Lotus Exige Sport 380

[Jokke Vlo]

I am not ito arguïng  I am just curious it is provoked or not. If not it is serious understeer

Edited November 25, 2016 by Jokke Vlo

[Jokke Vlo]

Some quick photoshop.....

 

 

[Bibs]

Black and gold for the win! This looked awesome IMO...

[MesTCS]

@Bibs Always loved the RGT. Looks more Exigey to me with the scoop too!

@Jokke Vlo I think that black and orange one looks fantastic!

[Jokke Vlo]

I prefer the full orange

 

[MesTCS]

Agreed it looks amazing but it's too lairy for me. 

And I'm not sure about the orange Lotus badge! 

[Jokke Vlo]

I am lairy it seems. 

Every time I go to a Lotus trackday I got black flagged

 

 

[Stubox]

1 hour ago, Jokke Vlo said:

 

Erm..... ok.....IMO that looks amazing! 

[alias23]

Do we genuinely believe the rear wing would create a decent level of downforce? 

Reason I ask being as its attached to the rear engine cover vs seeming to have any boot support to handle any downforce. If it does provide downforce and has no internal boot supports it does provide an alternative option to the default clam mounted versions available...

[French Frie]

A far better video on the Lotus Facebook :

Sounds great and seems glued to the ground ...

 

 

[Arun_D]

Can't see that getting passed the trackday noise police!

Looked a bit understeery in that exterior shot around that left-hander ;-)

[SFO]

YouTube link 

 

[MesTCS]

Much better video. Why wasn't that a teaser?

If that had just appeared out of the blue on social media last week with some text saying "Sport 380. Faster, lighter, better... Get ready!" or something to that effect, I'd have been like a dad waiting for his first child to be born. And I'm sure I wouldn't have been alone.

Instead we get poor photography of a car that looks a complete dogs dinner next to what it could have looked like. Proven by Jonny's and Jokke's mockups. 

It's the little things Lotus. People notice!

*goes off to grumble about fake carbon...

[The Pits]

Anyone know if that's the titanium pipe or the standard one?

[MesTCS]

Can't help you mate but it sounds ok doesn't it?

Hope it's not the titanium. When I get around to being able to afford one there's no way I could stretch to a £5k+ exhaust!

[Gashead1105]

Sounds great. But I think my fears are confirmed, that's goong to be too loud for pretty much everywhere, perhaps a noisy day at donnington would be ok....

[geartox]

so as a sport 350 owner (12000 kms later), this new release seems good but not a "game changing".

v6s, sport 350, bla bla edition, 360, 380... these cars are awesome, got one and have fun 

 

[The Pits]

Silverstone should be OK and Brands still do noisy days but Jokke will be banned for life from Zandvoort!

[Rancid]

5 hours ago, Stubox said:

Erm..... ok.....IMO that looks amazing! 

Agree, best colour so far.

[Stuart Monument]

Passed one on the road yesterday (I live 4 miles from the factory). Sounded amazing.?

[The Pits]

I've had it confirmed that this is the titanium exhaust. Sounds particularly good at 0.11!

15 hours ago, SFO said:

YouTube link 

 

 

[French Frie]

You wanted a good & professional picture ? Here it is :

 

 

[The Pits]

Much better but still not a great angle for the car. It makes it look shorter and taller than it is. I think the bargeboards also make it look thicker in the middle. They add volume to the sides.

Still hard to see the rear wing against a dark and busy background.

Funny how these things work but the eyeliner doesn't look so bad in that colour. I'm getting used to the single rear light treatment at the back. That's no longer a deal breaker I'm just not sure how to resolve the mixture of glossy carbon surfaces with matt black panels. Maybe a satin carbon finish would tie it all together?

 

 

[SFO]

2 hours ago, The Pits said:

matt black panels. 

 

 

Paint them body colour 

[MesTCS]

Enjoyed Jonny and Jokke's mockups so did some pimping while watching qualifying.