Is the Lotus Exige supercar fast?
This unlikely drag race pairing will test the ability of a Lotus to keep up with a McLaren supercar. Although it might not look like a fair fight on paper, you will see that this is not as one-sided as you think. Tiff Needell and her team at Lovecars are the best qualified to compare some of the most focused British performance vehicles ever made. The McLaren675LT is our first contender. This special supercar was the catalyst for McLaren’s legendary LT limited production models. This supercar, which weighs in at 2,927 pounds (1327 Kilograms), can reach speeds of 0-60 mph in just 3.0 seconds. The 675LT was lighter than the 570S and was powered by parts of the P1 Hypercar. It also features more track-oriented engineering.
The Lotus Exige Club Racer is the opposite end of the performance car range. This track-special, light-weight manual transmission transmission is the epitome of driver engagement. The little Lotus is powered by a Toyota-sourced, 3.5-liter V6. It’s supercharged to 345 horsepower (258 Kilowatts), and 295 lbft (400 Newton-meters), making it a slick manual transmission track special. The Lotus is a featherweight at 2559 pounds (1.161 kilograms). There can only one winner in this battle between computer-monitored performance and simplifying and adding lightness. We could not win this battle if we relied only on the spec sheets. However, the unpredictable world of drag racing means that anything can happen.