Lotus Elise with new engine
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The British company Lotus introduced the revised version of its most popular model Elise. The car has received the cosmetic changes and a new 1.6-liter engine of the Toyota. Front of the Elise has a new bumper, air intakes which are enlarged, while the headlights are LED lights built daily. Have changed the rear bumper and the shape of the lid over the engine as a cosmetic freshening ends with wheels. Modification of the base Elise, which is marked with the letter “S”, will now rely on a new four-, 1.6-liter engine of the Toyota, equipped with systems and Valvematic Dual VVT-i. The unit has a power 136 h.p. as it accelerates the car from 0-100 km/h about 6 seconds. The engine of the Elise R Elise SC and remains the same 1.8-liter, which in the first case, it is a power 189 h.p., where turbo-version – with 217 h.p. The company also reported that stressed energy efficiency and exhaust emissions, but without indicating specific indicators.

