Lotus Exige Cup 260 unveiled
August 28, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Lotus has again this year taken all that’s great about the standard Exige S 260 and bettered it by introducing the 2010 Lotus Exige Cup 260.
Featuring much of the same weight saving techniques as seen it last year’s model, a few spec details have improved the MY10 edition, which is priced exactly the same as its superseded sibling – to make it worth a serious look.
Developing 191kW from its supercharged 1.8-litre engine, a figure again unchanged from last year, the MY10 Exige Cup 260 boasts better fuel efficiency, down to 8.5L/100km from 9.1L/100km, and better emissions figures, now 199g/km from 216g/km, than the model it replaces.
The Exige Cup 260 offers all the good bits we’ve come to expect from the name including lightweight seats, carbon fibre panels, race battery, and superlight alloy wheels to produce a tare weight of just 888 kilograms.
The rear wing has a revised mounting system to improve stability while the entire assembly has also been enlarged and moved further back to create more downforce.
The new Exige Cup 260 also gets a redesigned front splitter to deflect air around the front tyres, decreasing drag.
Ohlins two-way adjustable shock absorbers are now standard as well allowing owners more adjustment come track day, while braking remains unchanged with four-pot AP Race brakes standard.
A new rear diffuser design and structural shear panel have also surfaced to increase rear chassis stiffness by a full 30 per cent.
Currently available for pre-order only in the EU, an Australian launch date for the Lotus Exige Cup 260 has yet to be announced. CarAdvice will keep you posted.
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What a wicked little car! Fuel efficient too. I want one.
As much as I ADORE the Aussie muscle car and generally fuel guzzlers, im actually excited to see the new generation of fuel efficient performance cars developing! The new Renault Clio was driven hard as hell on a track and fuel economy barely changed to normal, isnt that brillant!!!
Yes it will be a very fast car indeed. 191kw in 880kg. But can you live with one everyday? They are one of the best handling car or the best. Don’t think I can.
What’s not to like. :-)
RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIMME GIMME GIMME!!!!!!!!
Why couldn’t you live with one every day? Every trip is just a start middle and end. Crappy rearward visibility, just make sure you’re going faster than everything else! :D
The build quality worries me…
Looks fantastic though!
May be I am getting old, I couldn’t see myself owning one. I test drove them twice and love the power and handling. But after all the adralin die down. It is not a everyday car for me. Porsche Cayman or Boxster?
I love this car.
Bugger the GT-R, this is the raw racer that I crave.
Chung, you sound old for considering a boxster.
just mellow
Looks good; even with the FPR V8 Supercar rear spoiler – although I think I’d still have an Aerial Atom
This is a slot car. Agree with above, my money gets a Porsche Cayman S.
This car keeps getting better and better just like the lamborghini gallardo.