Circuit Car

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[edit] Lotus Circuit Car

The prototype Lotus "Circuit Car" is based on the strong, stiff and lightweight aluminium chassis first seen on the Lotus Elise, and weighing in at around 650 kg, the single-seater car (with an option of two seats) has been designed and engineered solely for Track Days and Club Racing. The prototype car was designed and built in an incredible eleven weeks.

The visually dramatic open-topped prototype "Circuit Car" has lightweight composite bodywork and a normally aspirated or supercharged and intercooled 1.8 litre engine. The innovative and technologically advanced extruded and bonded aluminium chassis has high side sills that reduce the complexity of the chassis structure. The lightweight GRP composite bodywork is bolted to the chassis for easy removal for maintenance and race / track preparation. The design captures the essence of the other Lotus based products and combines it with a functionally correct bodywork to give a racecar that is not only beautiful to look at but aerodynamically and structurally as effective as it possibly can be. The small frontal area with no windscreen is combined with flat, unsculptured sides with no air-intakes, for minimal drag; and a deep front splitter and a large rear wing (single plane as standard and dual element as an option) and a rear diffuser to attain maximum aerodynamic downforce.

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