Showing posts with label lotus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lotus. Show all posts

Friday, January 4, 2008

Lotus joke or Actual James Bond Car? - Rinspeed sQuba concept

I wouldn't like to be called a pessimist, but in the same vane I wouldn't like to be a fool. This new concept seems....iffy to me, but on the other hand completely viable. I mean if we can make 40 metre wide JCB's and cars that do 270mph then a car that dives underwater should be completely do-able. But really, with a name like 'rinspeed' that sounds like a mix of the two words 'rinse and peedo' is not a good start. Not to say amazing things haven't come out of mens sheds before - but this car seems to just lack it for me, electrics - underwater and on road makes me think the last place I would want to be in a heavy vehicle was 10 metres down strapped to a battery in a convertible car.



  • Engine: Unknown - Dolphin Hybrid
  • Lookslike: Lotus with stolen audi rearlights
  • Critical flaw - seems to have no roof, however for it to go underwater it would need a roof.


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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Lotus Exige Cup


Small, Light-weight, refined, light and fast. This lean mean beast of a machine could inflict more G's on you than a typical fighter jet. Designed to scare the shit out of you on the track and still drive home we think it should remain on the first, revving to 10k rpm it sounds more vicious than a 10thousand cats being de-tailed. Tight, fast and small car - good old lotus.

  • Engine: Toyota 2ZZ-GE Straight 4
  • Weight 930kg (¬!!!!!!)
  • Power: 252 bhp / 188 KW @ 8000 rpm
  • Torque: 243 Nm / 179 ft lbs @ 7000 rpm
  • BHP per Litre: 140
  • Power to Weight Ratio: 0.27 bhp / kg
  • Top Speed 160mph
  • 0-60 mph 3.8 seconds
  • 0-100 mph 9.8 seconds