2004 Lotus Exige
After an absence from the marketplace for 2 years, Lotus is reintroducing the Lotus Exige. The second generation Exige, unveiled as a world debut at the Geneva Motorshow in 2004, takes the same race car-for-the-road philosophy and applies it to the driver of today.
The first generation Exige was introduced to the world in early 2000 as a racecar for the road. Born out of the successful Lotus Sport Elise racecar, which was campaigned throughout Europe with such success in 2000 and 2001, the Exige was hand built in low numbers for a few markets around the world. The design project, undertaken by the Lotus Design Team lead by Russell Carr, took the core values of Lotus and the first generation Exige and applied them to the 2004 Exige.
Signature racecar features such as the roof scoop, rear wing, deep front splitter and fast back roof have been carefully developed whilst new features such as the engine cover vents, side intakes and lightweight mesh grills and a unique graphic further differentiate the Exige from other products in the Lotus stable.
With phenomenal performance and handling, powered by a Toyota 1.8 litre engine, producing a maximum power output of 141 kW and 181 Nm of torque, the Exige sprints to 100 km/h in 5.2 seconds and 160 km/h in 13.2 seconds before reaching a top speed of 237 km
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Performance & Specs
| submitted by | Richard Owen |
| engine | Toyota 2ZZ-GE, Aluminum Inline-4 |
| position | Transverse, Mid Engine |
| valvetrain | DOHC, 4 Valves per Cyl w/VVTL-i |
| fuel feed | Multi-Point Sequential Fuel Injection |
| displacement | 1796 cc / 109.6 in³ |
| bore | 80 mm / 3.15 in |
| stroke | 89.3 mm / 3.52 in |
| power | 140.9 kw / 189 bhp @ 7800 rpm |
| specific output | 105.23 bhp per litre |
| bhp/weight | 216.0 bhp per tonne |
| torque | 181 nm / 133.5 ft lbs @ 6800 rpm |
| redline | 8500 |
| body / frame | Glass Reinforced Composite Body overBonded Aluminum Tub Chassis w/Rear Steel Subframe |
| front tires | Yokohama A048 |
| rear tires | Yokohama A048 |
| front brakes | Ventilated & Cross-Drilled Discs w/Lotus/AP-Racing Twin-Pison Calipers, ABS |
| f brake size | x 282 mm / x 11.1 in |
| rear brakes | Ventilated & Cross-Drilled Discs w/Lotus/AP-Racing Twin-Pison Calipers, ABS |
| r brake size | x 282 mm / x 11.1 in |
| steering | Rack & Pinion |
| f suspension | Unequal Wishbones w/Bilstein Gas Dampers, Eibach Coil Springs, Anti-Roll Bar |
| r suspension | Unequal Wishbones w/Bilstein Gas Dampers, Eibach Coil Springs, Anti-Roll Bar |
| curb weight | 875 kg / 1929 lbs |
| wheelbase | 2300 mm / 90.6 in |
| front track | 1457 mm / 57.4 in |
| rear track | 1507 mm / 59.3 in |
| length | 3797 mm / 149.5 in |
| width | 1727 mm / 68.0 in |
| height | 1159 mm / 45.6 in |
| transmission | Toytoa C64 6-Speed Manual w/Lotus Shifter |
| gear ratios | 3.116:1, 2.050:1, 1.481:1, 1.166:1, 0.916:1, 0.815:1, :1 |
| final drive | 4.529:1 |
| top speed | ~236.6 kph / 147.0 mph |
| 0 – 60 mph | ~4.9 seconds |
