Celebrating 40 years of minimalist fun: Lotus Exige Sprint
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We're going to have to wait until July for something new from Lotus when it drops the Eagle 2+2 at the London Motor Show. But until then, Lotus seems content to keep us satiated with yet another limited edition Exige. The Exige Sprint draws its inspiration from the Elan Sprint that was built between '71 and '73 and comes covered in a tri-tone paint scheme with a white bottom half, blue or yellow top and a gold line bisecting the two. The Sprint will come standard with A/C, Lotus' Sport Pack and model-specific lightweight alloys to compliment the 243 hp road rocket. Only 40 will be built to commemorate when Lotus began building vehicles in Hethel back in 1967, with each donning a chassis number covering each year of production, except for 1982, when Lotus founder Colin Chapman departed for the big race track in the sky. A book covering the history of Lotus' models from Hethel will be included with the car, along with a signed certificate from the automaker's boss, Mike Kimberley. The Sprint is on sale now in the UK for £42,550.
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Menice 1:39PM (1/22/2008)
i love that car in any color or tone..... even puce.
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500 1:42PM (1/22/2008)
Wow, the old Elan is so much prettier. Such clean, uncluttered lines...
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Seoultrain 1:57PM (1/22/2008)
is there a picture of a blue one out there? looks good in my head.
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Lotus Elise Blog 3:14PM (1/22/2008)
Looks surprisingly good! I didn't think the paint scheme would carry over well but I was wrong.
Still no Krypton Green though ;)
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Larry 3:56PM (1/22/2008)
They weren't BEAT with the "UGLY STICK," They ARE the UGLY STICK!
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DIRETTORE 6:45PM (1/22/2008)
* Hey Chris, Congratulations on your Elise! You are very passionate about your car.
I was very fortunate to attend the 40th Anniversary in Hethel last year. They had a baby blue SE but I could not take that colour.
I could probably go for the SE above, however at that price with so many used Lotus flooding the market???
The ONLY thing stopping me is the ENTRY + EGRESS!!! I am not a big guy but trying to enter & exit the car, I pulled my hernia I swear!
They would appeal to a WAYYY larger market if they could over come this very significant detail.
Who wants to sound like a twat: 'Oh I gotta Porsche or Ferrari'.
Lotus are cool & interesting performance cars for the road & track. Too bad only children can get in & out of them :(
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