Exige S in Autocar "B-Road Baftas"
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I've just picked up a copy of this weeks Autocar and there is an interesting supplement comparing a dozen of Britain's best driver's cars to decide which is the most rewarding drive. I'll avoid giving away the result completely in case you want to read it for yourself, but let's just say that although the S misses out on winning for not being 365-days-a-year practical, it certainly does well!
The quote that sums up what they thought of the S is "Put simply, the Lotus has as much straight line go as any 500bhp BMW M-Car. And around corners it will leave just about anything, including a Cayman, in its wake"
Well worth a read.
Chris
The quote that sums up what they thought of the S is "Put simply, the Lotus has as much straight line go as any 500bhp BMW M-Car. And around corners it will leave just about anything, including a Cayman, in its wake"
Well worth a read.
Chris
I've bin on their website and they also have a small video on there with a glimp in it from a white Exige S 
don't get to exited its not that much...but looks nice
Part one
www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?AR=219068
Part two
www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?ar=219088
GTRene
>> Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 22 March 13:46
don't get to exited its not that much...but looks nice Part one
www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?AR=219068
Part two
www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?ar=219088
GTRene
>> Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 22 March 13:46
gooby said:
Dont hold back, I am not buying autocar.....
OK then, look away now anyone who doesn't want to see the result.
It came down to the Exige S and Cayman S and they reckoned the Exige S was the better drive, but gave the decision to the Cayman for being more practical. Another quote, from the final comparison of the Exige S and Cayman S ...
"Drive 10 miles across a familiar road in either of them and you'll emerge at the other end convinced you have driven the best car in the universe. But of the pair its probably the Exige that will blow you away most. It's that good, the Exige S, and certainly, in the right conditions, that much faster across the ground than the Cayman."
...erm if it's about the best driver's car or the best over a B-road, why should practicality come into it? Otherwise they'd be picking Touring Beemers over everything else...
Not being biased or anything (no, really!), just seems to me such a test should be about driving and nowt else
Not being biased or anything (no, really!), just seems to me such a test should be about driving and nowt else
_TC said:
thats pretty nice GTRene. when do you get yours?
Sadly I don't know...since the deal went bust with that lovely Exige Cup 240 there are no others in NL for sale yet(who are interesting)
This week there was a man want to buy my BMW but want way to much for his VW R32 from 2004(he pays to much for it!) so deals of again...
Monday I was by a German dealer who wanted to make a deal with me about a orange Exige that way he could sell a Exige S to a customer...but I have not sold my M coupe so...have to wait again...( I even look now for a 111R) but Exige I realy want...so wait wait and grow a beard
Tomorrow make myself crazy again? by going and see some Exige Cup cars
around the Nurnburgring area. GTRene
I don't want to upset anyone but who the heck wants a Gayman anyway, I'd admit that I like the idea of the Boxster even thou it's a little slow, (two seat convertible sport's car) what's the Gayman all about anyway ? Sorry but you might as well save for another 2 year's and buy the 911 I just don't get it, it's been made to have less power on purpose by Porsche so it doesn't beat he 911, you've got to make something as good as you can not hold back I just don't get it ?
Boggy
Boggy
boggy said:
I don't want to upset anyone but who the heck wants a Gayman anyway, I'd admit that I like the idea of the Boxster even thou it's a little slow, (two seat convertible sport's car) what's the Gayman all about anyway ? Sorry but you might as well save for another 2 year's and buy the 911 I just don't get it, it's been made to have less power on purpose by Porsche so it doesn't beat he 911, you've got to make something as good as you can not hold back I just don't get it ?
Boggy
It is no secret that I am no fan of Porsche but after friday night when Ryan came out with us Loti in his boxter S, I have amassesd some respect for the car. There is no way I would buy one and I think alot of it is the brash and competant style that Ryan has.
Choose a Cayman over a Exige S? You would have to be crazy and as all but a few Porsche drivers you buy the porker for the "statement" it makes. Especially if you are choosing it over the Exige. Before I get the usual argument (which I enjoy too much) there are some notable exeptions Ryan and DanH drive like men possessed and do credit to any car.
The big question from my point of view is will the extra 30bhp make a huge difference? I will reason that statement, a "standard" elise is just as capable as an R untill about 80mph and that is a 70bhp increase. An S1 S160 will do anything my R can do.
Not downplaying the S in any way, I am just very interested. The smile on Tony Shute's face was brilliant and when he gets the best toys Lotus have to offer that says a lot.
A decent speck on a cayman is £50k and a great speck on a new S will be at least £37k. If I was spending £50k on a car it would come down to a second hand Ultima or 355 spider. Why would you choose the Porker?
Firstly not all porkers are the same ofcorse! and they are a different animal then the Lotus Elise/Exige you not realy cant compare those I think.
Porkers are good machinery! reliable, fuel economic, and precise instruments(most of them and in their own class)
Ofcorse they miss a bit what you can find in the Lotus, but as I said before not all porkers are the same, they might not come that close in drivers envolvement but you also have the more "hardcore"(in their leauge) RS versions(my name René Stam) and those are far better then the ordenairy porkers, but also sadly more expensive.
I would buy the newest Porsche GT3(415hp?) for autobahn and more, and a Lotus Exige Cup 240 or Honda for fun on small cirquits..but for streetcirquits 10km and more I would use the porshe GT3 I think...
www.pistonheads.com/porsche/default.asp?storyId=13243
Anyway, the Exige is a masterpiece! not that expensive but a lot driversfun and daily useble and fast anough on most tracks for fun
GTRene
>> Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 22 March 15:10
Porkers are good machinery! reliable, fuel economic, and precise instruments(most of them and in their own class)
Ofcorse they miss a bit what you can find in the Lotus, but as I said before not all porkers are the same, they might not come that close in drivers envolvement but you also have the more "hardcore"(in their leauge) RS versions(my name René Stam
) and those are far better then the ordenairy porkers, but also sadly more expensive. I would buy the newest Porsche GT3(415hp?) for autobahn and more, and a Lotus Exige Cup 240 or Honda
for fun on small cirquits..but for streetcirquits 10km and more I would use the porshe GT3 I think... www.pistonheads.com/porsche/default.asp?storyId=13243
Anyway, the Exige is a masterpiece! not that expensive but a lot driversfun and daily useble and fast anough on most tracks for fun
GTRene
>> Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 22 March 15:10
bogie said:
if they get that excited by driving a 220bhp 950Kg Exige then maybe they ought to try some of the aftermarket Honda/Audi cars with 100Kg+ less, 300bhp and just as good a set-up as the Exige
yeah...they do it slowly...step by step...so they can sell you a few cars in future "same" car 20hp more...and when they finaly are with a 300hp engine the weight has almost dubble that from the origenal
GTRene
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