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Lotus Elise Cup 250: Featherweight sports car getstrack tune, Australian pricing revealed
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The Lotus Elise Cup 250 has been revealed this week, adding yet another special model to the Britishsports car company’s line-up.
Sitting above the Elise Sport 220, the Cup 250 is pitched as the “fastest, most focused” four-cylinder Lotus sports car ever, and is very much a race car for the road.
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Powering the Elise Cup 250 is the same 1.8-litre supercharged four-cylinder petrol engine, thoughpower is bumped up to 181kW (up from 162kW), while torque remains unchanged at 250Nm.
Drive is sent to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual transmission.
Thanks to the boost, the new model can go from 0-60mph (0-96km/h) in just 3.9 seconds – down from4.1 – though 0-100km/h takes slightly longer at 4.3 seconds. Lotus claims a top speed of 154mph(248km/h) for its latest track weapon.
Weighing just 917kg (kerb), the Elise Cup 250 is only 13kg heavier than the Elise Sport 220, andboasts a power-to-weight ratio of 283hp (211kW) per tonne.
Headlining additions to the racier version include an array of aerodynamic enhancements – such as anew rear wing, front splitter, side skirts and a rear diffuser – which help to deliver 125kg of downforcewhen travelling at 140mph (225km/h).
The Elise Cup 250’s featherweight mass has been achieved through the adoption of lightweightmaterials like carbon-fibre, titanium and aluminium.
Filling the arches are ultra-lightweight forged alloy wheels, wrapped in Yokohama Advan A048 LTStyres – measuring 225/45 ZR17 at the rear and 195/50 ZR16 at the front.
Inside, the Elise 250 Cup picks up carbon-fibre race seats trimmed with Alcantara, along with exposedcarbon-fibre and Alcantara trim elements throughout the simplistic interior.
Buyers wanting a little more from their road-going race car can choose from a lengthy options list,which includes a leather trim pack, tartan trim pack, floor mats, coloured interior trims, contrastingexterior paints, air-conditioning, bluetooth, sound insulation, a carbon-fibre aero pack – the latteradding carbon versions of the front splitter, rear wing and side skirts – and a lightweight titaniumexhaust system.
These options can cost anywhere between 100 and 4000 pounds ($173-$6935), on top of thestandard car’s UK list price of 47,400 pounds ($82,182).
Australia
Lotus Australia has confirmed with CarAdvice that the Elise Cup 250 is available to order in Australia,with two already sold in Sydney and another in stock in Brisbane.
Pricing for our market starts at $107,990 before on-road costs – though already includes GST andluxury car tax (LCT).
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