Lotus Exige (04 on) - Review

Review by Dan Harrison on
Last Updated: 20 March 2009
The Exige is the perfect car for the track-day racer or sports car enthusiast. It offers a potent mix of pace and excitement that few other cars - at any price - can match. Current models offer up to 260bhp and a 0-62mph time as low as 4.1 seconds - quick enough to rival supercars that cost five times as much. Much of this is down to its lightweight body which means it's lightning quick off the line and superbly responsive, even at higher speeds. Then there's the sublime handling, precise steering and excellent body control. It's not a car you can live with every day as it's difficult to drive around town, noisy and has little interior space. But as an undiluted sports car, it's difficult to beat.
5 out of 5

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Equipment

Every Exige has cloth 'ProBax' seats in black, remote central locking, aluminium control knobs, aluminium passenger foot-rest, Blaupunkt single-slot CD player, immobiliser and alarm. The Touring Pack adds electric windows, stowage net, full leather interior, sound insulation, full carpets, auxiliary lights and an MP3-compatible Blaupunkt stereo system. The Super Touring Packs has the same, but with driver and front passenger airbags, leather gearshift knob, trinket tray, embroidered floor mats and a cup holder. Sports Pack adds traction control, sports seats, carbon effect door panel inserts, rollhoop cross bar and black leather door panel trim. The Super Sports pack has one-way adjustable Bilstein dampers, adjustable anti-roll bar and forged seven-spoke wheels in black. Stand-alone options are air conditioning, limited slip differential and traction control. Twin airbags were introduced on all models later in its life.

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  • ABS
  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm
  • Alloy wheels
  • Body coloured bumpers
  • CD
  • Central locking
  • Cloth seat trim
  • Driver`s airbag
  • Front electric windows
  • Leather seat trim
  • Metallic Paint
  • Passenger`s airbag
  • Remote locking
  • Sports seats
  • Traction control
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