Layout: Two seat
Engine Type: Straight 4
Engine Size: 1.8 litres
Engine Position: mid
0-60mph: 4.7 seconds
Top Speed: 147mph
Power: 189bhp
Cost: £40,000
Lotus Exige
Lotus founder Colin Chapman’s maxim of “Just add lightness” is carried through to the modern day in the Exige. Smart looking and so, so quick for a car in this bracket, the Elise’s bigger, gym-going brother corners on rails and accelerates from just about anywhere. What does all this add up to? Just under a tonne of fun.




