And the sports seats bumpers roof and tailgate have all been fashioned out of the lightweight.
Exige sport 380 take roof out.
Lotus expects future exige sales to be split evenly between the 350 and 380.
The sport 380 takes yet another stride forwards in performance and costs an extra 11 000.
Laptime performance i had the pleasure of having the lotus 380 spor.
The exige sport 380 has a curb weight of 1 110 kg 2 447 pounds or 1 121 kg 2 471 pounds when equipped with an automatic transmission yet another reason to go three pedals.
All specifications performance and fuel economy data of lotus exige sport 380 coupe 279 6 kw 380 ps 375 hp edition of the year 2018 up to mid year 2018 for europe japan including acceleration times 0 60 mph 0 100 mph 0 100 km h 0 200 km h quarter mile time top speed mileage and fuel economy power to weight ratio dimensions drag coefficient etc.
Which bits have changed.
Lotus has actually taken around 30kg out of it including a whopping 10kg by swapping the normal battery for an exotic lithium.
2017 lotus exige sport 380 is 68 000 82 5k in the uk and it comes as coupe or convertible.
The high gloss hand made carbon fibre components of the car include new front splitter front access panel bargeboards roof diffuser surround new larger aperture air intake side pods a new one piece tailgate reducing weight by 6 5 kg and a straight cut high.
All told the exige sport 380 is 15 2kg lighter than the sport 350.
Key to the exige cup 380 reaching its low weight of 1 057 kg is the comprehensive adoption of carbon fibre and extreme engineering.