Yeah and before that they use to use the 1.8 liters used on the british Rover and Honda cars. In Europe thye had the 140hp versions as well.

Carlos

 

i saw a stock mr pwn a elise so they shut stfu...

 

did you even read the thread, or [name calling will get you days off! You have been warned] -Zeus-

 

these cars arent even comparable!!

We have an evo 8, evo ix, and an exige...

not even remotely comparable....

on any track other than one with a massive straight, i would be marginally faster in the exige, the mid corner speeds are that much higher... ive driven these cars around road atlanta etc.... we were a bit quicker in the lotus' than the ferrari 360's.... 20mph slower terminal speed...

I LOVE the evo!! and i absolutely am in love with the Exige... the lotus takes me back to my racing roots... but i feel the evo ix is the sportiest 4 door on the market, driving experience wise...

cb

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i dont know, to me as i said in my other post, that car is not worth $ 40 grand. your basically buy this car for its name and its name only.

 

you obviously havent driven one on the track....

im sorry, but the lotus is much more of a track oriented rewarding car than an evo... but i still love the evo

cb

 

i only read what the thread starter posted. and thats really enough for me to start yapping on what i feel about the elise. sorry i hurt your feelings but that car is garbage. you strip down a mazda miata and put a semi powerful motor in it, along with some good suspension mods you not only out perform the elise but save yourself an extra 20 grand.

Lay off the name calling... no matter who started it...

-Zeus-

 

Settle down guys ... the Elise is an awesome car. I think sonicnofadz is fueling a fire that doesn't exist. The poster in the Lotus thread made some good points. I made some comparisons myself, and obviously I liked the Evo better, which is why I own one, but part of my decision was practicality-based.

The Elise is a purpose-built car. That purpose is racing, and NOT drag racing. If you put the two of them (in stock form) on a twisty track, the Evo is gonna get beat, plain and simple. A drag race is a different story, the Evo would win hands down, but the "gutless" Elise is no slouch there either. It doesn't have a lot of power, but it doesn't have a lot of weight to move either.

 

i have to argee with you on that one jbrown, its an all out racing car. i mean as i said before i wouldnt own nore want to drive one thats just my 2 cents. but these guys are making it sound like the thing is such an Exotic car. by the way Jbrown has the car running after the flash? i was the big red headed guy with 05 electric blue evo.

 

hey if i had the money, i would have a turbo exige and the evo.

 

the us got shafted, in the uk the elise has a h22 type r motor option.

 

I'm not trying to fuel any type of fire. I love the Elise, and I want one so bad it hurts. I completely agree with you. The Elise in my mind is car that is much more track oriented than the Evo. It weighs under 1 ton for christ's sake! Who cares if it has a Toyota engine! The car looks incredible, handles incredible, and even small power mods like cams, intake, and exhaust, yield BIG results because of the low curb weight. If I could wake up one morning and find both an Evo and an Elise (and debating which one to drive to work) sitting in my garage it would be a dream come true. I believe that the Elise overall has much more track potential (because of its incredibly light weight chassis) than the Evo, however the Evo is much more versatile and can be driven fast in a variety of different track conditions. I am not here to start any fires, I am here to profess my love for this Lotus!

 

well an exige is better than an elise so of course it would be closer... and i thought you said they werent even compairable. your compairing them right now...

anyway they are both great cars and honestly i wouldnt mind having an elise/exige, they just arent practical for what i need from a DD. it really doesnt matter that it has a celica motor in it cause it is 2X lighter than a celica.

to me the evo is better but if you like 2 seaters then by all means get the Lotus.

 

not trying to punk anyone

 

The Exige looks awesome, sorry to say it looks better than my IX. I would have bought one if it were not for the $50K pricetag. I could not justify the $17K price difference, especially as I would have had to turbo the Exige and spend more money. Also the Exige is TINY, ingress and egress are a pita for sure.