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ok hers the NA debut of lotus elise.

i bleieve 1600 lb, 190hp, 1.10g on the skidpad. supposedly best handling car is the world. its low, light, short and wide. makes sense right ? btw ferrari enzo pulls 1.06, 911-0.96, m3--0.92.

amazing. cept bc of us emmsisons std they must use a japanese motor.
 

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ODDferkOUT said:
I couldn't leave that R.32 when I was there yesterday...

...it was just calling my name. Haha.

Although, aside from BMW's I'm a Saab-nut so I was there most of the time.
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i wasnt impressed by it. if fact i was dissapointed but i felt the same way u did but with the wrx. it really was calling me or sumthin. id take that anyday. whe i sat in it. . . it jsut felt right. that and when i sat inthe 645 [:)]
 
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gbf1lm said:
amazing. cept bc of us emmsisons std they must use a japanese motor.
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That's not necessarily a bad thing. The euro version had a very old and rough Rover engine that had less power. I wish Lotus woulda used the grey market Elise's ideas and just use the Type-R engine and tranny like those companies did. Honda's manual tranny is much better than Toyota's.
 
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codex57 said:
That's not necessarily a bad thing. The euro version had a very old and rough Rover engine that had less power. I wish Lotus woulda used the grey market Elise's ideas and just use the Type-R engine and tranny like those companies did. Honda's manual tranny is much better than Toyota's.
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im not sayin its bad. it actally has more hp. they were planing on 156, but when htye had to use teh motor form a celica gts they get 190, and they ahve teh tranny from it also. its a nice light engine.

yes in gerneral honda is much better but the type R has 200hp at 7900 rpms and like no torque. also it might have been to heavy/big bc remember the car is 12ft long and its a midship and needs to keep its wheight down.

also US made em add airbags which added weight.
 
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