Lotus 340R

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The Lotus 340R was a limited edition sports car manufactured by Lotus Cars in 2000 at their Hethel factory.

[edit] Overview

The 340R is a special edition of the Lotus Elise. Just 340 models were built, and all were sold before they were manufactured. It uses a custom built bodyshell with no roof and no doors. All 340 cars came with a silver and black colour scheme. Special A038R tyres were developed for the 340R in collaboration with Yokohama.

While road-legal in the UK, most of the surviving 340 cars are used for racing, track use, or demonstrations.

340R was first meant to have 340 bhp /Ton but this was not achieved so they instead built 340 cars so the name still stood for something.

[edit] Engine

The engine is a four cylinder tweaked version of the Rover K-Series engine called VHPD (Very High Power Derivate) used in the regular Elise which produces 177 bhp (132 kW) at 7800 rpm/ 172 N·m (127 ft·lbf) at 6750 rpm as standard, or 187 bhp (139 kW) at 7500 rpm/ 189 N·m (139 ft·lbf) at 5600 rpm (190 PS) with optional Lotus accessories.

[edit] Specifications

Weight: 701 kg (1,550 lb) (kerb: all fluids and full tank of fuel)
Performance: 0-100 km/h 4,4 sec, 0-160 km/h (99 mph) 10,7sec, top 209 km/h (130 mph)
Power to Weight: 252 bhp/Ton or 3,96 kg/bhp
Transmission: Rover 5 speed PG1 Close Ratio Gearbox
Price: £35,000

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