Lotus
Elise Concept
The
Lotus Elise due for release in 2015 is a sexy, agile beast of a car. Finally
the Lotus Elise comes of age. Aesthetically it's definitely pleasing to the
eye, it's bold directional body gives you subtle hints of the Lotus Elise of
old so it still seems a touch familiar but at the same time, it couldn't be
more different.
Perhaps
a small example of how the car has changed would help. Aside from strong
graphic styling, the practicality of the car has had a major overhaul too with
sizeable improvements made to the ingress and egress - in simple terms, no more
acrobatics but still all the fun you expect from the Lotus Elise.
Fear
not though, despite the dramatic upgrades the Lotus Elise 2015 has lost none of
the cheeky charm that made the two-seater sports car famous, it still retains
performance through lightweight and handles like a dream, albeit a quite
aggressive and tension filled dream. With a 2.0 liter inline 4 pressure charged
engine delivering up to 320 PS, the Lotus Elise 2015 should reach 0-100 km/h in
under 4.5 seconds.
Lotus
Elise Specification:
- Layout: 2 seater, mid-engined, rear wheel drive
- Engine: Petrol with start/stop option
- Hybrid technology: Mild hybrid, i.e. start/stop technology
- Cylinder: 4
- Capacity: 2.0 liter
- Power/Torque: 320 PS / 330 Nm
- Rev limit: 7,800 rpm
- 0-100 km/h: 4.3 seconds
- Top speed: 270 km/h
- CO2 approx (CO2/km): 150 g/km (with new technology)
- Weight: 1,095 kg
- Seats: 2
- Transmission: 6 Speed Manual, DCT optional
- Drive: RWD
- Start of production: Early 2015
- Enters the market: Spring 2015
- Price indication: £ 35,000