Geneva car shown with optional carbon body panels
You may know the feeling of trim envy? Back in the day you would be quite happy with your 1.6 GL, and then your neighbour would smugly arrive in their 1.8 GLS instantly making you wish that you too had the tilt/slide sunroof or velour trim. But as you move up from family cars 'trim envy' becomes less important. Nowadays you want your sports car to be as light as possible- and you couldn’t care less if it came with a centre armrest or not.
When you are in the market for a track car, you care even less about trim and equipment, and this latest version of the Lotus 2-Eleven makes the point perfectly.
We first saw the 2-Eleven at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show when it impressed the motoring press and came with a launch price of £39,995. At the 2008 Geneva Show Lotus unveiled the new entry level 2-Eleven that comes to you for a quite reasonable £27,995.
The new version weighs in at 720kg and is powered by a naturally aspirated 189 bhp engine giving a 0-60 time of 4.3 seconds and going on to achieve a top speed of 140mph. However, although this is an entry level car, Lotus has given the buyer an extensive options list to choose from meaning (theoretically) that no two cars will be the same.
You can upgrade the engine to a supercharged unit developing 252 bhp that lowers the 0-60 time to 3.8 seconds and increases top speed to 150 mph. You will also receive an uprated fuel pump, rear mounted intercooler, motorsport clutch and a new ECU for your £4,495.
Perhaps you'd like to add the SVA option meaning you can drive to the track day, rather than take a trailer for £3,495? Unfortunately this is not available with the £1,995 aero pack as the adjustable carbon fibre rear wing, aluminium wing end plates and extended front splitter are for track use only.
If the customer prefers more of a track focus, then treat yourself to a track day pack at £1,495 which comes with rear fog lights, side mirrors and towing eyes amongst other amusing options such as indicator stalks.
It is a pleasure to be able to tell you about new Lotus cars so regularly, well done again to the Hethel team for creating such a great car.
We'll take ours as it comes please, just as Norfolk intended.
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