alright...so who has some pics of the new, US bound lotus elise?

 

Photos from Aston Martin of New England.

 

I love the interior (or lack thereof)

 

looks pretty nice

 

Powered by toyota.

 

Yes, powered by Toyota. But who cares. It could be "Powered by Yugo" for all I care. When the car weighs less than 2000lbs and has over 190hp, I could care less where the engine comes from. I personally like the 2ZZ, its a pretty decent engine. My girlfriend used to have a Celica GT-S. Not the fastest thing out there, but the engine has very good power. I couldn't even imagine what its going to be like having that in a sub-2000lb car. Should be sweet.

Hilg

 

I have heard that they are pretty crappy actually. The interior is cheaply made.

 

The interior is made with a purpose. It's a driver's car.

Here are some pics from a local dealer.It's a demo sent over for all the people on the waiting list to test out.


EDIT: Can't get the pics up right now. I'll try to get them up later.

 

I dont call billet aluminum cheap......

 

road and track 4.4 0-60

 

ok and evo interiors arent "cheap" ?
Its not a cheap interior....there just isnt much of it,which attributes to its sub 2000lb weight.

 

from what i hear, the celica gt-s engine is pretty moddable. It would be pretty scary to see the ability of a modded elise. Or imagine the elise with a s2k engine.. puahah

 

Car and driver

4.4 0-60
13.2@ 104 1/4

thats Evo teritory ( stock to stock )

 

or how about a 4G63?

 

i would prefer a 4G63 in it. the 2ZZ is a decent engine, but not enough torque, and if it is the same engine as the matrix xrs from toyota, then i have my complaints. waiting for the lift on that engine seems like eternity, once you hit it there is power, but you'll be playing catch up all the time. i read an article where xs engineering put a turbo on the engine that spooled up real quick and backed off at lift, it seems like this type of setup would be best on this car as well..

i am actually considering this for my next ride, but i have worked with a matrix xrs on upgrades and i don't like that engine very well, imagine a 4G63 with a turbo stuffed into that little light car.....lookout. i'm not sure if it is even possible, but a supercharged 2ZZ would be better also.

just my 2 cents