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"When it first came out, the Lotus Exige was essentially just an Elise with a roof. This must mean that the Exige S Roadster is just an Elise all over again, right? In fact, that could not be further from the truth. The car in the newest episode of XCAR is actually an Exise S Roadster with a 345-hp supercharged V6\u2014the same engine you&amp;#039;ll find in the Evora S and the hardtop Exige\u2014and it sounds fantastic. The hardtop Exige S is arguably the most hardcore Lotus available, but as you&amp;#039;ll find out from watching the video below, the Roadster sort of isn&amp;#039;t. It weighs 22 lbs less than the hardtop at 2570 lbs, but it&amp;#039;s missing the front splitter and the rear wing, so it&amp;#039;s actually slower around the Lotus test track due to less downforce. It also has a lower top speed at 145 mph, but the Roadster will still get to 62 mph in just 3.8 seconds. Judging by the ear-to-ear grin on Alex Goy&amp;#039;s face, it&amp;#039;s still plenty of good fun to drive, but it seems like this particular Exige is more of a road car than a track day weapon. As Goy says, it&amp;#039;s just not as menacing as the Exige hardtop. This makes me think of it as less of an Exige and more of a pumped up Elise, which is still a very good thing. Watch the video and see for yourself.      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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