Lotus has unveiled the new Exige Sport 410, which will take the place of the previous Exige Sport 380. The new model is derived from the existing Exige Cup 430, but unlike that manic machine, it is made to be more liveable with on the daily drive.
The basics are as follows: a 3.5 litre supercharged V6 serves up 410 hp at 7,000 rpm and 420 Nm of torque at 3,000 to 7,000 rpm. That is more than the 375 hp and 410 Nm offered by the Exige Sport 380, but less than the Exige Cup 430 (430 hp and 440 Nm).
The engine is paired with a six-speed manual and only needs to propel a car that has a dry weight of as low as 1,054 kg – the Exige Sport 380 weighs in a 1,066 kg dry. This translates to a power-to-weight ratio of 389 hp per ton, which Lotus claims makes the Exige Sport 410 the lightest V6-powered Exige ever.
If those figures aren’t enough to whet you your appetite, the new car is only 0.1 seconds slower in the 0-100 km/h sprint than the Exige Cup 430, taking just 3.4 seconds to do. As a coupe, the Exige Sport 410 will hit a top speed of 290 km/h, or 233 km/h in roadster guise – the former is identical to the Exige Cup 430.
There’s also a bump in the amount of downforce generated, which now stands at 150 kg compared to the Exige Sport 380’s 140 kg and Exige Cup 430’s 220 kg. The car’s chassis, suspension and dampers are taken from the Exige Cup 430, but the three-way adjustable Nitron dampers have been retuned to be less track-focused. This can be adjusted accordingly, along with the Eibach adjustable front and rear anti-roll bars.
Sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres (215/45 front and 285/30 rear) are wrapped around staggered forged alloy wheel sizes (17-inch front and 18-inch rear), while AP racing brakes provide the stopping power.
The low dry weight mentioned above is only available when all possible lightweight options are ticked (standard dry weight is 1,074 kg, unladen weight is 1,108 kg). These include a titanium exhaust system (-10 kg) and replacing the roof, binnacle top, sill covers, rear diffuser finish and barge boards with carbon-fibre pieces.
As for the interior, you get plenty of Alcantara-covered surfaces to touch, including the steering wheel and combination leather seats. Things like a leather trim park, tartan trim park, interior colour pack, full carpets, floor mats, air-conditioning, audio system, sound insulation and cruise control are all optional extras.
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Why would I need to know the dry weight? I cannot drive the car dry!
It’s just how racing cars are traditionally quoted. They only specify dry weight for their track oriented cars I believe.
Traditionally that’s how race cars’ weights are quoted. Don’t know why, probably for shipping, or maybe to allow teams to size their own fluid reserves, etc.
Cheap steering wheel, cheap aircond-vent,cheap infotainment system (if that what Lotus called a system). They didn’t even bother to improve their interior for decades. Only an idiot who doesn’t know what to do with their money would buy this crap rather than other sportcar within its price range.
The exige is for a very niche market that sees past the aesthetics and truly values its performance per pound. Ur not the target market.
Obviously you never drive super cars, it is still drive better than many competitors
I’ve never driven a Lotus, but I’m guessing there are fans out there that might actually like how Lotus cars feel and handle. Much like how Porsche has a cult following, despite technically making cars with the ‘worst’ layout for performance (engine hanging behind the rear wheels).
Absolutely hardcore Exige…..love it!
this engine only produces 120 bhp per liter which is pretty weak for a forced induction engine.
It’s light, no need too much power to get around 3 in century sprint.
Spend RM500k for a car with a Toyota engine and a body that has most of its parts Made by Proton.
Look into any Lotus…you will see so many parts Made by Proton.
I rather use that amount of money and buy a 2nd hand Ferrari for RM350k
On track, this P1 will run rings around that 2nd hand Felali.
Ferrari is not as agile as a lotus
Lexus is worst coz it slow and oni a glorified toyota
For this lotus, you pay more for much less…..
That’s because they don’t sell cars by the kilogrammes.
They sell by how many Horse Power ?!
Nope. They sell it by excitement behind the wheel… with your pants on.