Lotus Exige S V6 rolls off the production line

The Lotus Exige S V6 with the 3.5 litre Supercharged engine from the Evora S has started rolling off the production line at Hethel.

How nice to be able to report a new car arriving from Lotus instead of more doom and gloom.

The Lotus Exige S V6, with the supercharged 3.5 litre engine we first saw in the Evora S, has started to roll off the production line (actually, ‘production line’ me be a bit of an exaggeration) and is heading off to its new owner.

That new owner will get an Exige that’s a long way from the light and chuckable 1.8 litre Exige we’re used to, but in its place looks to be a proper pocket-sized supercar.

With a 0-62mph of 4.0 seconds dead, 345bhp and a  top speed of 170mph, the Eixige S is up there with the Porsche Cayman R, yet offers a more chuckable car you’ll doubtless feel a part of in a way you never would with a Porsche.

The price of the Exige S is high at £53,850 – pretty much the same price as the Porsche Cayman R – but you will do without a lot of the creature comforts you’ll get in the Porsche. But the Exige is almost a second quicker to 62mph, and as long as you’ve been doing your Pilates to make sure you can clamber in, the Lotus looks to be the choice.

And the Exige S should, if DRB-HiCom are serious about turning Lotus round, be exactly the direction Hethel should be heading.

By Cars UK