LOTUS REVEALS F1 TRACK-DAY CAR
Lotus reveals F1 track-day car Cosworth powered Exos Type 125 offers Formula 1 thrills
Now it’s not just Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli that can drive a Lotus Formula 1 car! The British based close has just appear the Exos Type 125– an F1-inspired clue car that, admitting appearances, was advised absolutely at Hethel by Lotus cars, after the advice of the Lotus Racing F1 team.
With a price-tag of about £650,000, it doesn’t appear bargain but a accomplished host of hi-tech kit ensures you get your money’s worth. Ability comes from a 650bhp V8 Cosworth engine that can rev to 10,300rpm and a failing carbon fibre monocoque anatomy keeps weight down to just 650kgs. That agency the ability to weight arrangement stands at about 1000bhp/ tonne.
With a attending that includes the coke canteen shape, top avenue exhaust, bluff fin engine covers, carbon bowl brakes and carbon fibre pushrod suspension, the newcomer bears a affinity to 2009-spec F1 cars.
Unlike those cars, Lotus claims the newcomer will not charge connected upkeep, with account intervals at every 4500km.
Only 25 Exos Type 125’s will go on auction and anniversary will appear with invitations to 5 disciplinarian contest at racetracks about the apple area buyers can get to grips with the hardcore trackday car.
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