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[Dashwood]

Not sure I like Chris Harris's style. Maybe I want his job too much.

[P11 COV]

How many times does he use the word 'impressive'?

[Boombang]

I find his videos to be genuinely uninteresting, and find the Harris worship to be utterly baffling. He struggles to articulate his opinions well and is like a stuck record. The Chris Harris drinking game: Shot of tequila everytime he says 'impressive' Shot of bucca everytime he says 'GT3' Any mention of 'brain' or 'ecu' and it's a vodka

[swisscott]

I liked his articles in evo.

[JG]

which he left two months ago. Though i thought his articles to be medocre. Not a great loss. Though to be honest evo is pretty shit anyway.

[Graeme Lambert]

which he left two months ago.

Though i thought his articles to be medocre. Not a great loss. Though to be honest evo is pretty sh** anyway.

I generally like Chris' writing to be honest.
No bullsh1t with him really, and tells it like it is. Talented behind the wheel as well and a real genuine petrolhead who still gets excited about cars, fast ro not.

However, in person he is a bit of a law unto himself and often a grumpy bugger.

Oh, and as I found out yesterday, will NOT ride in a helicopter

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ETA, back on topic - this is what 'we' thought of the new Exige V6 http://www.carenthus...6 Roadster.html

Edited by Graeme Lambert, 02 May 2012 - 04:51 PM.

[techieboy]

ETA, back on topic - this is what 'we' thought of the new Exige V6 http://www.carenthus...6 Roadster.html

and Yoko A084 tyres

Surely A048's?

[KurtVerbose]

This car's just been updated. Same power, but it's shed 50kg's.

 

I'm thinking they've missed something. There are plenty of + 300bhp 4cylinder cars these days - you don't need a big, heavy 3.5litre V6 to get that power output. Doing so might put the car under a ton again.

 

Or why not keep the V6 but have a respectable power output - that car would be a giant killer?

 

I would still dealy like one though.

[smiley]

With the Evora 400 having the same engine config, it makes me wonder why there is no exige 400 (yet?)

Should be just a smaller pully right?

 

 

[Luke84]

Pumping it to 400 requires a charge cooler and all associated gubbins. The extra weigh doesn't really improve the power the weight ratio that much especially with the extra cost that would be added.

[smiley]

If that tvs is currently uncooled pulling 350, means it could easily do 500 when cooled.

 

[Kal]

New owner of a V6 Exige (having come from an Evora now that CocoPops, PaulCP and others have contaminated it 

 

The Exige 400 is enroute next year. Sadly it's not a simple swap to the Evora 400 engine. Due to the charge cooler that's required, the Exige body needs to be redesigned to fit it. All the little changes then bolted on a lot more weight - and at it's current weight it's already too hefty for some. So for the time being, they've gone for the middle ground and trimmed the car before making it fat again. 

 

That said, downgrading to a 4pot again isn't really on the cards. The V6 Exige is far better planted than the VXT I used to have - able to put the power down, but also not get hit with unexpected backend losses. If they switch back to a 4 pot, they'll lose that lovely V6 sound, balance and a heck of a lot of empty space in the V6 chassis (the rear subframe is straight from the Evora, as the Exige V6 was the test mule originally)

Edited by Kal, 13 December 2015 - 07:54 PM.

[Nev]

A v6 and lotus chassis should not need to go over 1000 KG IMO. Christ knows what they have done to the Evora to make it so heavy, all but lost Colin Chapmans mantra....

Edited by Nev, 13 December 2015 - 07:52 PM.

[Kal]

A v6 and lotus chassis should not need to go over 1000 KG IMO. Christ knows what they have done to the Evora to make it so heavy, all but lost Colin Chapmans mantra....

 

It's not lost the Lotus though. Just before Chapman died, Lotus were designing a 4 seater The Evora's not a lightweight, but compared to the rivals it's still not a fattie  

[Nev]

 

A v6 and lotus chassis should not need to go over 1000 KG IMO. Christ knows what they have done to the Evora to make it so heavy, all but lost Colin Chapmans mantra....

 

It's not lost the Lotus though. Just before Chapman died, Lotus were designing a 4 seater The Evora's not a lightweight, but compared to the rivals it's still not a fattie

 

 

Hmmm. I remember when anything fast was sub 1000 KG.

 

However, I agree with you partly, the Evora is relatively lightweight compared to much of the current competition, but in absolute terms (which is what determines agility and power/weight ratio) it is heavy. Having said that I'd like to drive one round some bends to see what it handles like, I suspect it will be very good, only let down by medicore BHP/KG ratio when accelerating.

 

Lotus should not really aim at competing directly with the big names IMO, sticking with the "mantra" of light weight will make them stand apart and make sales to those of us who know a little more than the suggestible masses under the influence of the marketing wheels.  

Edited by Nev, 13 December 2015 - 08:10 PM.

[Kal]

Completely agree. Everything always seems to be compared/benchmarked against Porsche at the moment, which is a flawed philosophy. Lotus won't ever compete with Porsche on build quality - or atleast not for the foreseeable future! 

 

The Evora is pretty much a grown up VX by all standards. The amount of us who jumped over the fence to one is quite substantial and growing! 

[PaulCP]

New owner of a V6 Exige (having come from an Evora now that CocoPops, PaulCP and others have contaminated it   

So that's why you bought the Exige 😜😜😜 Nev, you should, I think you'd be surprised. There will also be a 500bhp aftermarket kit available next year (currently 430bhp is available) to satisfy those who have a hunger for more power👍

[CocoPops]

Ask MartinS, mbes2 and Fab what they thought of a lowly power Evora NA around Brands.

[smiley]

If that tvs is currently uncooled pulling 350, means it could easily do 500 when cooled.

 

 

Maybe not so easy.

460 kit:

 

[Rosssco]

A v6 and lotus chassis should not need to go over 1000 KG IMO. Christ knows what they have done to the Evora to make it so heavy, all but lost Colin Chapmans mantra....

 

You should try driving an Evora before saying it has lost the the Chapman DNA.. Yes its not light, but it does not feel anywhere like a ~1,400kg car such are its responses and deftness (?).. Power to weight is down a good bit on many VX's, but an NA Evora would pull the pants down on a technical road in less than perfect conditions, on all but the best driven VX's / Elige's..

 

Problem is there's a limited market (and thus revenue) from light-weight cars ultimately.