mph - 015.0 s @ 1270 ft
Est. max acceleration0.76 g (8 m/s²)
18m slalom73.3 kph (45.5 mph)
100 kph - 033 m (107 ft)
200 kph - 0125 m (409 ft)

Powertrain specs

Engine type Supercharged V6
Displacement 3.5 l (211 ci / 3450 cc)
Power 350 ps (345 bhp / 257 kw) @ 7000 rpm
Torque 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) @ 4500 rpm
Power / liter 101 ps (100 hp)
Power / weight 303 ps (299 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 347 Nm (256 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 25 PS per l/100 km
Power / €5000 24 ps
Transmission 6-Speed Manual
Layout middle engine, rear wheel drive

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Rolling acceleration

60 - 100 kph (4)3.8 s
80 - 120 kph (4)3.9 s
80 - 120 kph (5)5.3 s
80 - 120 kph (6)6.4 s
80 - 150 kph (5)9.3 s
80 - 150 kph (6)10.9 s
80 - 160 kph (4)8.0 s
80 - 160 kph (5)11.6 s
80 - 160 kph (6)13.7 s
140 - 200 kph (6)10.9 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph10.1 s

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jeremyclarkson1  8m ago

@FastestLaps please merge these this page and the other Exige V6 page:

https://fastestlaps.com/models/lotus-exige-v6-cup


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jeremyclarkson1  10m ago

Hi @RickyAstle98 do you have the Sport Auto Supertest scans (10/2013) for this car? And if so, could you provide those scans over here?

Many Thanks


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ChapmanBarnard  5y ago

Red 2 car

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Hoppelmoppel123  6y ago

AutoBild Sportscars (4/April 2015):
0-50 kph: 1.5 s
0-130 kph: 6.3 s
0-160 kph: 9.3 s
60-100 kph (4): 3.8 s
80-120 kph (5): 5.3 s
80-120 kph (6): 6.4 s
100-0 kph: 32.6 m
200-0 kph: 124.6 m

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Hoppelmoppel123  6y ago

SportAuto (4/2015):
Slalom 18m: 73.7 kph
100-0 kph: 32.6 m

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jjoconnor  8y ago

 

1:27 Winton Raceway Lotus Exige S: Harry Zhao

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AntonAlexandrovichKoryagin  11y ago

Design Lotus Alice, and including some of the elements of this car - were invented by me (14 year olds from Russia) -in 1987 -88 year! Do you want to argue about it = one million euros?!

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BR2+  13y ago

They have always been renowned for there handling prowess, but its about damn time they actually got some power into one of these, Lotus has always had underpowered cars, they maybe above average fast for there power, but still down on it. And if thiey did decide to do a 500Bhp Exige, it would prolly give a ZO6 a good spanking.

No car has the handling feel of a Lotus. And they have still stuck to tradition after all these years while Still being lightweight, not many company can say that.

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Mental  13y ago

Well, at Nordscheife Exige could have lapped at least 8 seconds quicker, IMO. But at other tracks it's a beast! It's almost a supercar league performance car! I always loved this car for its incredibly agile handling, blitz-acceleration and the gorgeous design.

And I considered for a while. The current one has just 350 Supercharged V6. But what if Lotus designed a new Exige R, boosting the engine up to 500 PS? As well, radically upgraded chassis, brakes, tires etc... Imagine its brutal track performance! It would be on par with Corvette Z07! Oh, I so wish Lotus presented the true supercar - Exige R / Evora R / the new Esprit. They've got so much potential!

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DeDe  13y ago

GPS-topspeed: 279 km/h

Sport Auto 10-2013

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DeDe  13y ago

Sport Auto 10/2013:
0-100 kph: 4,1 s
0-200 kph: 14,2 s
0-250 kph: 29,7 s__

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DeDe  13y ago

Nordschleife: 7.53 min

 

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w0o0dy  14y ago

In the video from Auto Express they talk about a 52.000GBP price-tag... That's about equal to the Cayman R, but this thing is more than 150kg lighter and has more power AND more torque. The TT-RS is about 13% cheaper and fast(er) in a straight line... but this thing will be a mass-murderer on any trackday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1nLCZ46YM&hd=1

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Mike B  15y ago

It happens to everyone (:

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Jeff B  15y ago

umm, yeah, sorry about that.....god I make so many mistakes when adding cars =]


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Mike B  15y ago

The engine's obviously tuned for torque, that's why it only makes 350ps, look, it produces 4000Nm XD

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Viking  15y ago

Quite funny, the Camry thing. As for the V12 idea, that would be nice, but I know that there isn't enough room. Even a V8 would require an extended wheelbase assuming an inline engine configuration. Not enough track width for a transverse application either.

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gallardo man  15y ago

but if you drive by some guy in a camry in this car, dont even look at the camry.

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gallardo man  15y ago

man, if i were the engineer of this car, i would add a 5 liter v12. that would be fast.

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Viking  15y ago

Yep, they have a deal with Toyota.

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Apathy  15y ago

They must have some sort of deal with Toyota.

A supercharged V6 that only makes 345hp?
They could save weight with a different NA V6 that would make the same power. The VQ37VHR in the Nismo 370Z makes more power for Christ's sake...

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Jeff B  15y ago

It's a camry engine lol.

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gallardo man  15y ago

woah. lotus better not add another miniture toyota engine. why do lotus do that anyway?

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Mike B  15y ago

It looks sooo good.

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E  15y ago

Took long enough to get some real power into one of these. I look forward to tests.

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Jeff B  15y ago

Introduction year 2012.

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