Wishful thinking unfortunately. The US Elise will not have the power/weight ratio of the Elise in the article. Note: The Sun Power Elise is 192 "rwhp" at 1629 lbs. I don't know how much drive-chain losses their will be with the new Lotus Elise/Toyota setup, but considering the usual, I would say the 190hp US Elise will be roughly 160 "rwhp" at 1850lbs. I doubt it will be able to even break into the high 12's in the 1/4 mile. This will be a low, to mid, 13 second car. Thats almost a full second slower in the 1/4 mile, which by the way is a substantial difference. Boy, mid 12's! That would have been awesome!!
RWHP Power/Weight Ratio
Sun Elise 8.48
US Elise 11.56
My Turbo Miata 8.88 (High 12's)
Looks Like I just bought a Lotus to go slower, lol (well at least in a straight line
