Lotus Exige S Type 72 Cars Digital
Lotus Exige S Type 72 Cars Digital
Lotus Exige S Type 72 Cars Digital
When Lotus F1 Racing wheelspins away from the grid at the start of the new Formula One season on March 14, hopes viewers' for the team will not be high. Few viewers expect Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen, the pilots to take the checkered flag and spray champagne as their bold, sideburn-sporting ancestors did in 1960 and 1970. Then, the Team Lotus took six drivers 'championships and seven constructors' championships.Thus, in an attempt to remind the world that were once pretty good at winning races, the designers have released Lotus Exige S Type 72. Supercharged, super-sport seriously and fear, this little black number is named after the Type 72 F1 racer, who, with 20 victories to his name, is ranked as the most successful Grand Prix car.
Its hand-finished painting is the work of signwriter who created the original Type 72 combination of black and gold, as a result of sponsorship by John Player Special cigarettes. gold alloy wheels finish the fascinating aspect of this limited edition model - only 20 will be sold in the United Kingdom, each with a plaque in honor interior of one of those 20 wins the race. Another 20 will go to the mainland and a couple more elsewhere.
When we discover more about its performance, the Exige S Type 72, £ 36,945, could begin to look like the deal the acquisition of the January sales. Boast 218bhp and 935kg in weight, is able to accelerate from standstill to 60 mph in 4.5sec. Take that other well-loved British sports car brand Aston Martin and it takes a 510bhp V12 Vantage to speed more quickly. And in case you want to go even faster, Lotus offers the option of a Performance Pack that boosts power to 237bhp. The Type S 72 has not even a reasonable job of avoiding service stations. Its 1.8-liter Toyota engine source VVTL-i returns 33.2mpg and emits just 199g/km perfectly palatable CO2.
Any chance of Trulli and Kovalainen to finish with an S Type 72 as their runabout paddock? Lotus F1 Racing is a business separate from Lotus, and relations have been frosty, but Trulli has recently paid the Norfolk-based Lotus factory visit. Maybe he was looking for a gold stitched sport seats for size.
Lotus Exige S Type 72
Engine: 1796cc four-cylinder, turbocharged
Power: 218bhp @ 8000rpm
Torque: 159 Nm @ 5500rpm
Six-speed manual transmission
Acceleration: 0-60mph: 4.5sec
Maximum speed: 145 mph
Fuel/CO2: 33.2mpg (combined) / 199g/km
Price: £ 36,945
Road tax bands: J (£ 215 per year)
Verdict: Black magic
On sale: Now
Lotus Exige S Type 72 Cars Digital
