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Very nice toys ahead of the '08 cars. Big brakes, variable TC, LC and a new paint job!
Very nice toys ahead of the '08 cars. Big brakes, variable TC, LC and a new paint job!
I think someone forgot too inform Australians that we've got a Lotus Exige 255R overhere which already takes the crown for "fastest [official] Exige". Not to mention other, *cough* aftermarket supercharged Exiges... 
I must say though, I always digged the Exige-S type oval exhaust. Looks very aggressive. Like it!
I must say though, I always digged the Exige-S type oval exhaust. Looks very aggressive. Like it!
Boggy said:
That's about £65,000 in our money
Boggy
I did that sum when I saw it as well! Never ceases to amaze me how much something like a Lotus is in AUS or even the States. A mate of mine lives in LA and out there someone buying a Lotus is treated as if they are mad, an Exige is S class money out there and not far of 911 prices.Boggy
I have a couple of Aussies and a South African working for me this summer. None of them even know what a Lotus is let alone ever seen one back home.
They're a rare site but gets funny when you smoke a Holden V8 in one - they suddenly get interested in the "little Pommie thing".
Most car enthusiasts I came across down under had heard of Lotus, but many Lotus owners down under brought their cars in from the UK. Very rare esp when you consider an HSV Clubsport R8 (VXRV8) is $62,890 (c£25k). Petrol is 2/3rds of UK prices and base model 111R is £40k ($100k) - import cars are expensive.....
Presume they are getting that instead of the Exige GT3 ?
Most car enthusiasts I came across down under had heard of Lotus, but many Lotus owners down under brought their cars in from the UK. Very rare esp when you consider an HSV Clubsport R8 (VXRV8) is $62,890 (c£25k). Petrol is 2/3rds of UK prices and base model 111R is £40k ($100k) - import cars are expensive.....
Presume they are getting that instead of the Exige GT3 ?
not as bad as Denmark - i think an Elise is about £70-90K there ! ...poor bastards...you wouldnt want to be a car enthusiast living there..."luxury car tax" of hundreds of percent applied to anything over £12K in value I think
I have a couple of guys based out there and we have to pay them 50% more car allowance than we get in the UK ...so they can afford a base spec Vectra, whilst all the rest of the team can get into a high-spec 3 series or low end 5 series etc
I have a couple of guys based out there and we have to pay them 50% more car allowance than we get in the UK ...so they can afford a base spec Vectra, whilst all the rest of the team can get into a high-spec 3 series or low end 5 series etc
Boggy said:
That's about £65,000 in our money
Boggy
Yup - Lotus is really expensive in Oz... that's one of the great things about blighty, even us in the convict repatriation programme can afford one here Boggy
You can check out prices here ... e.g.
2003 LOTUS, ELISE, 111S $58,990 45,000 kms, 5 SP MANUAL
That's over £24K for a 4 year old elise
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