stevet350

have any of you guys had a play with an exige
popped out with the wife to some friends last night when this utter nut bar screamed up be hind me if my misses was not in the car with me i may have had ago but timing aye
any way i have to say the thing went like the bloody wind cornered like an f1 car and sounded sick
personally i think he drove like a ****, over taking me on a bend

anyone else had one bate you

Gutmann pug

Dont bother ........

L33_WRX

they look like bullets around Silverstone - I'm taking one around there in October. 1.8 supercharged go-kart basically

L33_WRX

oh and 240 bhp, 0-60 in less than 4 secs and weighs jack sh*t

essexboy30

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I've had a go in one... in standard mode they're only aorund 190Bhp. With the supercharger they start to push mid 200's. Nice handling car, but not particularly quick in standard mode.

andythejock01wrx

Does the std Exige have a 1.8 turbo ? Do other models have a supercharger instead ??

Abx

iTrader: (15)

Had a go in standard one at Silverstone as a warm up to a 355 day and they are fine cars, also had a hot lap in the supercharged one and it was a blur as he flew around the corners, wow it handled way better than the 355.

L33_WRX

The Lotus Exige (pronounced: ex-seej) is a two-door, two-seat sports car made by Lotus Cars. It is essentially a coupe version of the Lotus Elise, which is a roadster.

The original Exige (NA or naturally aspirated Exige) was launched in 2000 and had a 1.8 L Rover K Series engine. It produced 170 bhp in standard form and 190 bhp in the VHPD version. Compared to the Elise, it had wider wheel arches, a front splitter, a large rear spoiler and a fiberglass roof.

In 2004, the Series 2 Exige was introduced. It features a 1.8 L 16-valve DOHC Toyota/Yamaha engine that produces 189 bhp with the Toyota engine designation of 2ZZ-GE. Compared to the Series 2 Elise, it has a front splitter, fiberglass hardtop roof with roof scoop, rear engine cover, and rear spoiler. The sole purpose of these aerodynamic additions to the base Elise is to create more downforce (100lbs of downforce at 100mph in the Exige versus 13 lbs at 100mph in the Elise). [1]

In February 2005, Lotus announced a limited production run of 50 Exiges, using the Toyota engine with a supercharger, that increases the power output to 243 bhp. These vehicles were only available in yellow or black, representing the colors of Lotus Sport, and are badged 240R. They have a projected 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) time of 3.9 seconds and 0-100 mph (0-160 km/h) of 9.9 seconds, with a top speed of 155 mph (249 km/h) at a cost of £44,000.00 (approximately $76,500.00 or €65,000.00).

[Davey]

Compared to what other standard cars that dont cost 10 times more????

Hol

iTrader: (1)

I outdragged an Exige a couple years ago, without much issue.

Was running 376bhp at the time, but reading the above it was probably one of the 'tame' series ones and I didn't really know much about them at the time, except that they were an Elise with a roof.

Quite like the idea of the 240R as a replacement car though. I bet they are hard to find!

L33_WRX

My brother is a panel beater and his company are lotus specialists - so many Elises and Exiges get totalled and put back on the road. He showed me around his body shop where he picked up the chasis on his own, even when the chasis is bent they still repair them! worrying as a lot of them are out there to buy and can be hard to spot.

I would avoid getting an S1 Elise - they are held together with self tappers! You can repair them with most things on sell in Halfords.

Elise build quality got much better from the S2 on

da-STI

Obviously everyone is a little biases being scooby owners but don't miss the point of an exige.

They are awesome cars, fantastic pue handling and almost unstickable in the dry, handle amazingly well esp on a track and are so raw with no power assistance and light weight etc are great fun.

I previously had a series 1 exige (the real classic exige) which was fantastic car. Yes it wouldn't see which way my sti went but that wasn't the point. Great, great fun cars and I would definately buy one again, as series 1 elises are now only 10k I think these are great buys.

Most exiges, even the 220 S models would struggle to stay anywhere near a scooby of 350, prob 300+bhp as they run out of steam over 70ish.

Great cars though!

Gav

da-STI has it spot on. The Elise/Exige isn't about straight line speed. It's a drivers car and one of the most handling and rewarding cars in the world

I've driven a friends and my scoob feels like a bag of sh!te after!!!

da-STI

yep, an exige REALLY handles where as a subaru as so much grip it doesn't need to handle as well, but still great fun and I will never tire of my scooby's grip and acceleration

stevet350

i don't think it would have been anywhere near as quick as the scoob running 400/400 i was just amazed at how well the thing handled i am sure if i was on my own i would have been less of a walk over the wife was screaming at me not to take the bate i have looked them up 0n the net and i have to say i was bloody impressed with the stats top motor

automodellistagt

they are awesome and more then quick enough for the road, youd need more then 300 bhp to keep up with a 220bhp S in a straight line.

mg driver

couple of vids from my mg zs ,click on the screen for full size footage.
silver elise tweeked to 170 bhp ,white exige 220 s.
Video - mg zs vrs's lotus's

black exige 190 vvti,took me 3 laps to reel him in
Video - mg zs at donington vrs's lotus exige

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Sorry guys but in anything other than a straight line a driver who knows what he is doing in an Exige will leave all but the most modified Scooby behind. They may not appear that quick on paper, but the speed they can carry through corners in the right hands is immense.

Trouble is they are not the easiest car to get the best out of and hence much of the time you would think they are slow. Witness the video above with the silver Elise, braking way too early, missing the apex, braking on the apex etc. In the right hands it would have been a lot lot quicker.

I used to have an S1 ELise and loved it, thought I was a star in it until my friend, who drives rallies to a fairly high standard shall we say, took the wheel at a trackday and wow, it was like a different car. I swore blind we were going to die, but he passed just about everything on the track. Amazing piece of kit in the right hands.

LG John

My mates got a S2 Exige with the standard Toyota 190bhp engine and a sports exhaust. I've got a 310bhp STI 5 and in a straight line could take him. I could also take him through the sorts of twisties you'd find in scotland (tight, bumpy, stones, gravel, crap on the road). However, the Exige is an infinitely better and more enjoyable car to drive. I can't stress that enough!!! Every time I've driven it I grin from ear to ear at the noise, the experience and the feel you get from it. It's a proper car whereas my Impreza is a jumped up shopping wagon and nothing like a drive in an Exige will make you realize that more.

I'm probably one of the biggest straight line monkeys going on Scoobynet. I love a drag and you all know it. Seriously though, I'd happily spend the rest of my days behind the wheel of an exige even though its about 12.5 seconds to 100mph (still plenty quick btw).

LG John

Agree with F1 fan, on track no scooby is every keeping up with a well driven Exige unless it's simply outpowering it in the straights and then losing time in the bends.

DavidBrown

Many S1 Exiges are modified (there were only 500 made anyway) with either a Honda or Audi conversion and can be good for 350bhp (as my car is). Not much can touch it in a straight line or a corner in the right hands.