I first saw a picture of this in the April/May 2000 Sports Car Intl. magazine. It was quite the looker! Before I realized it was a Lotus, I thought I was looking at a prototype of the next-gen NSX!
It's price/performance ratio (plus NSX-inspired looks) make it very competitive to the current NSX. Especially if it's priced under $60,000 when it's introduced sometime in 2002. Of course, the next-gen NSX will probably completely out-class the M250, especially if it's in the same price range but with a 400HP V8.