Project Kahn Reveals Lotus Elise styling package

Lotus Elise by Project Kahn

By Thami Masemola
December 12, 2008 10:34 PM
Filed Under: European, Lotus, Tuners

One of Project Kahn's major missions when transforming a normal Lotus Elise into what you see here was to help owners of the car stand out from a possible sea of other Elise owners out there. As a 60th anniversary project for Lotus, Kahn went even sportier with the Elise, installing a full aerodynamic body styling package.

Front spoiler, ventilated front wings, side sills, rear spoiler and larger side intake ducts are some of the exterior alterations done. Interior also received some attention with a full leather compliment fitted. In addition Kahn provided a sports exhaust system to improve engine breathing and then improved handling with a lowered suspension with 28 stage dampeners. Improving the handling of an Elise is quite a tall order, given the car's established high credentials on a track, but Project Kanh is confident they have done it.

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Comments

GRAVE

December 12, 2008 11:07 PM

good job Kahn, realy beautiful.

car-o-bar

December 12, 2008 11:09 PM

Looks good, but Lotus looks good anyways. Any online accessories shop can do that, add a spoiler, some chrome, large wheels and there you have a better looking car than the original. What is so special about this one? Huh..!

Panamera

December 13, 2008 1:11 AM

is it just me or does khan just put the same set of wheels on everyone of its cars and call them project kahn...

michelin901

December 13, 2008 10:47 PM

i think the same as well. this one atleast has some kit. the ferrari 599 and the audi r8 they did had nothing but the same set of boring wheels. wonder whats the point.

PotatoEater

December 13, 2008 4:41 AM

"car stand out from a possible sea of other Elise owners" - this must be in a country like Singapore where taxis comprise of the E class and 300C...

sub39h

December 13, 2008 6:46 PM

for once kahn hasn't made a car look like utter garbage. that in itself is an achievement

porkrind

December 13, 2008 7:55 PM

Putting the exhausts in the diffuser channels sure isn't going to help with the downforce. All show and no go.

Exige

December 13, 2008 11:39 PM

What a terrible job! The side scoops are too boxy (all the other lines of the car are curved) and add drag to a car that is pretty draggy already. What is the point of the little crease under the side scoop? The rear 'wing' is clearly non-functional and probably interferes with the functional rear lip; at best the wing just adds yet more drag. How amazingly stupid it was to put exhaust cans right in the diffuser elements! Between that and the rear lip, they've killed all the rear downforce. They didn't even bother to fill in the hole in the center diffuser element where the exhaust tips normally exit. The front splitter and side skirts look like they might add a bit of downforce, but that puts the car out of balance, since they screwed all the downforce at the rear. And yes, the tires are weak. Pretty nice paint job in a great color, that's the only positive I see.

Exige

December 13, 2008 11:45 PM

^^^ 'tires are weak.' Duh, meant 'wheels.'

Airbag

December 14, 2008 6:03 AM

While this is undoubtedly some of KD's best work, that's like saying Zimbabwean national parks are quite nice.

That and this was released in August...