Driving the last Lotus Exige on road and track - Exige Sport 390 Final Edition review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 มี.ค. 2021
- The Lotus Exige has always been quite a serious car - a faster, harder, track-ready coupe version of the Elise. As it enters its twilight years it's time to take it for one last drive on road and track to see if it's actually less serious than you'd think…
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Lovely to see someone actually review one of these!
Seems to have gone very quiet since they were announced.
Nice video. I agree, the Elise, Exige and Evora will be hard to replace.
I can imagine that noise is very addictive.
Yep, it’s hilarious when it switches between reasonably quiet thrumming and then that sudden switch at 4,500rpm! It’s like the intake flap opening on an M3 CSL
The noise this makes is truly amazing. What a lovely car. The end of lightweight Lotus. RIP Lotus
I watched this only because it is the end of an era....!!! a great car. RIP the motor car.
They sound so much better when the exhaust valves are open all the time 👍👍👍
WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS OUT OF MY NOTIFICATIONS, I FRIKING LOVE LOTUS
I like the tongue and cheek representation. Sensational display of what that 3.5V6 can churn out and like you said a ‘mid engine’ is just unbelievable. Especially with the’ Lotus ‘ethos of light weight, it is surprising how this car has gone unnoticed. To truly feeling the drive, the song as you put it ‘Elephants trumpet’
I think it is a serious buy for Those who want to latch on to a bit of history !!
Completely agree - and thanks!
Great review Tim (bell hit BTW) - at 6'4" I can't imagine how painful getting in/out would be. Looks fab in orange too!
Will be collectable one day . Awesome thing
18:20 Ooooh the Alan reference there Tim! Steve Coogan likes his cars too 👍
Great review. What a great car, I’d have one if I were doing track days. I love it in orange and that exhaust noise sounds amazing!
The Queen only ever got 4th in parkour competitions, the trophy cabinet is bare(back). Sorry.
"sounds like a demented Child strapped to the back of your car" hahahah I actually bursted out laughing when you said that during my lunch break at the office 😂😂😂😂
I have an evora 410 and I do like the adjustable exhaust modes. . Most of the time it's on elephant mode :) but sometimes you want to cruise quietly and it's nice to have the choice.
I’m a bit envious. Seems like an amazing machine
Great video Tim 👍 Really surprised that Lotus chose the Michelin's Pilot Sport 4 instead of the 'PS4S' or the 'Cup 2', but if it still makes the car feel great to drive, then why not!
Great to finally see a review of one of these. Anticipation building!
Have you ordered one? You'll enjoy it if you have
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff I have. Got in for a 390 like you reviewed. Went to buy an elise, left with an exige and not even mad at all 😀
Good hands there at 16.42. chapeau!
All my driving is fluke
I'm amazed you even fit in there at all! My license would simply evaporate in this car.
£110,000 here in Oz :(
Great job and great test man! For next manual cars videos, it could be possible to fix a camera on the pedalbox to film your footwork please? :)
You wear my home town shirts “Doutonboli”
Thoroughly enjoyed that - content and your delivery. Subscribed 😊
And yeah - all V6 Lotus need a setting where the exhaust valve is open all the time.... unfortunately not as easy as pulling a fuse.
Yeah - that'd be great! The chaps at the factory were telling me there's a button to open the valve all the time in the Evora, but the Exige was type-approved later on when such things were frowned upon! Thanks for subscribing and watching!
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff I don’t think even the latest Evora can be open all the time(?). Mine is an S1 which opens at 2.4krpm in Sport and around 3.9krpm in normal (I think - first button pressed after it starts is always Sport). You need to pull off and plug vac lines for always-loud.
You can by pass the valve by simply "pinching" the valve tube. You just zip-tie the tube that controls the valve and you have it on loud all the time. My Lotus dealer did it for me the day I bought my Exige 410.
As you demonstrated in the video, the way that V6 bellows at a certain RPM, makes it sound like its got individual throttle bodies or variable valve timing (oops, started to sound a bit w@nk3ry there 😂)
Theres a valve bypass button that allows you to have the flap open all the time under 4k revs.
I’d bloody love a drive in one of those!
I had a ride in a phase 1 Sport 160 about 20 years ago and still remember that fondly.
It’s a shame the fat lady is singing that swansong.
Man & Machine in perfect harmony?
Good luck to clean de gearbox shifter but so nice
Nice T-shirt, DOTONBORI OSAKA CITY!!
Do you like OSAKA?
My outtake from this video: Tim is six foot three.
Did I mention how tall I am?!
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff sorry, I might have missed this. How tall are you?
And sweaty..
How tall is he? I don't think he mentioned it in this video.
Will lotus sell this in the US?
It was a good video but in a too bad But we couldn't hear more about the exhaust sound
Several layers 😆😆😆
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lol @ really boring people on internet forums - looking at you SELOC
Lotus is committing suicide.
I don’t understand how you discontinue great cars like the Exige. Just strive to make it incrementally better a la the 911. I’m afraid Lotus is losing their ethos, make fun, light, affordable cars.
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.....quit looking at the camera................................................................................ffs...............
I think getting in and out is part of the experience and actualy makes that car, also handy to rest your arm on.
I kinda agree - it definitely makes it an event... though I pulled a muscle in my ribs last week and can barely get into a family estate car 😅
@@TimRodieDrivesStuff 😂😂😂 maybe stretch before you get in 😂😂😂
@@swansmeister The way I'm going I'll give myself a hernia!
I like the tongue and cheek representation. Sensational display of what that 3.5V6 can churn out and like you said a ‘mid engine’ is just unbelievable. Especially with the’ Lotus ‘ethos of light weight, it is surprising how this car has gone unnoticed. To truly feeling the drive, the song as you put it ‘Elephants trumpet’
I think it is a serious buy for Those who want to latch on to a bit of history !!