Wonder if we will see any imported to the US for some track fun!
I would love to take one out for a few laps.



http://www.autocar.co.uk/News_...16696

 

holy crap - that thing is gorgeous - the lines are killer

 

I'de make love to it.

Sorry I couldn't resist.

 

It's a gorgeous car and probably fast a **** (with the right driver) but I don't even want to think about the expense of an "off" in that thing. The aluminum/CF bonded unibody is pretty tough to repair if it ever gets damaged.

Per Lotus the frame on the Elise is "unrepairable" in the event of something getting bent

Christian, who hangs around the Elise forums more than he probably should...

 

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Per Lotus the frame on the Elise is "unrepairable" in the event of something getting bent

Christian, who hangs around the Elise forums more than he probably should...</TD></TR></TABLE>

How does that affect Elise insurance rates?

 

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Sorry I couldn't resist.</TD></TR></TABLE>

**** I would even take the sloopy seconds for something like that

 

Dear Santa...

 

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If you start writing to him now it might actually happen!

 

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Actually when I checked into them the rates on an Elise weren't significantly higher than what I was paying on my ITR. I seem to remember then being around $110/month thru Progressive.

Christian, who's going to wait until the Elise is cheap enough to be a track-***** before he buys one.

 

Excuse me guys while I go change my pants. That thing is hot.

 

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hope you got a big wallet to run that thing. CSR class is big $.

 

It is kind of scary some of the machinery being sold out there for "track days". But I bet it is a scorcher. I wonder what kind of margin for error driving a car with that performance envelope has.

Barry H.

 

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may be awhile

 

Nah... figure another 3-4 years and they'll be down in the upper 20's which will be do-able for a track/weekend car. I've seen 05 Elises's selling pretty regularly for high 30's/low 40's when the originally stickered for $50k. On top of that, some dealers are selling for $2k under MSRP in an effort to move them off the lot.

Christian, who was afraid that Americans, as a whole, were too soft to actually buy the Elise in any significant numbers...

 

Coool

I wonder if that car will be available in North America

 

is the exige available yet? i would think we get that before the race trim elise

 

Wow nice, wonder how it would do agnist the radical's. Look like they would be good compition. Incase you dont know the radical cars see.... http://www.radicalextremesportscars.com

 

that's so not gonna be coming over here
but we can hope!

better off buying this:

http://www.dpcars.net a friend of a friend--he's making his own race car!