Published on 26 Feb 2017
Unfortunately I'm not able to re-record the audio for this review but thought I could add least do an edit with subtitles for anyone who found it hard to hear what I was saying. Apologies once again for that.
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Lotus is on its way back, and the proof is the Lotus Exige V6 Cup - both in street trim, the Cup S, and the Cup R racer. Steve Sutcliffe puts them to the test.
For most people, the standard Lotus Exige V6 would surely represent the ultimate kind of sports car. It weighs little more than a box of feathers, its interior is quite extraordinarily uncluttered by unnecessary luxuries, and its supercharged Toyota V6 engine provides it with enough grunt -- 345bhp -- to embarrass all but the most ambitious supercar drivers. Sutters travels to Lotus' test track in Hethel to drive the Exige V6 Cup S road car and the Exige V6 Cup R racer.
Engine: 3.0 l V8 /
Power: 487 hp @ 9100rpm
Torque: 380 Nm / 280 lb-ft @ 7500rpm
Weight: 935kg
Top speed: 297 km/h / 185mph
Gearbox: 7-speed transverse Quaife gearbox with paddle shift and autoblip
Chassis: High-tensile strength CDS carbon tubular steel spaceframe with FIA specification crash boxes front and rear
Event: Menzo 24h of Zolder
Date: 28th to 30th of august 2014
Track: Circuit Zolder
Team: GHK Racing
Drivers: Guy Verheyen (BEL) - Freddy Loix (BEL) - Roger Grouwels (NL) - Henk Thuis (NL) - Donald Molenaar (NL)
The qualified 4th overall from 49 entries
Early on in the race the Radical was hit by another car, so GHK racing lost a lot of time in the pits trying to repair the damage.
In the end they finished 19th overall.
In this video you can also see a black RXC. That one is driven by Henk Thuis (NL) in the Supercar Challenge.
http://www.supercarchallenge.nl/
McLaren has come a long way over the past five years, and the 570GT is the culmination of its endeavours. And it is, without question, a huge achievement.
But it’s also a different kind of sports car to the ones McLaren has made up until now. Why? Because the 570GT is an out-and-out road car – an automobile that’s been designed specifically to be used every day on regular roads by regular (and rather wealthy) drivers.
Steve Sutcliffe gets behind the wheel of the brand new 570GT in Tenerife...