[acw]

Hi everyone.

I have been searching the archives but did not find anything about this. I understand that Lotus has an Exige in UK which is using the same engine as the federal Elise.

Is Lotus ever going to import an Exige in the US?

Thanks

AW

 

[grudkin]

Unknown, but there are no official plans to export it to the U.S. yet

You can do a search for more info

 

[Sownman]

Is Lotus ever going to import an Exige in the US?

Thanks

AW

Read this...Lotus interview

 

[acw]

Thanks... Sorry I should have seen this during my original search...

This is too bad that Lotus won't import the exige or a supercharged Elise. I haven't driven the federal Elise yet, however, I use to own an S1 Lotus Elise Motorsport and would love to have something similar for the street.

AW

 

[shinoo]

There are some reports that the Exige will come here. I spoke with a high ranking Lotus employee recently who suggested that the Exige was included in the waivers for the Elise. So bringing it in is possible. Lotus does not need to sell it in the US at the moment since their order log is full.

IMHO: it'll be here in years 3 or 4. At minimum as a track-only car but more likely a street version with a supercharged powerplant.

Ah, wild speculation is such good fun...

 

[ChrisB]

There are some reports that the Exige will come here. I spoke with a high ranking Lotus employee recently who suggested that the Exige was included in the waivers for the Elise. So bringing it in is possible. Lotus does not need to sell it in the US at the moment since their order log is full.

IMHO: it'll be here in years 3 or 4. At minimum as a track-only car but more likely a street version with a supercharged powerplant.

Ah, wild speculation is such good fun...

As long as we're speculating...here's mine: Exige here in MY2006 with the standard Elise engine...just as it currently is in ROW, but with whatever detail changes Lotus makes to the cars for the 2006 MY. I expect it will be sold as a low-volume, high-premium ($$$), halo car to keep the momentum going through 2006.

 

[adamant]

Something to look forward too I have really found that having the roof on all the time is not that big a problem as I thought it might be.