Supercars must be powerful, very powerful. Anyway some English car manufacturers decided to follow another way, trying a brand new solution: very light supercars.
New standards Based upon the road-going Exige S, the Exige Cup 255 is powered by a 1796 cc supercharged engine driving through a 6-speed close ratio C64 gearbox. Bespoke performance enhancements designed exclusively by Lotus Sport raise power and torque levels substantially to offer a car with levels of handling and acceleration that are capable of taming Europe’s most feared race circuits.
Two-way adjustable Ohlins dampers with coil over springs and an adjustable front anti-roll bar provide the Exige Cup 255 with track-focused, adjustable handling to enable every driver to get the most out of their car. The Lotus Sport Exige Cup 255 features the following upgrades over the Exige Cup 240. All have been developed by Lotus Sport skilled engineers to provide the most dramatic on-track experience possible.
A power increase to 255 PS is achieved by a number of substantial revisions to the vehicle. A larger roof air intake ensures the intercooler is supplied with an increased volume of air, whilst the revised air box ensures this reaches the combustion chamber with the least possible disturbance. Moreover, the car features revised air box, uprated intercooler, improved fuel pump, four-pot, and two piece front brake calipers with 308 mm front discs and 288 mm rear discs. Why not? When we see such cars like this Lotus Exige, we wander if this can be the right way to follow in the future: as a matter of facts, modern bigger supercars result too “demanding”, as far as consumptions are concerned. We think it is a good idea to try to create simpler but more powerful cars, as all Lotus have showed for years.

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