Exige Market Watch, for discussion and to help those searching!

[nick_exige]

On 01/05/2020 at 19:11, Woots said:

I don’t want to make a new thread for this, and it’s not for sale, just trying to track down the owner...but does anyone know this purple 380? Think the current reg is EV11CUP....

 

I test drove this a few years back, really nice car. I remember the guy who later bought it posted some pics on the FB Lotus forums

[nick_exige]

Nice Car and love the colour! I've just reserved the Silver 410 at Snows, waiting tentatively for them to re-open to get all the finance sorted and pick up the car 😎

 

 

Edited May 25, 2020 by Bibs

[C8RKH]

@nick_exige that silver and blue Exige at Snows is a cracker. It's a very classy combo in my opinion so hope you enjoy it. Lovely car. Reminds me of the Esprit Sport 350's that were very similar in colour combo.

[Woots]

18 minutes ago, nick_exige said:

Nice Car and love the colour! I've just reserved the Silver 410 at Snows, waiting tentatively for them to re-open to get all the finance sorted and pick up the car 😎

 

 

Slightly jel as I tentatively had my eye on it but know it would be a lot more than my 350...

Michael Taylor is a top guy and will take care of you when they open

enjoy

[nick_exige]

1 minute ago, C8RKH said:

@nick_exige that silver and blue Exige at Snows is a cracker. It's a very classy combo in my opinion so hope you enjoy it. Lovely car. Reminds me of the Esprit Sport 350's that were very similar in colour combo.

Thanks, i cant wait to get down there now. From what ive just heard on the news, they should be open from next week!

Silver and black does go very well together, I like that they've also painted the rear clam panel and the blue interior looks great. They've specc'd it well and at a good price for the age and mileage, ive seen two others in similar spec up for £75k+ (Hoffmans and Central have similar cars).

2 minutes ago, Woots said:

Slightly jel as I tentatively had my eye on it but know it would be a lot more than my 350...

Michael Taylor is a top guy and will take care of you when they open

enjoy

Mikes a good guy, I spoke to him online about it a couple of weeks ago and i also know Ken who used to work over there. He let me test drive the Purple 380 mentioned in another post

[RaggedRoy]

Hi all, I'm thinking of buying a 350 CUP, NO13CUP. Does anyone know the history of this car. Thanks

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/features/porsche-cayman-gt4-vs-lotus-exige-v6-cup/32842?fbclid=IwAR3L13ELY-Xc6X2vrYbnuAPZ0h-jxe79VgA9aOGXf7FwTeJ8YZGNM-YKHLc

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/10558588?utm_expid=.tpJdMtjvQA-ox8DOzal2LQ.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pistonheads.com%2Fclassifieds%3FCategory%3Dused-cars%26M%3D-1%26M%3D2513%26ResultsPerPage%3D15&fbclid=IwAR1QovesP63c3Ry49FP4wxnbkBOQaYCreCU67qXFK09oUW1wf2cx3y-TxVw

[tim_marra]

Gav Kirby (Kevlar kid) on here was the original owner

[RaggedRoy]

7 hours ago, tim_marra said:

Gav Kirby (Kevlar kid) on here was the original owner

Thanks, I found reference to him when I searched but nothing after he owned it. Do you know if it was a track car?

[pete]

they are all "track cars"

[tim_marra]

I don't think Gav used it on track....he has dedicated track stuff for that. Track use is to be expected though with any modern Lotus 

[RaggedRoy]

Is Gav still active on the forum?

[tim_marra]

He is. Mostly here and seloc. Try sending him a PM?

[Jason is Chasing]

On 25/05/2020 at 11:11, nick_exige said:

I test drove this a few years back, really nice car. I remember the guy who later bought it posted some pics on the FB Lotus forums

My God this thing is Artwork, 

[Cooper]

This lovely cup on Collecting Cars at the moment.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2014-lotus-exige-v6-cup

Edited June 29, 2020 by Cooper

[Bravo73]

Also mentioned in the V6 Cup Register thread (along with some comments from the current owner/seller):

 

[NANO]

@Bravo73: 👍... 

Edited June 29, 2020 by NANO

[David Graham]

Hi all

First post, so excuse my lack of knowledge. I have spotted an Exige S which is local to me. The car is registered as 2019, but my understanding is that the 3.5 S finished production in 2015. Is this correct, or has the car be misclassiified? I have included a link below and would welcome any thoughts on the particular car. 

Cheers. 
 

D
 

https://www.usedcarsni.com/2019-Lotus-Exige-3-5-S-2d-345-BHP-258341434?search_type=1&make=52&fuel_type=0&age_from=0&price_from=0&user_type=0&model=0&trans_type=0&age_to=0&price_to=0&mileage_to=0&keywords=&distance_enabled=1&distance_postcode=&body_style=0

[Tony4147]

That’s been for sale for a good few months, the V6S production did stop around 15/16, also note the it has club racer seats

[David Graham]

Thanks for the reply. Would you say then that it is a car which has sat unregistered for 3-4 years (possible I guess), or it’s a different model? 
 

D

[Davey D]

I've seen that for sale for a while and was also wondering what was going on with it being advertised as a 2019 car ?!

[duncx]

It 's almost certainly a Club Racer spec car but the colour is a bit confusing; I dont think grey was an option on the Club Racer? The Club Racer finished production in 2015 but there are quite a few registered in 2016 as they hung around a bit before selling. I expect this one just hung around a lot longer than most   I'm sure I remember it for sale last year with 0 miles on the clock so I guess they sold it and it's back - looks like the same place to me? Probably an OK car, sensible price given the spec/age of the car, fair enough deal (probably still has 2 years warranty - worth checking!) but not really a bargain IMO.

[David Graham]

Yes. Confused on the colour as well! I will give them a call tomorrow to drill down into the background. Is it something the factory could help with? 
 

D

[Nathan]

There was a red club racer for sale last year so I assume they did a handful in non-standard, special order colours.

[GoldenGun]

I had enquired about this a few days ago when it popped up on my autotrader search. They called me back and said it was sold. 

[Bibs]

9 hours ago, David Graham said:

Is it something the factory could help with?

The 10th entry in the VIN will be a letter which denotes Manufacturing Year. That would give you a clue as to when it was built. 

C is 2012, D is 2013 etc.