What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
05-31-2006, 01:20 PM
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What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
Spotted at a local high end car dealership: Looks like a cross between a dune buggy/super 7 and a Lotus Elise.
I am guessing it is a track car, also has one of the hood panels removed for better ducted air cooling??
Pretty neat!
I am guessing it is a track car, also has one of the hood panels removed for better ducted air cooling??
Pretty neat!
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Re: What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
Thanks, did an internet search for the 340R, got lots of info I would not have had otherwise. Really neat car, never heard of it before, I must be slipping since it has been around since 2000 or so.
Looks like the perfect economy car to me. <gg>
Looks like the perfect economy car to me. <gg>
06-01-2006, 01:05 PM
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Re: What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
i believe that was the pre-cursor to the elise. they closed the top and made it more of a useable car
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Re: What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
The Lotus 340R was first introduced in 1999, they took an Elise and stripped it down. It is streetable (in Europe for sure, don't know about here), is way cool, and you are not likely to see yourself in the mirror! 0-60 in about 4.5 seconds.
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Re: What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
Originally Posted by CBR
The Lotus 340R was first introduced in 1999, they took an Elise and stripped it down. It is streetable (in Europe for sure, don't know about here), is way cool, and you are not likely to see yourself in the mirror! 0-60 in about 4.5 seconds.
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Re: What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
So if you buy an Elise, I am assuming it is street legal and always will be, right? I am guessing the 340R is not street legal as per Garibay above.
Interesting fact!
Interesting fact!
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Re: What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
Originally Posted by CBR
So if you buy an Elise, I am assuming it is street legal and always will be, right? I am guessing the 340R is not street legal as per Garibay above.
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06-08-2006, 12:48 AM
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Re: What kind of Lotus Elise is this??
The Elise and Exige are built in low numbers (2500+ las year which is high numbers for Lotus)and they are famous for exemptions.My '01 esprit has a sticker on the windshield showing this because they didn't pass safety standard on a head on collision .The problem was that your head is like 3" away from wacking into the windshield.Lotus clamed that there were no recorded injuries and redesigning the car would cripple the company.With only a hundred or so cars sold a year they got their exemption for a few years.
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