Lotus Exige V6 Cup - road car vs race car - autocar.co.uk

Lotus is on its way back, and the proof is the Lotus Exige V6 Cup - both in street trim, the Cup S, and the Cup R racer. Steve Sutcliffe puts them to the test.

For most people, the standard Lotus Exige V6 would surely represent the ultimate kind of sports car. It weighs little more than a box of feathers, its interior is quite extraordinarily uncluttered by unnecessary luxuries, and its supercharged Toyota V6 engine provides it with enough grunt -- 345bhp -- to embarrass all but the most ambitious supercar drivers. Sutters travels to Lotus' test track in Hethel to drive the Exige V6 Cup S road car and the Exige V6 Cup R racer.

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[skxf]

We need a street legal version of the Exige V6 in the U.S.

[fwijffels]

This deserves so much more views, Lotus is doing one heck of a job, building these cars!

[MrZattack]

If the Cup R was street legal it would beat the Cayman GT4 in everything but comfort

[donE]

Can you find one hour of one day when it's not raining? "It's a little slippery". Well of course it is with moss growing on the track!

[EdisonGuerrasr]

The sound of the both cars are wonderful.

[cmatt]

Nice Autocar video for a change - I've only ever watched this channel when there's no more Chris Harris or XCAR and its usually disappointing but this was worthwhile for a change. Keep making videos with this sort of quality!

[felipemautei]

it's always nice to see a journalist having even more fun than usual

[SN]

Glad to know Lotus is back and here to stay :)

[patrickpelletier]

Why do race cars hav indicators or flashers as i would normally say

[Pasthim]

Road version with Racing wing and gearbox for me please!

[thebeardedonecampos]

As an American, I do think lotus has a winner here.
Almost like an answer to the jaguar f-type

[mrrolandlawrence]

i gotta say the elise and the evora are my favourite lotus cars.

[fraserbest]

I saw a v6 cup at donington that had been slightly changed for racing

[KHGuitarFreak]

Could just be me, but are the pedals offset from the centre of the steering column???

[MagicAyrtonforever]

Have they put a foot rest in it yet? And also do parts still fall off like the demo car I drove?

[Pandamasque]

6:29 what's that buzzer?! The only other car where I heard a similar noise was the Audi R8 GT3 LMS.

[pilota]

Bellissimo filmato, grazie!
Great video. Thanks of posting.

[entrepreneur_journey]

The R sounds so much better - is it because of the total lack of insulating materials/no interior and engine tuning?

[festol]

You are right, I may had said on a wrong way. But I still would like kilos+kph, in my opinion, those can deliver more precise data.

[coop]

SI is > than Imperial agreed but speeds are still in MPH in the UK and this is a UK car magazine. It isn't hard to convert MPH to KPH.