As Featured In European Car Magazine - 'one Of A Kind' Super Sports Car on 2040-cars
Shakopee, Minnesota, United States
As featured in European Car magazine - May/2014 issue
Here is an extremely rare opportunity to own a very special Lotus Elise GT widebody roadster sports car. This incredibly unique supercar is a one-of-a-kind 300hp 'street legal' go-kart on steroids. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Originally shipped to the US as a Lotus factory-built race car (one of 24 left hand drive models shipped), it has been retired and professionally modified for 'street-use'. And since it no longer needed to meet the specs of its original race class, it was built to much higher performance specifications and improved cockpit design/comfort. This is NOT your production Elise/Exige with 190hp Toyota power plant, but rather a 1700lb 300hp 6-spd go-kart on steroids, with nearly twice the rubber on the pavement then a production model S2 Elise/Exige. Translation: This normally aspirated Honda 2.4L iVTEC engine puts out MORE torque/bhp than ANY 'production supercharged' Lotus Elise/Exige ever built (eg. Exige S, S 240 or S 260) and weighs 25% less. It even has more power than the Exige GT3 Prototype Racer (274bhp). Beauty is.... it's all current Honda engine technology, so OEM parts as well as after market parts are inexpensive and easy to find! Want 500hp? Bolt a supercharger to it! Personally, I don't have the balls for it. Maybe you do? Equally Competitive on the Street-or-Track For track use, the Elise GT comes with a separate set of Hoosier R6 tires and a 67" adjustable carbon fiber wing that easily installs in minutes. The aerodynamics of this car at track speed is phenomenal. It also features a auto throttle blip system that eliminates the need to heel/toe under heavy braking and a built-in Traqmate GPS Data Logger system. It is the only one of its kind, so if you want an exotic no one else has, this is it. It could be yours. For more information (photos, videos, build specs), please visit my website. www.mcneillmedia.net/elisegt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Financing Available - Up to 10 Years! Robert Nespeca Loan Consultant Woodside Credit 19700 Fairchild Road, Ste.350 Irvine, Ca 92612 P: 800.717.5180 P: 949.717.5100 F: 800.717.5177 Rnespeca@woodsidecredit.com www.woodsidecredit.com |
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