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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. As featured in European Car magazine - May/2014 issue (see website for article) Before the 'production Lotus cars' showed up on US roads in 2005, there was the original Lotus Elise. 24 LHD (left hand drive) race-prepared units were sent to the US with the hopes to begin a Lotus SCCA racing class. Unfortunately, the proposed racing class never really came to fruition. The factory race cars ended up with private owners for non-competitive HPDE track events (essentially non-street legal race toys). They were originally designed as driver's sports/track car, not a production daily-driver with air bags, bumpers, air conditioning, power steering/brakes, etc. Hence, they weighed in at 1500lbs vs. the 2000+lb production models. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing This factory race car has been professionally modified for 'street-use' as an extremely high performance exotic. 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
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