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Lotus Elise SC specs

Price in Europe €49,950 - €55,410
Price in US $55,425 - $58,020
Car type Convertible
Curb weight 911-926 kg (2008-2041 lbs)
Introduced 2008
Origin country United Kingdom
Gas mileage 11.8-9.3 l/100 km (20-25 mpg US / 24-30 mpg UK)
CO2 emissions 228 g/km
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Submitted by topgear

Performance

0 - 50 kph1.9 s
0 - 100 kph5.0 s
0 - 130 kph8.6 s
0 - 160 kph12.8 s
0 - 180 kph16.0 s
0 - 200 kph21.7 s
60 - 100 kph (4)5.1 s
80 - 120 kph (5)7.5 s
80 - 120 kph (6)9.0 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph16.6 s
0 - 60 mph4.5 s
0 - 100 mph11.4 s
0 - 130 mph26.6 s
Est. 1/8 mile9.5 s @ 90.1 mph
1/4 mile13.3 s @ 104.0 mph
Top speed240 kph (149 mph)
Est. max acceleration0.62 g (6 m/s²)
Lateral acceleration0.97 g (10 m/s²)
100 kph - 037 m (120 ft)
70 mph - 048 m (157 ft)
Lotus Elise SC acceleration graph

Powertrain specs

Engine type 4cyl 1796cc
Displacement 1.8 l (110 ci)
Power 220 ps (217 bhp / 162 kw)
Torque 212 Nm (156 lb-ft)
Power / liter 122 ps (120 hp)
Power / weight 239 ps (236 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 231 Nm (171 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 21 PS per l/100 km
Power / €5000 21 ps
Transmission 6 speed
Layout middle engine, rear wheel drive

More 0-60 and 1/4 mile times

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J  13y ago

While I'm at it

.evo.co.uk/carreviews/cargrouptests/235494/lotus_elise_sc_v_tesla_roadster.html

0-60mph = 4.5s
0-100mph = 11.4s
1/4m = 13.1@104.7mph


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J  13y ago

Pretty sure this car is 217hp and 220ps?


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Anonymous  15y ago

WTF, who erased that new 2011 Lotus Elise that was on here?


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J  15y ago

How come this car is quicker from 0-200k than an Exige S PP (ie 240hp). Is it something to do with the different supercharger/gear ratios or is it a typo?


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phavyarden  16y ago

 

quarter of mile 13.3 secs @103.2 mph


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Endymion  16y ago

My Elise SC Clark Type 25 with sports spec and Exige tyres has well under 5 secs 0-60 acceleration. Stopwatch readings are consistenly around 4.2-4.5 secs


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Georg  17y ago

@moetmoet no they use different less perfromance orientet tires on this model..the reason why it perfromance so bad on tracks compared to other Elise models


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moetmoet  17y ago

Wow, surprised its slower than the 111r!?! Down to different drivers maybe?


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RocketPunch  17y ago

@ Georg 26/04/08, 17:57:17

The tire switch also reflected in the poor performance in the C/D's 08 VIR test. The SC lapped the circuit with a disappointing 3'16.6", a good 7s slower than the A048 equipped 06 Elise which has 20 less hp.


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danielk  17y ago

is this the car from this http://www.supercars.net/Pics?vpf3=y&gID=3&fID=0&tID=10073&mID=3320389&l=d comparison? Everything matches except the name...


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Georg  17y ago

sportauto critic the steering which tend to understeer at turning into turns. The comfort package adds weight reduce perfromance and the stock Yokohama Advan Neovan tires suck according to sportauto, the Yokohama AO 48 mounted on the 2-Eleven in the same test are lightyears better.
sportauto cirit that with the comfort pack the Elise SC is slower than a Boxster S and the price in Germany of the Elise SC is only 2500Euro away from the Boxster S... next to be more exotic the Elise SC has nothing that speaks for it to buy it and not a Boxster S. For pure track fun the 2-Eleven offers much more for the same price..


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Heyhuub  17y ago

Dissapointing time on Hockenheim.


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topgear  18y ago

thanx :D


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FastestLaps  18y ago

Just made the corrections You asked for.


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topgear  18y ago

can you edit the cars specs?

I forgot to fill out that its max spd is 240 km/h, its engine location is in the middle, gearbox is 6 spd-manual, and that the home country is Hethel;Norfolk;England.