Originally Posted by
GregLeBon
Going back to the Evora / MR2 thing, we are comparing a 2+2 to a 2 seater, so its not really fair......!?
However, regarding a late-2000's Lotus shiteing over any MR2.....?!
Nah!
(STANDARD MR2, perhaps....but not a WS-modded one.....:whistle:)
The original Elise was something like 725kg, so even with a crappy k-series @ 118hp, it was still quick, with excellent handling.
The rawness and purity of the earliest Elise has been lost with added weight /emissions / safety regs, etc..
The latest, greatest Elise SC (a late-2000's Lotus!) has a 218hp, M45-SC'd 2ZZ..but it weighs around 900kg and costs £32k..!
Thats a fair comparison with, say, a WS modded Mk3:
£1000 for a non-runner donor.
£6000 for a WS 2GR conversion
£1000 for uprated suspension
£1000 for uprated brakes / aero work.
Total weight will be around 1150kg (?).....power will be an easy, rock-solid 340hp
(Elise SC is non-intercooled, highly tuned 2ZZ).
So for around £9k, you have a "Lotus Eater"....?:thumbsup:
The only way Lotus can really top that is by sticking a 2GR in the S1...?
(Or selling WS-customers the 340R at a special concessionary price of £9K!)
:whistle: