# Lotus Sport launches in U.S. with two new cars **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 21, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118 "2006-04-21T11:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/1 "2006-04-21T11:59:00Z")
![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5826.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5826.JPG) _Lotus Sport, the competition subsidiary of the British marque that produces the lightweight Elise, has been around since 1999. Until now, however, North American customers were left with few options when customizing their Elise for track use. The announcement that Lotus Sport would be now be operating in North America came at the New York Auto Show last week where Lotus debuted a pair of Elises to commemorate the occasion._ The first is the Lotus Sport Exige Cup (shown), a purpose-built track car that does away with such civilized comforts as headlights and air conditioning and adds a supercharger to the Elise’s Toyota-based, Lotus-tuned 1.9L four-cylinder. Power is up to 243 hp in the Exige Cup and makes its way to tarmac through a 6-speed manual and adjustable limited slip diff. 0-60 will occur in a scant 4.1 seconds. Only 15 copies will be made available on this continent at the price of $78,990. The second car is the Lotus Sport Elise, which slots in between the narrow-minded Exige Cup and the relatively civilized Elise. The Sport Elise is fully street legal but adds adjustable Ohlins dampers and front anti-sway bar, defeatable Lotus Traction Control and a competition clutch. A roll cage and harness bar is also standard equipment. Only 50 examples of the Sport Elise will find their way ashore in the North America and each will carry a price tag of $54,995. > **[Lotus Sport launches in U.S. with two new cars](https://www.autoblog.com/2006/04/20/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/)** > > Lotus Sport, the competition subsidiary of the British marque that produces the lightweight Elise, has been around > since 1999. Until now, however, North Am ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5845.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5845.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5834.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5834.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5846.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5846.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5841.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5841.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5842.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5842.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5831.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5831.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5838.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5838.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-Seat.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-Seat.jpg) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-RR-Qtr.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-RR-Qtr.jpg) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-RF-Qtr.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-RF-Qtr.jpg) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-Interior-Pass-si.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Exige-Interior-Pass-si.jpg) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5820.JPG](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/IMG_5820.JPG) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Elise-Drivers-Front.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Elise-Drivers-Front.jpg) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Elise-Rear.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Elise-Rear.jpg) ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Elise-Interior-Driver.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/LSPT-Elise-Interior-Driver.jpg) oooooooooooohlins :pimp: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/2 "2006-04-21T12:02:09Z")
yeah. i’ve oogled these for a while. there was a sport exige on ebay it went for 180K FS: 2005 lotus elise. red. turbo. 11K miles $30,000 or BO. lol. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/3 "2006-04-21T12:02:40Z")
**autopower** \> **factory cages** ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/4 "2006-04-21T15:30:42Z")
FYI: newman I saw you driving down seneca st going towards sb just past the entrance to the 400 about a week ago, Those are the brightest fucking headlights i’ve ever seen lol…car looked hott though ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/5 "2006-04-22T02:10:57Z")
> [@AfXtc777](#): > > FYI: newman I saw you driving down seneca st going towards sb just past the entrance to the 400 about a week ago, Those are the brightest fucking headlights i’ve ever seen lol…car looked hott though my car has been ff the road since thursday. there is another red elise with HIDs out there too… but before thursday it could have been me. ---
**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/6 "2006-04-22T02:30:46Z")
hottness! i like the yellow one better than the white … ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/7 "2006-04-22T07:27:50Z")
I knew it was only a matter of time before the SC’ed version would be brought. ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/8 "2006-04-22T09:39:34Z")
saw a sport exige cup a few years ago (not road legal obv). pretty bare bones. cool ish ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lotus-sport-launches-in-u-s-with-two-new-cars/11118/9 "2006-04-22T18:03:22Z")
exige sport ftmfw