The Last REAL Lotus? NEW Exige 390 Final Edition First Drive Review! 

Noted, thanks 👍🏻

I prefer the music turned of completely.

Agree, playing rock music throughout the dialogue is unnecessary and quite distracting, especially with headphones on.

Never thought I’d see those mistakes on this channel. 😅

Brain fog due to Lotus intoxication?

@@patriksoderqvist5617 must have been the shock of Lotus agreeing to his fees!

Agree. Video full of technical inaccuracies also.

@@simonbirkbeck2856 what were the inaccuracies?

All lotuses are underrated tbh

@@TheCarKrazeOfficial agreed

I own a 380 sport and love it. So much more involving than many of it’s direct rivals and won me over from the first test drive! Might just keep it forever 😎

@@martinbaker8807 cool! Did you track it?

@@jaysonb.8592 hey, yes I’ve done a few track days. Silverstone, Hethel, Donny. Plan to go to Spa when I can too. It’s bloody noisy and touch and go on the drive by noise regs, but awesome fun 😄

Nahh, just buy an Alpine. Doesn't look 20 years old in the cockpit, is lighter and you don't see them everywhere on the road 😂

@@A5hTriX Nah, I have driven both and I can say that, as much as I love the Alpine and would probably prefer it day to day, it does not come close to the brutality one of these things have.

@@A5hTriX I live in a very wealthy part of the state of Florida. I have seen 3 Lotus(es) throughout my time in Florida, which is my whole life, just about. Chances are, people will buy the Exige over the Alpine, and you can't even BUY the Alpine here in the states. Here is my reasoning (what I say about the two cars is all based on the 2021 model statistics for both.): 1: The kerb weight of the Alpine is between 2500 and 2900 pounds. The Exige is between 2050 and 2530 pounds. The weight difference for the top-of-the-line models of both are practically negligible, and the Exige is way lighter at the base level. 2: The analogue gauges in the lotus can't short-circuit like the digital ones in the alpine because they are mechanical parts. The Lotus is built with Toyota parts, and the Alpine with Renault parts. I'd rather pick the lotus, from a reliability standpoint. 3: You are comparing two totally different sports cars. The Exige is meant to be a raw, simple track day car, with over 375 horsepower, it does a 3.7 second zero to sixty, and it goes over 170mph. The Alpine is meant to be more of a daily-driven sports car with all the luxuries of your soccer mom SUV (except for seating and cargo), making only 288 horsepower (for the A110 S, not the base model), and it goes only 160 miles per, with a 4.4 second time from zero to sixty. If you want to compare the Alpine to a Lotus, pick the Lotus Evora. The Exige beats out the A110 in all categories except for comfort.

The Exige and Elise are effectively racing cars adapted for the road (usually it's the other way round). They are not similar to the Alpine at all really. Out of the box the Lotuses are pretty quick on a track, they even come with really good AP racing brakes. They will go round and round all day, not overheat and not get brake fade. Most cars cannot do that without mods.

@@A5hTriX Alpines look horrible though, those bugeyes ewwwww

Bought my first Series 1 last weekend! Look forward to some better weather!

Lucky you!

Exactly what I thought. Mine’s pretty well specced and came in at £74k Congratulations on getting hold of one!

Congrats to you too!

£88k by the time it gets to the southern hemisphere 🤔 2 to 3 more months wait for me, getting tiring!

Sadly, these V6 Exiges were never road legal in the U.S.

@@craigyirush3492 I know I was talking about back when they had the supercharged Toyota 4 cyl.

Plus he keep repeating as well. Very messy video

Well said.

Which is sad. Lotus is known for being a raw sports car you can have fun with and throw around

Body roll is a good thing when engineered into a chassis properly.

397 from the engine, 349 per tonne.

@@dannyd7714 you obviously never listened to what he said properly

@@-LK34- listen again, Danny was correct, he said 397 from engine, then said 390 per tonne, then 349 per tonne

@@johntorr6213 yes? 390 per tonne then 349 per tonne? Which one is it🤣

Is it good? Congratulations with the new GTS. Amazing car i can imagine, what its like?

They have cancelled the final edition Evora

@@johntorr2074 Really....that's sad. :(

I’ve had 4 and they were all fine... Elises are pretty simple underneath and the new Toyota engines are Toyota engines!

The Toyota engined ones are pretty reliable. Mine is 15 years old this year and done over 90k miles. You'll have less problems with these than an old Porsche.

Yooo didn’t think I’d see you here

@@MylesT111 👋😁

The Emira will have to be much heavier to satisfy U.S. safety regs.. heavy ≠ Real Lotus

Only as an automatic sadly

More. Elise launched in ‘96, S1 Exige, which was based in it, came out in 1999 or 2000.

@@craigyirush3492 Thank you for that. I had infect forgotten that oops!

Agree, I would never buy a 250 GT SWB because the interior is so dated!

Exactly what I was thinking