450bhp 3-eleven unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

16:48 - 26 June 2015

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Lotus is quietly saying no car under £100,000 will lap the Nurburgring quicker, hinting that the 3-Eleven could get very close to a seven-minute lap of the Green Hell.

The 3-Eleven is a successor to the 2-Eleven. But for this all-new incarnation, it's powered by something altogether more serious than the 2-Eleven's supercharged 1.8.

For the 3-Eleven, the Lotus-Toyota supercharged V6 is hopped up to 450bhp. In a car weighing just over 900kg. That means a power-to ratio that very close to the BugattiVeyron.

The result is 0-60mph in 'under 3.0 seconds'. That is properly violent acceleration. And Lotus is quietly saying no car under £100,000 will lap the Nurburgring quicker, hinting that the 3-Eleven could get very close to a seven-minute lap of the Green Hell. That's closing in on Porsche918Spyder pace.

Price for the road version is £82,000, the track variant £115,000. Production will be limited to just 311 cars.

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