Fun track day car - Exige S2, Elise S3 Cup or V6 Exige?

Fun track day car - Exige S2, Elise S3 Cup or V6 Exige?

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five50

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Wednesday 27th January 2016
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So a decent supercharged S2 Exige is getting on for £30k or more for a later car with low miles. Likely to be at least 5 years old, in some cases 7 or 8.

You can get an early (2013) V6 Exige for £40k or a bit less.

Or you can get a brand new, main dealer, zero miles Elise 220 Cup with aero etc for under £40k.

So pretty limited price spread and I guess you could say, buy any of them and enjoy low depreciation.

Any thoughts on pros and cons? Would the new Elise Cup feel like a step on vs a S2 Exige? Will it depreciate more?

Would the S3 Elise / S2 Exige use meaningfully less consumables on track than the v6 given lower mass?

Is the heavy steering on the V6 a pain? Assume a geo could correct the track understeer that journalists complain about?

Interested in any thoughts...