Wow.. this car will surely be in my garage in the future next to my NSX...
http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/Top_Gear_Exige_Stig_hi.wmv
http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/Top_Gear_Exige_Stig_hi.wmv
Lotus Exige Top Gear Video - Must See!!
- Thread starter TigerNSX
- Start date
Great video. Are there plans for Lotus to bring the Exige to the US?
Someone was running an Exige at the BMWCCA RA event on May 1.
RSO 34 said:
What is considered to be a fast lap time at WGI (just for a reference point)?
Everyones performance or thier own idea of such is often quite distorted,I know this,but hay he asked.
MarkB said:
Yes and that was the "old" Rover powered car that I could beat with my Turbo Integra easily at a big track like Road America and even at a tight course like Gingerman. The NSX can take it out at either as well. This video is of the "new" 190 bhp Toyota powered car, which is a bit less weight as the 04 Elise, and way faster than the Rover powered cars.
Remember this is a minute and a half track, which is around a 2 mile tight circuit. Stick it on a track like the "ring", or say Road America, and that thing will get eaten up by all of the cars it beat on the short track. It is much faster than the old Exige for sure.
You must remember that Top Gear has been known in the past for inconsistant results due to drivers, and conditions.
its ugly and it is way to small for anything but driving around a track. I'll pass..
- Joined
- 14 April 2002
- Messages
- 2,273
First off I saw the video and a few comments...
They keep talking about running on full slicks and the track being wet. Then they immediately compare it to the NSX-R on the board.
Well first of all - there was no rain falling and the full racing slicks helped more then it hurt / the track was not that wet. For reference - the same site hosts the test of the NSX-R and there is a complete DOWNPOUR. To just say "both tracks were wet" is inaccurate to say the least. Actually, the Exige is impressive and should perform well on the track - but I would never consider it for anything but a dedicated track car.
They keep talking about running on full slicks and the track being wet. Then they immediately compare it to the NSX-R on the board.
Well first of all - there was no rain falling and the full racing slicks helped more then it hurt / the track was not that wet. For reference - the same site hosts the test of the NSX-R and there is a complete DOWNPOUR. To just say "both tracks were wet" is inaccurate to say the least. Actually, the Exige is impressive and should perform well on the track - but I would never consider it for anything but a dedicated track car.
docjohn said:
It will be my honor to have Peter as my instructor. I will do my best to keep him in one piece.
Wow!!
matteni said:
I agree. I have yet to see a video where the weather was as bad as the NSX-R test. It was HORRIBLE! I wish they would test it again. I think it would do WAY better in the dry. Probably more than the 4 seconds they said to take off for bad weather.
- Joined
- 27 June 2003
- Messages
- 1,197
matteni said:
You are right as I have tested on many occasions the same car wearing two different set of tires (one slick, one grooved) on a wet (damp track) and the same track with standing water. Timewise, both sets are giving very consistant times, the slicks a second or two faster under both conditions. The only thing that the slick were back about was that their grip is usually binary (as in grip/no grip) with very little progressivity to warn the driver what's going on. So it does not surprise me at all that the Elise could do better times, especially when the track had even less water than the NSX-R. I have watched the Sleepyfish videos on many occasions, and testing wise, their comparisions are a bunch of ballonies (just like most of journalist tests).
The complete Exige part and not only the track test:
http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/Top_Gear_Exige_hi.wmv
http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/Top_Gear_Exige_hi.wmv
