Lotus has developed a Formula One-style track day car known as the T125. It's packing a 3.5-litre 640hp Cosworth V8 with 450Nm of torque and a 10,300rpm redline. Performance figures have yet to be announced, but with a dry weight of 650kg, brisk acceleration is a given.
The T125 wears a rather large price tag, equivalent to €780,000 before taxes, and it is pitched squarely at wealthy playboy types who are keen on an authentic Formula One experience.
Only 25 T125s will be built at Lotus HQ in Norfolk in England. If all goes to plan, the first 10 examples will reach their owners in April 2011.
Owners will gain access to an exclusive Lotus organisation called the Exos club. Patrons will enjoy a series of special events at circuits around Europe with training from F1 drivers like Jarno Trulli and hints and tips from mechanics, engineers and fitness gurus.
The car and the club are the brainchild of the company's recently appointed CEO Dany Bahar, who is keen to restore Lotus to its motorsport glory days.
Bahar is also expected to reveal his future plans for Lotus road cars at the Paris Motor Show next month - rumour has it that he'll be taking a much more upmarket approach.
Lotus has developed a Formula One-style track day car known as the T125. It's packing a 3.5-litre 640hp Cosworth V8 with 450Nm of torque and a 10,300rpm redline. Performance figures have yet to be announced, but with a dry weight of 650kg, brisk acceleration is a given.
The T125 wears a rather large price tag, equivalent to €780,000 before taxes, and it is pitched squarely at wealthy playboy types who are keen on an authentic Formula One experience.
Only 25 T125s will be built at Lotus HQ in Norfolk in England. If all goes to plan, the first 10 examples will reach their owners in April 2011.
Owners will gain access to an exclusive Lotus organisation called the Exos club. Patrons will enjoy a series of special events at circuits around Europe with training from F1 drivers like Jarno Trulli and hints and tips from mechanics, engineers and fitness gurus.
The car and the club are the brainchild of the company's recently appointed CEO Dany Bahar, who is keen to restore Lotus to its motorsport glory days.
Bahar is also expected to reveal his future plans for Lotus road cars at the Paris Motor Show next month - rumour has it that he'll be taking a much more upmarket approach.