New '08 elise with compressor

[bher]

Ear from a friend (non dealer or official from Lotus) that the range of elise for 2008 will count a 240 bhp version.
Wonder where they will put the aircooler?
Wonder if it will be possible as a retro fit kit?

Sure that the Honda'ed guy will post a lot about it being slow, weak and pointless...

Happy that, if true, Lotus helped us, poor 111R, drivers having no HGF to justify engine improvement
Pop corn anyone?

[Boggy]

bher said:

Ear from a friend (non dealer or official from Lotus) that the range of elise for 2008 will count a 240 bhp version.
Wonder where they will put the aircooler?
Wonder if it will be possible as a retro fit kit?

Sure that the Honda'ed guy will post a lot about it being slow, weak and pointless...

Happy that, if true, Lotus helped us, poor 111R, drivers having no HGF to justify engine improvement
Pop corn anyone?

Doesn't look good for Retro fit I'm afraid Bher

Boggy

[Gooby]

It is what elise drivers have been demanding for a while.

[DsDetective]

240 seems unrealistic given where it would sit in the product range and the constraints of packaging, but I'd certinaly buy any SC elise for a $!

[Gooby]

What would they call it?
Elise S? um nope - that doesnt work
Elise R? ditto

[kambites]

Gooby said:

What would they call it?
Elise S? um nope - that doesnt work
Elise R? ditto

Because lotus have always put so much effort into having a logical, sensible, model variant naming scheme?

I vote for the "Elise Spoon".

Edited by kambites on Thursday 4th October 10:35

[Phil-CH]

Hmm.. the Elise RS? Oh no, that would sound quicker than the Exige-S. ;o)

Seriously, I can't see a Elise with 240bhp fit into the current range either. If this happens, I can see a lot of very happy Exige-S owners.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

I can imagine the R (or the equivelant) getting an upgrade to Exige S spec, then Exige S moving to cup spec 240. But I can't imagine a 240 Elise. Always seemed daft to me that you have R and Exige N/A on same power levels (Granted, Exige does bring more to the table).

[Gooby]

Elise 240R ...

[Gooby]

Elise Cup?
For deepseatiger Elise D-Cup?
Elise GT

[Gooby]

The exige is moving to 250bhp+
then logically the liz is still the lower power / less track focused

[Beachbum]

Gooby said:

The exige is moving to 250bhp+
then logically the liz is still the lower power / less track focused

Less weight.
A lot less in some drivers cases

[Esprit]

Phil-CH said:

Hmm.. the Elise RS? Oh no, that would sound quicker than the Exige-S. ;o)

Seriously, I can't see a Elise with 240bhp fit into the current range either. If this happens, I can see a lot of very happy Exige-S owners.

Exactly... I can see an EliseRS with a supercharger, but I can't see it ever being more than 220bhp or else it'll start eating Exiges and that just wouldn't be cricket.

Who cars anyway, we all know S1s is where it's at

[TheYeti]

I went to a Scare yourself Sensible day just a couple of weeks ago (Birthday treat and needed a Lotus fix since I got rid of mine....) and on the factory tour, the guy there "let slip" a couple of things. He was very wry of smile when he said it, but there are going to be some "interesting" upgrades to the Elise/Exige range. Everyone already knows whats going to happen with the Exige upgrades, but he also hinted at more power, without actually saying it (he said he couldn't, just like he said he couldn't talk about a certain "electric" car that will be put into production........all he kept saying is "read the press, they know more than I can tell you" and winking all the while! LOL!!!), and there were a couple of Elise sitting around with shrouds over the rear ends near a couple of the Blue Racer limiteds......so, don't be suprised if this is going to happen. Ok, thats not from the horses mouth, but he was very coy, very stealthy, yet gave away more just by the smile and the way he said things than he probably should have said.....

[Gooby]

Beachbum said:

Gooby said:

The exige is moving to 250bhp+
then logically the liz is still the lower power / less track focused

Less weight.
A lot less in some drivers cases

six and a half ft and 8 stone. How do you stand up when it is windy?

[Beachbum]

Gooby said:

Beachbum said:

Gooby said:

The exige is moving to 250bhp+
then logically the liz is still the lower power / less track focused

Less weight.
A lot less in some drivers cases

six and a half ft and 8 stone. How do you stand up when it is windy?

I wear heavy shoes and stand side onto to the wide

[Phil-CH]

bher said:

Happy that, if true, Lotus helped us, poor 111R, drivers having no HGF to justify engine improvement

Benoît, Benoît You do know that there are options for poor 111R owners since quite some time now...
Bemani, Komo-tec, Silverstone-Performance...

While I can't comment on the latter, I did have a rather interesting weekend with a Komo-Tec Exige and they also run very well. They all offer more than enough of a jump in performance to justify the upgrade...

BTW: Belgium really isn't all that far away!!! No plans for skiing in Switzerland this winter?

Edited by Phil-CH on Thursday 4th October 12:40

[david@mediacopy]

TheYeti said:

and there were a couple of Elise sitting around with shrouds over the rear ends near a couple of the Blue Racer limiteds

Is there any chance of a new body shape coming out?

[bher]

Phil-CH said:

bher said:

Happy that, if true, Lotus helped us, poor 111R, drivers having no HGF to justify engine improvement

Benoît, Benoît You do know that there are options for poor 111R owners since quite some time now...
Bemani, Komo-tec, Silverstone-Performance...

While I can't comment on the latter, I did have a rather interesting weekend with a Komo-Tec Exige and they also run very well. They all offer more than enough of a jump in performance to justify the upgrade...

BTW: Belgium really isn't all that far away!!! No plans for skiing in Switzerland this winter?

Edited by Phil-CH on Thursday 4th October 12:40

I am going to Grimentz and I know since last year that it is possible to let the car there (bemani) for the week and come back with a bigger grin on my face but I didn't dit it because of resale value. In Belgium, I would be in trouble to sale my car with the bemani in it. It is already "expensive" to do it but I would loose at the end also. This is the main reason why I am waiting for something from Hethel... BTW Nice try Phil-Ch. As I posted a while ago, Bemani is for me the best solution non-Lotus approved.

[bher]

david@mediacopy" Target="_blank">class="forumQuoter">david@mediacopy said:

TheYeti said:

and there were a couple of Elise sitting around with shrouds over the rear ends near a couple of the Blue Racer limiteds

Is there any chance of a new body shape coming out?

From the same source, Lotus is now busy with the 2+2 "Eagle" 2008-2009 then the new Esprit 2009-2010. And only then the Elise S3. This is the last info I got but I guess this will change a few time as usually