Laptime performance i had the pleasure of having the lotus 380 spor.
Exige sport 380 take roof out.
Lotus expects future exige sales to be split evenly between the 350 and 380.
The high gloss hand made carbon fibre components of the car include new front splitter front access panel bargeboards roof diffuser surround new larger aperture air intake side pods a new one piece tailgate reducing weight by 6 5 kg and a straight cut high.
Which bits have changed.
2017 lotus exige sport 380 is 68 000 82 5k in the uk and it comes as coupe or convertible.
First of all there is nothing remarkably close its price range and has a roof that is going to make that good lap times on any track in the world period.
The exige sport 380 has a curb weight of 1 110 kg 2 447 pounds or 1 121 kg 2 471 pounds when equipped with an automatic transmission yet another reason to go three pedals.
And the sports seats bumpers roof and tailgate have all been fashioned out of the lightweight.
Stripped out lotus exige sport 380 road racer is thrilling to drive but it comes at a cost.
All told the exige sport 380 is 15 2kg lighter than the sport 350.
The sport 380 takes yet another stride forwards in performance and costs an extra 11 000.
Lotus has actually taken around 30kg out of it including a whopping 10kg by swapping the normal battery for an exotic lithium.