Lotus To Bring Potent Exige S To U.S.

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Lotus fanatics rejoice again. The legendary British automaker announced this week that itis bringing its most potent street-legal production car, the Exige S, to U.S. shores.By bolting on a Roots-type supercharger and air-to-air intercooler to the Exigeis already potent 1.8-liter engine, horsepower has been boosted 16 percent (to 220 hp from 190) while torque increases 20 percent to 165 lb-ft from 133. With 80 percent of peak torque available at just over 2,000 rpm, the revampe...

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[NavyLt]

Hi there, my first post and all. Don't mean to jack you up, but you'd better check your work. The article you are quoting from is one year old describing the '07 Exige S. The '08 Exige S is supposed to have 240 HP and a Cup car roof (i.e. a full "Mohawk" roof scoop) as well as different colors to choose from.

[Martin]

Yeah, there is an error in the system. Agreed, that is some really old news.

[SuperTrooper]

Yeah, I think my dead grandma even knows about that :p