Lotus Just Made Yet Another Exige And It's The Most Extreme Yet

If you’ve been following post-Bahar era Lotus for the last few years, you’ll know the score here. Yep, Hethel has tweaked another of its existing models to make a new-ish car.

It’s called the Lotus Exige Sport 380, and it’s the fastest version of Hethel’s extreme track car ever made. The mid-mounted V6 now puts out 375bhp (a 30bhp bump), getting it from 0-62mph in just 3.5 seconds, on to a top speed of 178mph.

To go with the newfound poke, Lotus has festooned the Exige in carbonfibre aero goodies, including a new front splitter, rear spoiler and rear diffuser. Other weight-saving options including forged wheels drop the Exige’s kerb weight to a pithy 1100kg. Downforce at the car’s top speed is 140kg, meanwhile.

Elsewhere, it’s still very much a hardcore slap in the face for today’s current tech-fest sports cars - it doesn’t even have power steering. There is an automatic gearbox option, but you’d be mad not to go for the six-speed manual - the exposed gear linkage is a thing of beauty.

Want one? You’re looking at £67,900.