Custom Lotus Exige S from Mexico

Video shows Lotus Exige S roaming the streets of Monterrey, Mexico

By Alex Ricciuti
May 25, 2009 1:30 PM
Filed Under: European, Lotus, Tuners

Nice. What is it?

Well, it's a Lotus Exige S, of course. Which is pretty much an Elise with a removable roof and a little extra tuning of that Toyota-supplied engine under the hood.

It's fun to watch this little number racing around Monterrey, Mexico and be reminded that Lotus builds real sports cars, and not just light-weight little roadsters with rear-mounted engines that make hay on their minimal dimensions.

The Exige S comes with a supercharged 1.8 liter DOHC engine with variable-valve timing supplied by Toyota. Depending on which model this is, it produces either 220 or 240 or 260 hp (the video does not specify). The 2009 Exige S is offered in North America in two configurations, S240 and S260. Oh, and there are the Exige GT3 and 265E models too. The latter running on E85 ethanol fuel and each coming with 275 and 265 hp, respectively.

Despite all of the different Elise/Exige varieties, apparently the owner who remains anonymous wanted something a little more. Besides the custom body kit with rear diffuser and huge wing, the car dubbed, Exige Scuderia, also features a KOMO-TEC S300 Phase 3 intercooler upgrade kit which bumps power up to 300hp from the standard 220hp.

Surely, for some purist, tampering with the Exige is sacrilege.  But for others - it's never enough.

 

Source: autogespot.com via gtspirit.com

Comments

N20_Purge
May 25, 2009 2:14 PM
Ew, ricey looks.

I'd take the pretty new Exige S over this anyday.

Sedaer
May 25, 2009 6:58 PM
This is worse, a lot worse, Why can't they just stick a V8 in it if they want to tune it?

Max_Speed
May 25, 2009 7:25 PM
Maybe there isn't enough space under the bonnet to put a V8 engine...

CarLife
May 25, 2009 7:06 PM
Looks like crap and sounds like crap. I guess if you have money you can do what ever you want with your crap.

jalmonte91
May 25, 2009 8:34 PM
You all are a bunch of haters on this, that car looks gorgeous. And give credit to the little corrola engine that could

Renegade
May 26, 2009 5:32 PM
Yo', stop boozing on that teqiula.

WildMaverick1200
May 25, 2009 9:36 PM
300 hp powering a mosquito.....you know, that will easily beat Lambos, considering that it weighs like 900 kg. Lotus should make a standard model with this much power!

DolceRides
May 25, 2009 11:59 PM
12.0 isnt that impressive, go get a c6 vette put some drag radials, intake, full exhaust and tune it and u have a car just as fast that costs about the same maybe even ceaper, and sounds a mllion times better, but i like the back bumper of that lotus they made it look like the novitec rosso f430

tdroesch
May 26, 2009 8:40 PM
keep the intercooler kit, lose the rest.

JORGERIOS
May 27, 2009 1:05 AM
CHICOS YO SOY EL QUE TOMO LAS FOTOS PERO NO SOY EL DUEÑO DEL CARRO, EN TODOS LOS BLOGS DICEN QUE EL CARRO ES MIO, PERO YO SOLO SOY EL FOTOGRAFO NO EL DUEÑO OK!

ENTONCES PORFAVOR REMUEVAN MI NOMBRE DE ESTA PUBLICACION

GUYS I WAS THE GUY WHO TOOK THE PICTURES BUT I'M NOT THE OWNER IN ALL THE BLOGS THEY SAY I'M THE OWNER, BUT I'M ONLY THE PHOTOGRAPHER NOT THE OWNER OK!

SO PLEASE REMOVE MY NAME FROM THIS PUBLICATION...

JORGE

X_man
June 2, 2009 1:00 AM
datz a piece of bad stuff man nice paint job nice car but da back is totally UGLY im srry but its true tho i mean itz completely FLAT

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