Lotus Exige: Not just a hardtop Elise

摘要

Hethel, England - The essence of the new Lotus Exige is that of a racing car. Even compared with the Elise, this bewinged coupe is a hard-core driving experience - and we mean that in a good way. What's curious is that from a the same set of basic components - 190-hp, 1.8-liter, four-cylinder Toyota engine; click-clack-shifting six-speed manual gearbox; extruded aluminum chassis; plastic body - Lotus has created a pair of cars sufficiently different in character that the coupe version can be regarded as a the coupe version can be regarded as a genuinely separate model. A quicker, more extreme, yet separate model.