This is the most expensive Lotus series production car ever – and you don’t even get a roof. Think of it as the antidote to the excessive pipedreams of the Bahar era: a stripped-back road-racer that trades creature comforts for low weight and high performance. That isn’t the same as saying the 3-Eleven is basic. The bodywork, for example, is made from a new ‘resin infusion composite’ some 40% lighter than conventional glassfibre reinforced plastic. The interior gets a fullcolour digital instrument cluster with road and race settings. And out back, nestled within the latest Lotus extruded aluminium chassis, is a 335kW evolution of the supercharged V6 from the Evora, capable of 0-100 in under 3.0sec and 290kph flat-out in ‘Road’ configuration. Alternatively, there’s a ‘Race’ 3-Eleven, complete with sequential gearbox, full rollcage and an aero package so aggressive it generates 215kg of downforce.
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Engine 3.5 supercharged V6, 335kW › Transmission 6-speed (manual Road, sequential Race), rwd › Weight /made from 900kg/aluminium and RIC › Ideal for Lottery-winning Elise obsessives
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