Sound of the Lotus Elise

[papasmurf62713]

dude you cant drive!!! You ride the clutch like most people ride horses, you have a problem and for some reason dont like to let your foot off the gas when you"re granny shifting. you steer like a 15 year old girl how's just gotten her driving permit. I guess it's a good thing that that car is slow as fuck!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[schutterke13]

I love to look at these cars, but I wouldn't buy one just because of how it sounds... It feels like it 'll fall apart anytime.

[v6hot]

nice shot of the rear veiw mirrror :(

[xlhoube]

0:30 your balls fall off mate

[iraleecantellia]

Oddly enough, it still sounds like a Toyota. They should have used a K20.

[smartcocker]

beautiful scenery! great color choice! haha, is that stage 2?

[javy0820]

excellent place to mount your camera

[Nickjonn]

no offence to that guy up there, but i am probably the biggest lotus fan ever, we have 2 and i've been to about 50 lotus shows and i'm only 17. Sure they're awesome cars which a made to corner fast and smooth, but that doesn't mean you can't slide them about, in the DVD i have "the history of lotus" the lotus test driver slides the elise around Hethel test track for a good 5 mins, so if you're saying they can't do that, then why is the cheif test driver doing it?

awesome vid,

[wsbygt]

You´re the clutch like an asshole. Lotus Elise is for curving and not rearwheels spinning. You shoulndt be driving a car. You dont know how to use the gears and cornering. Im so sad that some dumbasses even get these staggerings little cornerings machines, just to show their deficient skills in low-birds Youtube videos. Sell your license, and your Lotus to someone who understands Lotus filosophy.

[Gibsonalex]

Ey you know, if everybody was like you Adolf Hitler would have ruled the world.. Jesus, everybody can drive whatever car they want to!! Seriously the perfect word for you is: MORON!

[jeroenproductions]

i agree

[markkosti]

I m thinking to by one elise!! i love it!...how much fuell to do a km?is it really so funny to drive?

[Spygams]

i hate lotus elise.....

[lotuselise2009]

fuck you.

[Lucarex14]

great sound what hp?

[alphalz]

not that much: 120 is enough :-)

[Lucarex14]

yeah good! looking car that I have!

[CHUBBS78]

@alphalz yeah not much but with it being so light i doesnt need to be much, so like you said 120 is enough.

[nickmx4]

wow swiss roads look nice for driving on

[Lucarex14]

good sound yeah

[pojetina]

nice sound!

[happygilmore4456]

Nice driving...

Own an ardent red 05 myself Dont have too many roads that nice here in chicago

[KEENLASH4]

I love ponnies, they r so cute

[011180russell]

Well EnzoPoland we have A lot more people In US. And A lot of foreign people as well so there for do not socialize us when it comes to driving. Some are good drivers some are just better off taking the bus but hey were not all bad and from what I've seen. This topic is a world class event. And nascar? Please. I usually miss it on purpose to see a better race on the speed channel like dirt rally,GP,IHRA,Pinks and sportscar races. And maybe a few dirt bike races until they do a show about drifting

[011180russell]

Well Duh look at how small poland is compaired to US And we pretty much have at least someone whom is from another country All bundled in one. 2 Nascar HA!! We have other courses that are more better than driving inna circle. And in Nascar the only thing stock is the suspension. And american cars It's pretty much the only cars I could fit in just barely I mean look at the daewoo thing was made for little people at best. Then again american cars do burn more gas :( any idea's?

[cdoublejj]

There is nothing stock about the suspension on a Nascar car there all custom built. Not to stick up for Nascar all the cars look the same and they drive in circle it is boring to look at. Tough I can not it would be boring to drive a Nascar in a race. how ever i would say i like drag racing a and grand prix.

[011180russell]

Well agreed Grand prix IHRA Pinks. Well if they don't have Stock suspension Then they changed the rules again. And for all I know they probly change the HP restrictions. But, I'll do some research on it after I take care of the current research on bring sally up. By the way I'm a big fan on the cars they race on GP and IHRA and on monster trucks. see ya later!

[cdoublejj]

not sure what you mean by stock supesion. stock usaualy mean what was on the car when it came from the factory. nascars arn't made in a factory. but yeah they have hp restrictions and all the cars look the same which is booooooring.

[011180russell]

Stock sus=you can't adjust the suspension. Hp restriction 750-780 Pontiac Dodge Ford only required length limit Borring! Oo lets drive in a circle boring. either way Nascar is only good when they crash!!! ^_^

[papakarlovich]

same here u slow driver man u cant drive for shit to u know how to drift? slide the car?

[ptlofts]

it sounds like my grandpa's tractor. :)))

[lbmuscle]

Please turn off that Lawn mower! or come cut my grass...lol....poor guy

[teiladay]

Johnf85 mentions NASCAR..... LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­LOL

[phatkix]

you = suckage of driving, and your elise sounds like crap. wow.

[Johnf85]

i have to go away now this person cant drive ahahhhhhhhhhhh its pissing me off give me the car!@!!!

[1965pilot]

Mine (with Rover K 122ch) souds far better than this !!! This one souds like a Fiat Uno Fire.

[dskyze]

u shift gear at the rong time what r u doing

!!!

[EnzoPoland]

u cant shift gears, and u cant drive. U probably are american ;)

[crazdayz]

Stick on the subject dont make this racial nationality...

[Johnf85]

whaaat??? americans cant drive are you nuts???? this is what we do! watch nascar. what an aweful horribly innacurate stereotype. i heard people from poland cant fucking drive not the other way around!!!

[EnzoPoland]

in my opinion yes. I doing shit on nascar. What skills have someone, who put pedal on metal, and doin "big donut" on oval? I think,very small.

Look at track racing. Manual gearbox, corners, face to face (ftf is too in nascar).

Look on usa cars, like mustang. Hes steering unveilable sux, cuz in usa many of roads is in straight.

Yes, in poland drivers cant driving too. But not in big scale like in USA.

[NinFox928]

what's that knocking noise??? lol, anyways, at the last moment at lotus dealer in SF i turned back and got a s2000. Sorry Elise but i think all of us wants one but i bet only a few would actually do buy. The reasons? with 50k you can get a whole lot better ones out there in the market.

[funkyspaceinvader]

yeah the sound is not great and the gear changes are slow. Not the best peace of driving but it is good to have long videos like that.

[itsbusinessbaby]

dollar for dollar, pound for pound: the Elise is arguably one of the most potent, purest sportscars there is.

[blackaneeese]

ive always admired the Elise but it wasnt until i took a hard drive in one that i felt like "I NEED THIS CAR". it was so much fun. unfortunately i wont have one until its a used car because 48000 for whats basically an overgrown hot wheels car is rediculous lol. my coworkers MR2 has the same engine and layout for alotttt less.

[Peepers21]

Nice shifting/driving, noob.

[debonair1234]

i have an elise, and i know that the sound is nothing to shout about, but come on that is a poor video. good quality but poor driving and really poor gearchanging. i can tell that this never goes beyond 5,000rpm. and why are we always in firts gear wtf?!

[CFilmsInc]

This Lotus Elise must have the old rover engine that is now replaced by a Toyota engine.

This particular car doesn't have a sport exhaust.

[lycragialla]

charming...why they don't understand???! brain is not for all!!!! cris (italy)

[MauiMac]

Sounds like a Smart... Even a Mini Cooper sounds better...

[nspinicelli]

10 bucks says it's stock. Slap some aftermarket intake and exhaust parts on an elise and it's an easy HP gain, and oh man, the throttle response itself sounds fantastic!

[Jeefs]

thats bullshit youre talking

[FordFiestaMK1]

My 25 year old fiesta sounds even better!

[sokmener]

The car sounds like a tractor, or an old ford diesel!

[superyuuki]

dude how much did that car cost u?

[brian31coise]

Nice handling. btw is this the 2007 lotus elise?

[alphalz]

this is a 98 elise

[rush233q]

Sawing Machine for girls.......

[Paul8v]

Whats a sawing machine? For girls? Piss off, you drive one then you'll see what it's all about

[rush233q]

Vauxhall Astra key holder!

[hoverdown3k]

Sounds ok at higher revs, but the little motor seems to bog between shifts.

[idontknow5858]

you know if you had a choice between a mustang and a lotus, youd pick the lotus, dont even lie i dont care what it sounds like

[Boofles1988]

but it sounds amazing at high revs,much better than i would expect from a 1.8,wow

[THESHIZZ69]

it mite be a real sports car but at low revs it sounds like a sewing machine its not a bad thing some people mite like that sound..

[rsr800]

omg.. this dude cant drive for shit !

[chrisMOd]

shut the fuck up. he didnt say he could.

[crackthatoff]

buy a nice larini and the engine won't be heard ;)

[sentino123]

Amen to that, scheese is an ignorant viewer. . .just does not get it. . .The newer recent models sound alot stronger, and have more horsepower. . .The video looks like the Elise had the Rover made engine. . . .

[scheese]

I was not saying "Drive a mustang". I was refering to the guy that said it sounds like a sewing machine. I like the sound of this car whatever the power plant. I was just at a dealership that had 5 Elises and 1 Exige. Very nice. I may have to squeeze one in with the classic Brits. Cheers

[addelin]

the elise is a propper racing car

[chiQiboy]

same as mine,norfolk mustard s1.barely had a chance to have my roof off this year though! you should try a hurricane induction kit and sports exhaust to beef it up a little,ive also removed the cat which gives an even more throaty sound.

[haredog]

you really slip that clutch.... :-/

[neddyzitty]

Sounds like my sewing machine

[scheese]

Drive one. You will crap your pants. They are the most fun you can have in a car. No car can touch you on the twisties. You won't even be able to see them in the rear view.

[neddyzitty]

Nup definately a Singer Sewing Machine engine

[scheese]

You must drive a mustang.

[guapowesley]

Isn't that the damn truth. If it is a fast foreign car vid, the American muscle guys will hate on it. If it's an American muscle vid, you'll have the Civic drivers hating on it. Stuff like that drives me crazy.

[Jaydev85]

Nice. But the idle sounds naffed.