The Elise is light and aerodynamic. Pair that with its low ride and oh my gentle Jesus, we have something not normally seen...a sports car with 1.8L under the hood keeping up with a 505 HP Vette. When it doesn't weigh 3,500 lbs, you dont need 505 HP
Too many domestic-heads up in here. I'd take the Lotus over a Vette all day. I drive a stripped Miata and have seen 250+whp Miatas destroy Vettes on tracks.
What a load of ****. First off the Corvette is Chevy's flagship. It should have been paired up with the Exige SC. Second lets face it, the Elise is a 1.8 liter engine. The vette should be embarrassed that it can keep up. Third the Elise was nowhere near redline. I didn't hear the rev limiter come into play once. People who have no idea the capabilities of a 4AGE engine need to not spout off about how inferior they think it is.
@mctrlsys 4AGE? what the hell are you talking about? it has a 2zzge in it not a 4AGE. And you have to rev the 2zz all the way out to get its full potential.
The problem is that the guy in the Lotus is about to blow up his car, while the guy in the Vette is playing around. If you were to take a Z06 and start hitting the corners hard and nailing the throttle, you would be seeing tire smoke and the car pitching. The guy in the Vette is goofing off, LMAO if you think your go kart is hanging. Go see if your rocker arms are about to break (see internet). OBTW, I am a Ford guy, but I know what this Vette can do. It is pretty sad that Lotus is about to BLOW
@mgrund71 lol I agree 100% its probably an old guy driving that vette and it still smokes that overpriced 4 banger in the straight, just look at 3:41... No way that elise is hanging, its atleast 6 seconds behind at the lap....
@PhilipMendozaImages OBTW, if you notice at the beginning, it is a WARMUP lap, while this tool runs his/her:) car at 8K-9K rpm. That is why the Vette is chugging along, then sees the mosquito in the rear view and blips the throttle to make it go away and does so appropriately . Enjoy your 190HP Toyota rocker arm breaker (not talking to you Phillip).
333k views and he doesn't even pass the Corvette? Really? Go see what a stock Elise can really do. Check out "Hunting Dragons with a Dragonfly" and "Hunting GT3/RS at Thunderhill.
@rsachs You have to realize... Track day videos (including this one) have absolutely nothing to do with which car is faster than another. It is not a race. It's recreation. It is not professional drivers. It's amateurs with hugely varying degrees of skill. I've passed many potentially faster cars on the track. I've also been passed by cars that, well frankly, embarrassed me cuz they had a great shoe on the pedal.
@wd4000000 I fully realize that, as I do track days--I agree it's 90% driver and 10% car. My point is that for 333k views I was expecting a bit more of the "versus"...in the end this is a video of an Elise following a Corvette.
I got to ride in a 300hp elise non-street legal, and it was an absolute blast! stock they don't have much for the straight, but as soon as it gets tight, that thing is like a go-kart and all of the big muscle car's are semi-trucks.. Nice driving too btw, I appreciate people that get cars like this to actucally drive it with some brass balls instead of this limp dick shit.
it is all in driver....that corvette can out-handle most of Ferraris
There is a video of mostly stock Tiburon taking Lotus Elise and many other higher hp/weight cars in curves at the race track....all about driver not what you drive.
There is just huge amount of idiots who buy high power cars and never learn how to use them
@andbudzi Exactly my point! when my evo was around ~480whp on a gt42...huge huge huge lag on a 1.5 mile track and was keeping up with a new zr1 and a ford gt...why? guys couldent drive for their life, had no idea what rev-matching was,didnt have track brake pads,didnt warm up their breaks, and didnt warm up their tires eather, and don't get me talking about how much they were boasting about how fast their car is on the straights, and watching a 30k car fly by them... Its all about the driver
@arich357 yea, but it was before my engine build. I wanted to see where i wanted more of my power. It already had forged rotating assembly, but the only thing done to the heads were cams, and not even full exhaust. Running 1 bar of boost too. when i did A dyno pull at 22psi I made 530 on 1000CC injectors.
@arich357 I got it for a daily driver but knew I was going to keep the car to upgrade and get a new daily. So I took the turbo off of my mk4 supra and onto my evo,basic fueling, tuned it, then went to the dyno. This was before it had all the head upgrades and all the little other things it has now. It was also on the stock FMIC aswell. Pretty much upgraded internals to handle running 15psi until I did all of the stuff I wanted to. it now makes ~700 on e85
Why waste all your cash on something this dam slow.. god.. i drive a stage 3 Genesis coupe pushing 600whp at 35lbs of boost and trash pretty much everything ive found at the drag strip but my GF's 599GTO all for under 35k, and it doesn't break my back to drive the thing.
@Dyn0Don doode I'd take you in my 1997 Acura TL bro, and it's front wheel drive, trust and those typical 350Z's, I love when they underestimate my car
@GottaFindATwiNKy24 Hey everybody!!! Look what dood bro has to say. Firms up my point about small dogs syndrome. Are ya really tryin to find a twink? (that almost made Pepsi come out my nose).
@LiveMcDowell I don't know if you are blind but this isn't a drag racing video. Take your 600hp Genesis on a real road course and learn how power isn't everything when you have to corner. Neither one of these cars are a waste of money. You give import enthusiasts a bad name regardless of how much power you are putting down.
@JolkQwas good luck, the insurance company must love your family then! my 20k car is running almost 900 a year, clean record, under a family plan. and I'm much older than you lol.
I think it would be better for the Lotus to take on the Solstice 2.0 (240hp) that way both small light weight roadsters with not bad power... GOTTA LOVE THAT Z-06
@OldboySaint Yeah but it doesn't mean you're the only idiot on the planet. Oh wow I get it. You bought a PT Cruiser because they told you it is exactly like a Lotus.
@OldboySaint Guess you're talking to me even though you replied to yourself {duh}. So your claim to fame is that you have a 40 year old car with a V8? And you're criticizing other people's cars? Yeah.... "versatile". Carbureted for maximum reliability. Truck suspension for those track days at Nurburgring. Balloon tires for exceptional handling. Does it even have seatbelts? Don't be such a condescending jerkoff. It's a little "metal-shopish". Enjoy your car but don't say mine is shit.
@OldboySaint Your piece of American shit couldn't stand up to an Elise anywhere but a drag strip and even then, put the 260 Cup Exige in the lane and you'll see what real engineering is, not just a big fat lump of steel crap at the front of a car
@Rhyzz1 rhyzz. that's funny you say americans just have metal lumps of shit in the front of their cars, because lotus teamed up with GM to engineer the engine in the new corvette z06 and zr1... so you say lotus engineers shit? hahaha you dumb ugly ass.
@OldboySaint yea but too bad it's chrysler and their cars are shit. you sir are dumb if you think that a automatic is more reliable than a manual transmission
@BadHaddy yea but the viper is still quite unrefined..... and that's besides the point. you have to be able to control the power the charger/challenger engines make.
I am a fan of both of these great cars. Both of them will pull a G in the skid pad. The vette driver is definitely not pushing the car hard in the turns and the outcome would be much different if he was. I woud like to see that same driver in the vette for a few laps and compare times to what he could in the elise. I only say this because I have a C5 Z06 (405HP) while my friend has an 07 elise and there is NO comparison at the track. To the euro fans getting off to this vid..suck it.
I'm from Brazil and I have one lotus, rarity here, what struck me it was the designer does not even produce videos for Lack of time ... I will translate what is said at the Beginning of the video: - "Actually is very low, the car is light, about 800 pounds, for you have the Notion has 50 horsepower less than the Clio V6 Accelerates and much more." and at the end of the video: - "This is more fun, make much the same curve, if this thing (car) where the front had not yet got 505 horses back,
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I didnt like the Lotus till i saw one at drag race! Next to Lotus was Audi Quattro coupe with 820 hp. Lotus had 300 hp, and lotus left just about 4 meters behind!
@kasakagegaara I am 17 as well, I was going to get this car in july, but I had knee surgery and am having to wait. I will post a video when I get it though! (I am paying for 1/2, my parents are paying the other 1/2)
@kasakagegaara If some woman doesn't trick you with her vagina into getting a mini-van to drive your three kids to soccer practice and cruise around town during the day terrorizing the streets as she yaps on her cell-phone, while you're stuck driving the Honda Civic with the broken air-conditioning to work, then well, your dream might come true.
i cant believe this dude can actually think he can hang with a z06 in the turns, the z06 isnt even pushing in the turns. No sign of the z06 wanting to get tail happy or even any real engine drama till he hits the straight. i own a 2009 z06 and a 2007 exiges s with 250hp and it comes no where near the z06 on anything
Only in America are the roads straight and suited to the vet. The Elise is a quick car on normal roads on track, just not 500bhp quick in a straight line ( anyone can drive quick in a straight line).
Did anybody honestly expect a car with less than half of the horsepower to beat a 505 horsepower car? Even if it didn't win it really does show how amazing those little Lotus's are at cornering though. I'd still take the Lotus any day before the Corvette just due to the fact that practically everyone has Corvette. Sometimes it's more fun to drive something a little more unique.
Driving with a passenger completly kills the potential in the much smaller 1.8 liter Lotus Elise. Also there is no surprise that a 6-7 liter Corvette will "beat" a Lotus with 4 times smaller engine on the straights.
Lotus should really step it up and put a V6 with 320 hp into the Lotus. The chassis can handle it easily but they want to keep its price down.
Like I said, the chassis can handle it easily. There are tuneshops that put a V6 into it and then there is ofcourse the Hennessey Venom that put a 1200 hp Corvette engine tuned to the point of explosion into it. But then... They want nearly a million dollars for it. Imagine that... A million dollars for an elongelated Lotus Elise with the Lotus 300RR wider chassis and a tuned Corvette. You could probably buy the parts yourself and have 7 of them built for that price.
don't lotus's rely alot on really light weight.... with probally less then 200lbs of torque that passenger in the lotus made alot more of a difference then a possible passenger in the vette
You know what's interesting in racing. This is not the long lines. So easy to just put your foot down.
The funnier experience are curves, braking, accelerating and this is where the Lotus Elise wins hands down.
1500 kg (supercars mean) will never compete with 900 kg because of the Physics. More weight = more lateral forces, less powerful braking, far more less handling, ... and in this case, there is also the price tag.
@LILHURKULEEZ dude, as long as the car is stick-shift, its a man car, thats why its called "man"ual transmission... give the car a break, a 4-cylinder putting out 190hp is pretty good
@21Rushisaband12 like i said i give it credit for hanging with the vette..and as far as manual it really doesnt matter to me i kill manulas all day with my "pussy" automatic 00 Z28..its called a shift kit but kudos to the lotus i cant wait to take my maro to willow springs out here in california
@LILHURKULEEZ you kill manuals by putting your foot in on the gas and not much else, not really that impressive, take your automatic and get the same model vehicle in a stick-shift and i guarentee any driver worth their salt will blow the automatic away... i love you
@21Rushisaband12 its called a shift kit and with my heavy foot trust the clutch wont last im too agressive..and try living in Los Angeles where theres traffic 24/7..its 1st 2nd neutral for about the whole day i dnt have patience for that..and what you said in the end was just homo "i love you" dude im straight i dnt drive rice maybe they like ppl like you
@LILHURKULEEZ whatev's dude, just saying there is no skill involved in killing a car when you drive automatic, and every clutch is different so enough with that "clutch wont last" shit, get over it, and yes i love you, i bet you're a great person, unfortunately one who is not too smart with this subject but still you sound like a great guy :O <====3
@xmodrock lol celica engine and you pay a shit load for the plastic body what a world we live in..plz keep your cobra man thats commin from a ls1 camaro guy
@xmodrock You really don't have a clue. I've seen more than one Mustang dusted by a Miata. The Elise does physics right. Light weight. Straight lines are okay, but push one through the corners and the "Stang is out of its realm. That is a shame. I have owned Mustang's, Camero's and plenty other American Muscle. I now drive a Miata. Of course, you do have to be able to drive to tell the difference...
@exampleclothing lol ill go buy a camry.. gut it out, out some suspension on it and wax your lotus.. hows that sound? ill take the corvette, mustang, camry, anyhting over a lotus..
@skatiaris21 Too bad the Z-06 crushes most European cars not only on straights but also in the curves at places such as Nordschleife. Yes most american cars are not built to handle because all the roads are straight in the states but the Corvette is the exception.
@McFly2015AD The Corvette is a powerful name in the world of ALMS racing with 5 straight victories. The Z06 is a car with a hand built engine ready to be driven to a track. On a smaller track the Lotus will have an advantage and would easily keep up. The straights...well..forget about it.
What I would like to know is who was driving the Vette if it wasn't a pro or semi-pro driver this video is complete rubbish because it would hardly be a fair race. In fact using the same driver to do hot laps would be the best comparison.
@makoshark40 sure it's a super car, 3 seconds to 60 mph, able to handle 1.2 g's on the skidpad, and enough torque to turn the earth backwards. the thing that's not super car is the price. the ZR1 kicks your ass
Em categorias que o que vale é a relação peso/potencia o Lotus Elise com pouco mais de 200 cavalos disputa contra outros carros de mais de 400 cavalos.
Track car consideration: The corvette is the obvious winner when left stock (as far as numbers go). But there is a $25,000 price difference between the cars. For 25 grand, you could drop the Elise off at a shop, engine swap, turbo charge and/or supercharge and pick it up in a month with 500hp and cash to spare (Google, you non-believers). that puts power to weight somewhere around 3.9 lbs per hp... That lands somewhere between Ariel Atom with a hard top and biblical flood on the awesome scale.
Holy crap, I've never seen so many 12 year old kids comment on a video. Let me clean this up a little bit. (2008)Corvette: 505hp in 3132lbs = An amazing 6.2lbs per hp 0-60 in 3.7 without ever leaving first gear. Maximum Lateral Acc = 1.04G (.94 Realistically) $71,000 Price tag (2008)Elise: 190hp in 1984lbs = 10.44lbs per hp 0-60 in 4.9 Maximum Lateral Acc =1.08G (.98 Realistically) $46,000 Price Tag Continued...
i feel like the drive of that vette might not have been that good a z06 can hold like 1.06G i don't know what the lotus is but i would doubt its much higher than the vette if at all then add the difference in power, now the lotus does have a few hundred pound weight advantage but i still don't think the elise would do that well in comparison with the same driver in both cars.
its a shame that any sports car is available in automatic transmission... that takes the "sport" out of it. if you cant drive stick you don't deserve a sports car, basically people who get sports cars in automatic are just trying to look cool and compensate for their small penis
Which is why I wanna drive an Elise sooooooo damn badly!
kcham35334 3 weeks ago
The Elise is light and aerodynamic. Pair that with its low ride and oh my gentle Jesus, we have something not normally seen...a sports car with 1.8L under the hood keeping up with a 505 HP Vette. When it doesn't weigh 3,500 lbs, you dont need 505 HP
kcham35334 3 weeks ago
The vette has been tuned
MegaEastbeast 1 month ago
@MegaEastbeast No, it's a fucking Z06.
ILikeReallyBigButts 1 month ago
Too many domestic-heads up in here. I'd take the Lotus over a Vette all day. I drive a stripped Miata and have seen 250+whp Miatas destroy Vettes on tracks.
trancedsailor 1 month ago
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trancedsailor 1 month ago
What a load of ****. First off the Corvette is Chevy's flagship. It should have been paired up with the Exige SC. Second lets face it, the Elise is a 1.8 liter engine. The vette should be embarrassed that it can keep up. Third the Elise was nowhere near redline. I didn't hear the rev limiter come into play once. People who have no idea the capabilities of a 4AGE engine need to not spout off about how inferior they think it is.
mctrlsys 1 month ago
@mctrlsys 4AGE? what the hell are you talking about? it has a 2zzge in it not a 4AGE. And you have to rev the 2zz all the way out to get its full potential.
gsstanza 1 month ago
The problem is that the guy in the Lotus is about to blow up his car, while the guy in the Vette is playing around. If you were to take a Z06 and start hitting the corners hard and nailing the throttle, you would be seeing tire smoke and the car pitching. The guy in the Vette is goofing off, LMAO if you think your go kart is hanging. Go see if your rocker arms are about to break (see internet). OBTW, I am a Ford guy, but I know what this Vette can do. It is pretty sad that Lotus is about to BLOW
mgrund71 2 months ago
@mgrund71 lol I agree 100% its probably an old guy driving that vette and it still smokes that overpriced 4 banger in the straight, just look at 3:41... No way that elise is hanging, its atleast 6 seconds behind at the lap....
PhilipMendozaImages 2 months ago
@PhilipMendozaImages OBTW, if you notice at the beginning, it is a WARMUP lap, while this tool runs his/her:) car at 8K-9K rpm. That is why the Vette is chugging along, then sees the mosquito in the rear view and blips the throttle to make it go away and does so appropriately . Enjoy your 190HP Toyota rocker arm breaker (not talking to you Phillip).
mgrund71 2 months ago
Damn! why ppl always lk to embarrassed vettes that way...lol
Lagalto216 2 months ago
Wish i had some money to get myself a nice car and do some fun racing,really need to learn how to properly Heel-toe 1st... ;)
shinzantetsu 2 months ago
what song is this?
Harleysville21 3 months ago
song???
SINOWred 3 months ago
5:03 to 5:16 the keychain, lol. ^_^
l337pwnage 3 months ago
333k views and he doesn't even pass the Corvette? Really? Go see what a stock Elise can really do. Check out "Hunting Dragons with a Dragonfly" and "Hunting GT3/RS at Thunderhill.
rsachs 3 months ago 2
@rsachs You have to realize... Track day videos (including this one) have absolutely nothing to do with which car is faster than another. It is not a race. It's recreation. It is not professional drivers. It's amateurs with hugely varying degrees of skill. I've passed many potentially faster cars on the track. I've also been passed by cars that, well frankly, embarrassed me cuz they had a great shoe on the pedal.
wd4000000 3 months ago 33
@wd4000000 I fully realize that, as I do track days--I agree it's 90% driver and 10% car. My point is that for 333k views I was expecting a bit more of the "versus"...in the end this is a video of an Elise following a Corvette.
rsachs 3 months ago
@rsachs Ahhhh. You might just chalk that up to the "magic of Youtube" :)
wd4000000 3 months ago
haha your on the Vettes sack -_-
arich357 3 months ago
I got to ride in a 300hp elise non-street legal, and it was an absolute blast! stock they don't have much for the straight, but as soon as it gets tight, that thing is like a go-kart and all of the big muscle car's are semi-trucks.. Nice driving too btw, I appreciate people that get cars like this to actucally drive it with some brass balls instead of this limp dick shit.
crzygutrsnobrdr 4 months ago
who cares if it is slow unless you are racing i am going to drive one to look like im a millionair
biddycy 4 months ago
JJJEEEEZZ!!
HoorahNation 4 months ago
it is all in driver....that corvette can out-handle most of Ferraris
There is a video of mostly stock Tiburon taking Lotus Elise and many other higher hp/weight cars in curves at the race track....all about driver not what you drive.
There is just huge amount of idiots who buy high power cars and never learn how to use them
andbudzi 4 months ago
@andbudzi Exactly my point! when my evo was around ~480whp on a gt42...huge huge huge lag on a 1.5 mile track and was keeping up with a new zr1 and a ford gt...why? guys couldent drive for their life, had no idea what rev-matching was,didnt have track brake pads,didnt warm up their breaks, and didnt warm up their tires eather, and don't get me talking about how much they were boasting about how fast their car is on the straights, and watching a 30k car fly by them... Its all about the driver
crzygutrsnobrdr 4 months ago
@crzygutrsnobrdr You should have been getting more horsepower on a gt42 =O
arich357 3 months ago
@arich357 yea, but it was before my engine build. I wanted to see where i wanted more of my power. It already had forged rotating assembly, but the only thing done to the heads were cams, and not even full exhaust. Running 1 bar of boost too. when i did A dyno pull at 22psi I made 530 on 1000CC injectors.
crzygutrsnobrdr 3 months ago
@arich357 I got it for a daily driver but knew I was going to keep the car to upgrade and get a new daily. So I took the turbo off of my mk4 supra and onto my evo,basic fueling, tuned it, then went to the dyno. This was before it had all the head upgrades and all the little other things it has now. It was also on the stock FMIC aswell. Pretty much upgraded internals to handle running 15psi until I did all of the stuff I wanted to. it now makes ~700 on e85
crzygutrsnobrdr 3 months ago
Lotus looks so sick, why only 190 hp -.-???
comgeturs 4 months ago
Lotus = Giant paper weight
greenmarine5 4 months ago
he's a good driver
youcdtube 4 months ago
put a supercharger in that and win
popolynn2 4 months ago
switch the Elise out with the Exige, you would win :D
Yahwehsninja 4 months ago
14 years old, dream car: EXIGE
colo942 4 months ago
Why waste all your cash on something this dam slow.. god.. i drive a stage 3 Genesis coupe pushing 600whp at 35lbs of boost and trash pretty much everything ive found at the drag strip but my GF's 599GTO all for under 35k, and it doesn't break my back to drive the thing.
LiveMcDowell 4 months ago
@LiveMcDowell "Why waste all your cash on something this dam slow.. god.. i drive a stage 3 Genesis coupe"
{yawn}... Look up "small dog syndrome".
Dyn0Don 4 months ago 42
@Dyn0Don And in the human world that's called "small dick syndrome" haha
pjboy17 4 months ago
@Dyn0Don lotus is lotus and hyunday made hig hp genesis slower car in his category
afterlyfe33 3 months ago
@afterlyfe33 Wut chu talkin bout Willis?
Dyn0Don 3 months ago 4
@Dyn0Don because the handling is incredible.
Pilot9r 2 months ago
@Dyn0Don doode I'd take you in my 1997 Acura TL bro, and it's front wheel drive, trust and those typical 350Z's, I love when they underestimate my car
GottaFindATwiNKy24 2 months ago
@GottaFindATwiNKy24 Hey everybody!!! Look what dood bro has to say. Firms up my point about small dogs syndrome. Are ya really tryin to find a twink? (that almost made Pepsi come out my nose).
Dyn0Don 2 months ago
@LiveMcDowell wow 35psi on a genesis...mmmmm amazing....jaja
streetboy281 4 months ago
@LiveMcDowell
who gives a shit about a drag strip? I could build a 600rwhp camaro or mustang for 1/4 the cost of your genesis. Genesis still can't corner either.
SuperColossal33 4 months ago
@LiveMcDowell I don't know if you are blind but this isn't a drag racing video. Take your 600hp Genesis on a real road course and learn how power isn't everything when you have to corner. Neither one of these cars are a waste of money. You give import enthusiasts a bad name regardless of how much power you are putting down.
dsmluck 4 months ago
this music makes me want to kill myself
gripracer 4 months ago
Lmao the lotus is a 1.8 hahaha if it had the same engine the lotus would fly
mlog24 4 months ago
I thought this was supoosed to be close? LOL That Z06 walked all over the Lotus... all this shows is the extreme lack of power the Elise has...
ThatGuySkye 5 months ago
14 years old, my dream car : Elise =D
B00mHal0 5 months ago
@B00mHal0 I'm 14 as well and saving every extra dollar I can get in order to have a down payment when I'm 17.
JolkQwas 5 months ago
@JolkQwas Forget the down payment, your insurance is going to be insane. Probably like 4000-5000 a year!
Quickhandedpanda 4 months ago
@Quickhandedpanda Not if I'm on my families plan. I can get it down to about 500-700
JolkQwas 4 months ago
@JolkQwas good luck, the insurance company must love your family then! my 20k car is running almost 900 a year, clean record, under a family plan. and I'm much older than you lol.
Quickhandedpanda 4 months ago
I think it would be better for the Lotus to take on the Solstice 2.0 (240hp) that way both small light weight roadsters with not bad power... GOTTA LOVE THAT Z-06
Lamborghiniman5150 5 months ago
Nice wiper blades...oh look, a Corvette
civ200202 5 months ago
i want one but i dont know how to drive stick
specter290 5 months ago
thumbs up if your watching this in 2011 :)
FabrizioVaccari 5 months ago
an exige certainly could kick this corvette ass.
MenyKalavera 5 months ago
Was this inf act the standard Elise and not the SC? Maybe the SC would have caught up to the Vette.
Bloodrozer 5 months ago
whats with the honkey music?
asloudasitgets 5 months ago
My friend's 1994 3000GT would smack the shit out of the car, on or off the track.
NickDevXT 5 months ago
the Mastretta MXT is like the lotus elise
CrazyStreetable 5 months ago
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OldboySaint 5 months ago
@OldboySaint Yeah but it doesn't mean you're the only idiot on the planet. Oh wow I get it. You bought a PT Cruiser because they told you it is exactly like a Lotus.
wd1000 5 months ago
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OldboySaint 5 months ago
@OldboySaint PT Cruiser has a V8 option? Boy I bet my aunt wishes she got that.
wd1000 5 months ago
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OldboySaint 5 months ago
@OldboySaint Guess you're talking to me even though you replied to yourself {duh}. So your claim to fame is that you have a 40 year old car with a V8? And you're criticizing other people's cars? Yeah.... "versatile". Carbureted for maximum reliability. Truck suspension for those track days at Nurburgring. Balloon tires for exceptional handling. Does it even have seatbelts? Don't be such a condescending jerkoff. It's a little "metal-shopish". Enjoy your car but don't say mine is shit.
wd1000 5 months ago
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OldboySaint 5 months ago
@OldboySaint Your piece of American shit couldn't stand up to an Elise anywhere but a drag strip and even then, put the 260 Cup Exige in the lane and you'll see what real engineering is, not just a big fat lump of steel crap at the front of a car
Rhyzz1 5 months ago
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OldboySaint 5 months ago
@Rhyzz1 rhyzz. that's funny you say americans just have metal lumps of shit in the front of their cars, because lotus teamed up with GM to engineer the engine in the new corvette z06 and zr1... so you say lotus engineers shit? hahaha you dumb ugly ass.
honeybearlove65 5 months ago
@OldboySaint yea but too bad it's chrysler and their cars are shit. you sir are dumb if you think that a automatic is more reliable than a manual transmission
honeybearlove65 5 months ago
@honeybearlove65 Why are you talking about transmissions? I'm pretty sure a Lotus transmission won't last the 44 years mine has lasted so far.
OldboySaint 5 months ago
@honeybearlove65 The viper rocks a manual...
BadHaddy 5 months ago
@BadHaddy yea but the viper is still quite unrefined..... and that's besides the point. you have to be able to control the power the charger/challenger engines make.
honeybearlove65 5 months ago
@honeybearlove65 for drag racing autos are more reliable. And many modern autos are also more reliable.
NitroGadvRules 2 months ago
@OldboySaint (cont)
3) Tire size - Your Charger has 510mm wide tires (20 inch)??? I have 255's on rear of Lotus.
4) - Carburetor - "a lot more reliable and tuneable than F.I."
You're starting to embarrass yourself.
5) Longevity - Frankly I don't want to be driving the same car in 54 years. Don't even
want to remember what I was driving in 54 years.
6) Please don't keep resorting to the same old "you don't have a Lotus". Makes you come across like a jealous half-wit. It's for your own good.
wd1000 5 months ago
@OldboySaint This is getting really funny. Let's talk about
1) Awesome power - You don't mention engine. You would have if you had the old
Hemi. So let's say 383 cid / 4bbl. 325 HP (old style) or .093 HP/#. My 07 Elise has
190 HP to push 1970# or .096 HP/#. Let's not forget, 67 Charger was rated on an
engine dyno without accessories, so that's probably means 25HP less. :(
1) Versatile (Towing) - OK. I take the Jeep.
2) Versatility (Seating) - OK I take the wife's Jag.
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wd1000 5 months ago
they use mph in brazil?
blaum5 5 months ago
@blaum5 no, here we use km/h
playbyu1 5 months ago
I am a fan of both of these great cars. Both of them will pull a G in the skid pad. The vette driver is definitely not pushing the car hard in the turns and the outcome would be much different if he was. I woud like to see that same driver in the vette for a few laps and compare times to what he could in the elise. I only say this because I have a C5 Z06 (405HP) while my friend has an 07 elise and there is NO comparison at the track. To the euro fans getting off to this vid..suck it.
CovChannel 5 months ago
I'm from Brazil and I have one lotus, rarity here, what struck me it was the designer does not even produce videos for Lack of time ... I will translate what is said at the Beginning of the video: - "Actually is very low, the car is light, about 800 pounds, for you have the Notion has 50 horsepower less than the Clio V6 Accelerates and much more." and at the end of the video: - "This is more fun, make much the same curve, if this thing (car) where the front had not yet got 505 horses back,
rafaelrwa 6 months ago
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rafaelrwa 6 months ago
Good... check the video of a tuned exige: LOTUS ELISE TURBO VS EVO VS SUB VS RX7 .... amazing....
BlasterRod 6 months ago
loud fucker. got tarox corsa pads on my car now too, you need to warm those up as well. but after that, no comparison to stock brakes!
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1994zzzz 6 months ago
how can you compare a 190hp Lotus with a 500hp 'Vette... The Corvette is not heavy... Put a turbo on that Elise and see what happends ;)
JBVVTI 6 months ago
small and light will fuck off any car no matter the hp... domestic people are just.. "BIG IS BETTER BITCH YEEHAW!"
xraidedlok 6 months ago
Very good driving! Good heel toes and a great job of staying on "the edge"
byouno93 6 months ago
@airox2009 american cars are just not good enough on corners just admit it...they are just too junky and plasticky
TheOmgdan 6 months ago
@TheOmgdan how much plastic do you think is in that lotus? come on, seriously
sixtyonecorvette 6 months ago
Corvette, Elise...I don't care who passed who, these are my two favorite cars and this video is very fun :D
EliteMadHornet 6 months ago 2
now try doing that to v8 twinturbo esprit crub w under3000 lbrs lotus> ::::::::::::::::see a lotus esprit v8 tt is super machine if tunned right ....
f1teamlotus 6 months ago
/watch?v=zMlOfzjlQrw <--- That is that Audi.
priekslietam 6 months ago
I didnt like the Lotus till i saw one at drag race! Next to Lotus was Audi Quattro coupe with 820 hp. Lotus had 300 hp, and lotus left just about 4 meters behind!
Sorry about my english ;)
priekslietam 6 months ago
The guy in the Z06 isn`t pushing the car. The Corvette would be way faster in corners with a good driver.
Airox2009 6 months ago
The corvette blows at the turns, and this really wasn't a race, the corvette left first and the lotus was simply catching up.
zetterburg40 6 months ago
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kasakagegaara 7 months ago 18
@kasakagegaara Not sure it meets supercar criteria.
zachattack83 6 months ago
@kasakagegaara
Once yuh get into the forces im sure yull be able to afford one because yuh wouint have to worry about other bills
zune1421 6 months ago
@kasakagegaara I am 17 as well, I was going to get this car in july, but I had knee surgery and am having to wait. I will post a video when I get it though! (I am paying for 1/2, my parents are paying the other 1/2)
1994zzzz 5 months ago
@kasakagegaara i am too!
oscar22311 5 months ago
@kasakagegaara If some woman doesn't trick you with her vagina into getting a mini-van to drive your three kids to soccer practice and cruise around town during the day terrorizing the streets as she yaps on her cell-phone, while you're stuck driving the Honda Civic with the broken air-conditioning to work, then well, your dream might come true.
dolofonos 5 months ago
@kasakagegaara How much do soldiers make?
SgtTheFink 4 months ago
i cant believe this dude can actually think he can hang with a z06 in the turns, the z06 isnt even pushing in the turns. No sign of the z06 wanting to get tail happy or even any real engine drama till he hits the straight. i own a 2009 z06 and a 2007 exiges s with 250hp and it comes no where near the z06 on anything
gatman713ass 7 months ago
@gatman713ass Neither car is getting tail happy idiot, go sell your lotus, b/c you obviously don't use it for what it is for
gnolhsobners 7 months ago
Only in America are the roads straight and suited to the vet. The Elise is a quick car on normal roads on track, just not 500bhp quick in a straight line ( anyone can drive quick in a straight line).
nicknj80 7 months ago
camra man sucks
megabradster 7 months ago
To quote Jeremy Clarkson, it's impressive what those "turnip farmers from Dartmouth" did with such a low output engine.
Nununda 7 months ago
@Nununda haha just shows how much he knows about geography...
PartulaRevenge 7 months ago
Did anybody honestly expect a car with less than half of the horsepower to beat a 505 horsepower car? Even if it didn't win it really does show how amazing those little Lotus's are at cornering though. I'd still take the Lotus any day before the Corvette just due to the fact that practically everyone has Corvette. Sometimes it's more fun to drive something a little more unique.
jdsledhead 7 months ago
On Need For Speed an Elise can do it :D
jotazombi 7 months ago
Driving with a passenger completly kills the potential in the much smaller 1.8 liter Lotus Elise. Also there is no surprise that a 6-7 liter Corvette will "beat" a Lotus with 4 times smaller engine on the straights.
Lotus should really step it up and put a V6 with 320 hp into the Lotus. The chassis can handle it easily but they want to keep its price down.
Janusha 7 months ago
@Janusha
price and that would be way to much power and torque in a rear wheel drive car this light
exampleclothing 7 months ago
@exampleclothing
Like I said, the chassis can handle it easily. There are tuneshops that put a V6 into it and then there is ofcourse the Hennessey Venom that put a 1200 hp Corvette engine tuned to the point of explosion into it. But then... They want nearly a million dollars for it. Imagine that... A million dollars for an elongelated Lotus Elise with the Lotus 300RR wider chassis and a tuned Corvette. You could probably buy the parts yourself and have 7 of them built for that price.
Janusha 7 months ago
so basically, your lotus can take curves very well, but his vet destroys you in straight aways.....I'll take the vet
dbacksfan2 7 months ago
@dbacksfan2
Realistically however... the choice isnt Corvette or Lotus. There are quite a few classes in between.
Janusha 7 months ago
Cut the infield... that's how you beat a Z06. Both great cars! Would rather have the lotus on the track and Z06 on the A-96 (autobahn)
luice73 7 months ago
don't lotus's rely alot on really light weight.... with probally less then 200lbs of torque that passenger in the lotus made alot more of a difference then a possible passenger in the vette
rsxtypes1000 8 months ago
warming engine.. warming brakes.. and don't warming tyres? awesome.....
sperosp 8 months ago
"the curves" haha corners you goon
arnieboy123 8 months ago
guy at 1:07: "sometimes, when I get nervous, I put my fingers under here then i SMELL THEM. "
kenfo0 8 months ago
bla bla bla...
beralder9 8 months ago
does anyone else get turned on by lotus' beauty?
houstonian1989 8 months ago
For what I see here, the Elise is much better.
You know what's interesting in racing. This is not the long lines. So easy to just put your foot down.
The funnier experience are curves, braking, accelerating and this is where the Lotus Elise wins hands down.
1500 kg (supercars mean) will never compete with 900 kg because of the Physics. More weight = more lateral forces, less powerful braking, far more less handling, ... and in this case, there is also the price tag.
Lotus ELISE is not for ELITES
mathieuemi666 8 months ago
corvette over a lotus all day..ok i give you credit for hanging..but cmon really a lotus is a girl car man
LILHURKULEEZ 8 months ago
@LILHURKULEEZ dude, as long as the car is stick-shift, its a man car, thats why its called "man"ual transmission... give the car a break, a 4-cylinder putting out 190hp is pretty good
21Rushisaband12 8 months ago
@21Rushisaband12 like i said i give it credit for hanging with the vette..and as far as manual it really doesnt matter to me i kill manulas all day with my "pussy" automatic 00 Z28..its called a shift kit but kudos to the lotus i cant wait to take my maro to willow springs out here in california
LILHURKULEEZ 8 months ago
@LILHURKULEEZ you kill manuals by putting your foot in on the gas and not much else, not really that impressive, take your automatic and get the same model vehicle in a stick-shift and i guarentee any driver worth their salt will blow the automatic away... i love you
21Rushisaband12 8 months ago
@21Rushisaband12 its called a shift kit and with my heavy foot trust the clutch wont last im too agressive..and try living in Los Angeles where theres traffic 24/7..its 1st 2nd neutral for about the whole day i dnt have patience for that..and what you said in the end was just homo "i love you" dude im straight i dnt drive rice maybe they like ppl like you
LILHURKULEEZ 8 months ago
@LILHURKULEEZ whatev's dude, just saying there is no skill involved in killing a car when you drive automatic, and every clutch is different so enough with that "clutch wont last" shit, get over it, and yes i love you, i bet you're a great person, unfortunately one who is not too smart with this subject but still you sound like a great guy :O <====3
21Rushisaband12 8 months ago
@21Rushisaband12 import lovers = homos youre fucking sick man
LILHURKULEEZ 8 months ago
@LILHURKULEEZ aw you're so cute when you get angry :)
21Rushisaband12 8 months ago
@LILHURKULEEZ i agree this car is gay... its got a little toyota engine in it.... lmfao ill keep my cobra
xmodrock 8 months ago
@xmodrock lol celica engine and you pay a shit load for the plastic body what a world we live in..plz keep your cobra man thats commin from a ls1 camaro guy
LILHURKULEEZ 8 months ago
@xmodrock You really don't have a clue. I've seen more than one Mustang dusted by a Miata. The Elise does physics right. Light weight. Straight lines are okay, but push one through the corners and the "Stang is out of its realm. That is a shame. I have owned Mustang's, Camero's and plenty other American Muscle. I now drive a Miata. Of course, you do have to be able to drive to tell the difference...
plchacker 8 months ago
@plchacker sorry buddy.... my IRS cobra is pretty incredible in the corners ;-)
xmodrock 7 months ago
@xmodrock
why are american car enthusiasts so ignorant...you can't argue your mustang is as good in the corners. It's simply too heavy.
exampleclothing 7 months ago
@xmodrock
it's really not all about the engine, I'd take this any day over the mustang. Actually I'd rather walk than have the mustang.
exampleclothing 7 months ago
@exampleclothing lol ill go buy a camry.. gut it out, out some suspension on it and wax your lotus.. hows that sound? ill take the corvette, mustang, camry, anyhting over a lotus..
xmodrock 7 months ago
a 1988 honda crx would destroy that corvette.
Acccusative 8 months ago
i want a lotus please :3
CamaroHappy 8 months ago
Lol here we are, people going on and on about being biased. And yet i see people "American cars suck" nice to see I am the ONLY car ENTHUSIAST here.
Every car is good in its own way, if you deny that, you are not a car enthusiast.
halflife103 8 months ago
Old american muscle cars are cool no doubt... but in any other country instead of USA they are not very pratical... and they use a lot of gas.
Lotus is a lot more pratical than any American Muscle, but then again... it was not designed to race against muscle cars.
Everybody knows that muscle cars are not the best performance cars, but they have charisma and a big V8 is cool.
hulkfcp12 9 months ago
@hulkfcp12 they also have some ability to move small children and put stuff in the trunk. But these days fuel economy is a biiiit of a deal maker.
halflife103 8 months ago
I would rather drive the lotus anyday rather than that American! =]
TwinVR4 9 months ago
Power is nothing without control.
LiMaMuFu 9 months ago
stupid american cars CANNOT TURN ... only made for unlimited straights ... europe ruled , rules and will rule in cars . period
skatiaris21 9 months ago
@skatiaris21 Too bad the Z-06 crushes most European cars not only on straights but also in the curves at places such as Nordschleife. Yes most american cars are not built to handle because all the roads are straight in the states but the Corvette is the exception.
McFly2015AD 9 months ago
@McFly2015AD The Corvette is a powerful name in the world of ALMS racing with 5 straight victories. The Z06 is a car with a hand built engine ready to be driven to a track. On a smaller track the Lotus will have an advantage and would easily keep up. The straights...well..forget about it.
CommanderB9488 8 months ago
Arguing on Youtube is like competing on special Olympics. You can win, but you still a retards in the end of the day.
thomanic 9 months ago
@thomanic i can argue to that.... XD
Funny ass comment dude XD
halflife103 8 months ago
America Builds Cars For America. Fuck European Roads.
arios211 9 months ago
@arios211 Way to encourage the American stereotype. It's no wonder people don't like us.
lovesthebass 9 months ago
could the lotus overtake. probably, if it wasn't for all that ballast in the passenger seat...
15h0tmy531f 9 months ago
more like good driver vs average driver
hajohehe 9 months ago
You get more ass in the Lotus though.
DrJellydude 9 months ago
@DrJellydude men's ass's
yaseenshuja1 9 months ago
Awesome vid, when that vette hit the high speed section it was GONE!!!
ndsubisonfan 9 months ago
What I would like to know is who was driving the Vette if it wasn't a pro or semi-pro driver this video is complete rubbish because it would hardly be a fair race. In fact using the same driver to do hot laps would be the best comparison.
jvine202 9 months ago
when you see someone driving a corvette you go "oh thats nice" but when you see a lotus it's like oh sit thats nce
BALJIT147 9 months ago 3
@BALJIT147 no when i see the drving corvetter im like..why not buy a real super car
makoshark40 5 months ago
@makoshark40 the corvette zr1 is a real super car.
honeybearlove65 5 months ago
@honeybearlove65 no its not XD it contends with them but its not a real super car
makoshark40 5 months ago
@makoshark40 sure it's a super car, 3 seconds to 60 mph, able to handle 1.2 g's on the skidpad, and enough torque to turn the earth backwards. the thing that's not super car is the price. the ZR1 kicks your ass
honeybearlove65 5 months ago
@BALJIT147 corvettes are a dime a dozen here so yep!
jamie381 5 months ago
Lotus Elise é muito bom de curva.
Em categorias que o que vale é a relação peso/potencia o Lotus Elise com pouco mais de 200 cavalos disputa contra outros carros de mais de 400 cavalos.
trezoitao38 9 months ago
Track car consideration: The corvette is the obvious winner when left stock (as far as numbers go). But there is a $25,000 price difference between the cars. For 25 grand, you could drop the Elise off at a shop, engine swap, turbo charge and/or supercharge and pick it up in a month with 500hp and cash to spare (Google, you non-believers). that puts power to weight somewhere around 3.9 lbs per hp... That lands somewhere between Ariel Atom with a hard top and biblical flood on the awesome scale.
Chace1126 9 months ago
Chace1126 9 months ago
PORRA RUINZAO DE RODA ESSE CARA
vicentegambardelli 9 months ago
this should be the advertising clip for the Hennessey venom GT...the power of handling in a lotus and the power of power in the vette!
shobin05 10 months ago
i feel like the drive of that vette might not have been that good a z06 can hold like 1.06G i don't know what the lotus is but i would doubt its much higher than the vette if at all then add the difference in power, now the lotus does have a few hundred pound weight advantage but i still don't think the elise would do that well in comparison with the same driver in both cars.
greame5 10 months ago
its a shame that any sports car is available in automatic transmission... that takes the "sport" out of it. if you cant drive stick you don't deserve a sports car, basically people who get sports cars in automatic are just trying to look cool and compensate for their small penis
21Rushisaband12 10 months ago
Screw this Domestic versus Import bullshit. You know what makes a car fast on a track? The driver.
MyOpinionMatterss 10 months ago 13
@MyOpinionMatterss
Correct.
2jzgtejza80 10 months ago