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Lotus Introduces Personal Exige-Based Race Car at Geneva

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Finally available in North America, the Lotus Elise and its hardtop sibling, theExige S are two frills-free, but extremely fun ways of getting from A-to-B. Delivering genuine thrills, these two vehicles are helping Lotus to re-establish itself in North America in a way that mirrors its original roots. The latest product that Lotus has come up with is a track day car, or rather an affordable, privately owned racing car designed to be driven on the race track.

The 2-Eleven is essentially Lotus' head banging, supercharged Exige S sans the roof, side-windows, stock windshield and just about everything else, with a modified structure for improved crash protection, structural rigidity and reduction of weight. The
An Exige S without its roof and with more power. Sounds like fun. (Photo: Lotus)
new windshield is a small Plexiglas screen fit for a motorcycle. And while it doesn't have ABS brakes or airbags, it has something most cars don't.

Logically, the 2-Eleven maintains the same drivetrain supplied by its donor car, but it's more powerful. The supercharged Toyota 1.8-liter VVT-i engine now creates 252 horsepower at 8,000 rpm and 179 lb-ft at 7,000 rpm,which is borderline astronomical for a unit of this size and weight. Without the roof, glass and the usual Lotus luxuries (ie. floor mats, stereo,
Not much to see here. No, really, there isn't... (Photo: Lotus)
etc.), the 2-Eleven tips the scales at just 1,447 lbs, meaning that there's just 5.9 lbs for each pony to pull. Lotus' boffins calculated that the 2-Eleven has the power to weight ratio equal to that of a 1960s Formula One car. Granted that such a vehicle is approaching a half century in age, but this is Formula One we're talking about. The engine drives a short-ratio six-speed manual gearbox.

Lotus will be offering the 2-Eleven in two different and self-explanatory versions. There's the Road Going Version which, as the name suggests, is street legal. It features a catalytic converter, head andbrake lights, a rear spoiler and various other things to help it comply with UK regulations. Given that the Road Going Version
Available in road-legal and Track Only versions. (Photo: Lotus)
abides by UK laws, it's only offered in its home market, though we question the sanity of anyone actually wanting to drive such a vehicle on city streets and highways (especially in rainy Britain).


 
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