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      08-17-2014, 12:01 PM   #23
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The body is bespoke as well. While is resembles the Exige, it's completely different and shaped in the wind tunnel. Same with the suspension front and rear.
If they put an extra 1000hp in a stock Exige, it would probably still struggle to hit 200mph LOL!

There's a reason for that. The Exige is designed for downforce, not simply low drag (and lift). It's a car for going around bends, fast. Not at all a straight line car

The original Exige has MASSIVE downforce for example.

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There's a reason for that. The Exige is designed for downforce, not simply low drag (and lift). It's a car for going around bends, fast. Not at all a straight line car

The original Exige has MASSIVE downforce for example.

Mine:



OMG! A Series I Exige!!!!

SWEET!!!!!

Gotta ask: What's under the red cover?
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There's a reason for that. The Exige is designed for downforce, not simply low drag (and lift). It's a car for going around bends, fast. Not at all a straight line car

The original Exige has MASSIVE downforce for example.

Mine:



My S2 hit an aerodynamic wall at around 125mph. The later S260 had a much easier time, but the 190hp Toyota (Yamaha) lump was no match for the aerodynamics in the search for straight line speed.
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All that money and you get ALPINE speakers....pfft.

All that money and it's still registered as a Lotus Exige.
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Not that you would have heard it anyway with the engine 10" from your head, but the stereo on the Lotus was far and away the worst of any car I owned.
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OMG! A Series I Exige!!!!

SWEET!!!!!

Gotta ask: What's under the red cover?

It's a classic red RHD F348 Spider. One of 68 made.
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