Lotus tried to maintain the leading position of its kind to introduce some changes and improvements. This is proved by making its debut at the 80th Geneva International Motorshow , the 2011 model year Lotus Elise. This car was able to produce supercar performance with city car economy.
Of the body offers an interesting mix of styles, dramatic and functional. But still maintain the character and style of two-seat sports car Lotus typical. The new Lotus Elise body has a fresh sculptured front, including a new bumper, front clam. At the rear of the car the new engine has been encased by a distinctive “twin-spine” engine cover whilst lower down a more aggressive diffuser is tightly wrapped by an elegant new bumper design that now includes the rear licence plate. The rear boot is now opened from the cockpit rather than via a separate key operation. The high quality feel of the Lotus Elise is continued throughout the car with the Lotus Elise graphic incorporated into the new side LED direction indicators, like those on the Lotus Evora.
While changes to the engine, this new engine is 200cc smaller than the outgoing Lotus Elise S model and produces similar power (136 PS, 100 kW, 134 hp at 6800 rpm) with maximum torque of 160 Nm, 118 lbft at 4400 rpm, but offers a significant improvement to fuel economy of over 23%, to 6.14 litres / 100km (46 mpg) and a reduction in CO2 emission by more than 13%. This provides the new Lotus Elise with the lowest CO2 per performance for any gasoline high performance sportscar in the world. This high technology engine is mated to a new 6-speed manual gearbox, providing closer and more performance orientated ratios than the outgoing 5 speed box.
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