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Lotus Underwhelms: 2006 Lotus Exige by Secant Vehicles



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The last time we saw an American entrepreneur stuffing a powerful American-built engine into an unsuspecting British sports car, it was the 1960s and it was Carroll Shelby. The meek AC Ace roadster was, shall we say, invigorated by his fitment of the Ford V8 into its lightweight body shell.
Fast-forward nearly a half-century. Secant Vehicles, a small start-up headquartered in San Francisco, has developed a GM Ecotec engine conversion for every Lotus Elise (or Exige) built since the waspish midengine sports car's 2005 introduction.
The players are different, but the three-step formula for the Lotus Exige by Secant is the same as Shelby's:
Step 1 — Find a small car.
Step 2 — Add power.
Step 3 — Kick ass.
So has history been repeated? We drove Secant's development car, a 2006 Lotus Exige equipped with the optional Track Pack suspension, to find out.


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Array ( 4 months ago by ShortySIG552)
Cool video.
I love Lotus.
Xsenor, "cannot" is ... ( 4 months ago by Georgenfla)
Xsenor, "cannot" is two words, unless you put it this way-->"can't". Also, "noooo" has only one "o", not four. Now, who is the "dumb fuck"? One other thing, the subject matter here is the Exige having a very lame american engine. It's clearly evident Secant knows nothing about improving upon a perfect car, but they sure know how to ruin a perfect car. I would have to wager, you don't even own a Lotus. I, however, do own a 2006 Exige. I can only guess that you probably own a reliant K wagon. Yes?
You. The antonym of ... ( 4 months ago by mviuk)
You. The antonym of the word "can" can be written either as "can not" or "cannot." "Can't" is a contraction of the word "cannot" which is a contraction of the word "can not." Look it up in the dictionary if you don't believe me.
"cannot" does not ... ( 4 months ago by zakfmt)
"cannot" does not show as an error by mac spellcheck.
id rather get a ... ( 4 months ago by poeticromance)
id rather get a regular exige/elise
xsensor shut the ... ( 4 months ago by kaldzzz)
xsensor shut the fuck up
beacaues xsenor has ... ( 4 months ago by 69mach1460)
beacaues xsenor has driven a shelby be4 right? pff get scraped kid
it has a japanese ... ( 4 months ago by SsushiBAR)
it has a japanese engine, not an american. much like an toyota mr-s, nonetheless, awesome!
Man i'm sorry this ... ( 4 months ago by husvaagn)
Man i'm sorry this scared me. Please don't read this you will die in seven days if you don't post this comment on ten videos in the next hour,if you do tomorrow will be the best day of your life
omg it sounds soo ... ( 4 months ago by blitzkriegboys)
omg it sounds soo cool and smooth
Pretty easy swap ... ( 4 months ago by LVS12DAVE)
Pretty easy swap considering this platform was already produced using this engine, Opel Speedster.
I would rather buy ... ( 4 months ago by SauceCaptain)
I would rather buy a Vete Z06 for less money.
sieriously!!!!!! ( 4 months ago by klurm)
sieriously!!!!!!
i know that car is ... ( 4 months ago by RA1N175)
i know that car is awesome, you know that car is awesome
i know it takes a lot of gas, you found out it takes a lot of gas
you're regretting the gas prices, i laugh
looks like a tampon ( 4 months ago by Torkulguy)
looks like a tampon
its a 2 liter how ... ( 3 months ago by jsmallwood2007)
its a 2 liter how much gas could it burn lol....theres snowmobiles with more power lmfao
gas is gas is money ... ( 3 months ago by RA1N175)
gas is gas is money is a lot of money
I am going to buy ... ( 3 months ago by Naraak)
I am going to buy one soon.
its a friggin 2 ... ( 3 months ago by jsmallwood2007)
its a friggin 2 liter lol has to be excelent on gas
My 06 lotus exige ... ( 3 months ago by MandaKathryn)
My 06 lotus exige gets about 33 miles per gallon with a 10 gallon tank, yeah, pretty freaking good seeing it how it's 0-60 almost as fast as a 500 hp Viper.
how much these ... ( 1 month ago by kingofdandi4)
how much these mother fuckers cost
these mother fucker gonna fuck all my money
shut up you yank ... ( 2 weeks ago by Iamallamafarmer)
shut up you yank twat! Go fuck your sister and brother you gay cunt!
yank twat! Go fuck ... ( 2 weeks ago by Iamallamafarmer)
yank twat! Go fuck yourself and your mother!
Lotus did not make ... ( 1 week ago by JackTheLaird)
Lotus did not make it like that. Some bell-end by the name of Secunt dicked with it, fuck it up, and there you have it!



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