Lotus Exige Scura

[TNT]

http://jalopnik.com/5386268/lotus-scura-2009-tokyo-motor-show-live-photos

http://blogs.insideline.com/straightline/2009/10/2009-tokyo-auto-show-lotus-exige-scura.html



Lotus today released photographs of an upcoming special-edition Exige called the Scura which is to debut at this month's Tokyo Auto Show. In related news, the three lumens of sunlight that visit the UK on a daily basis have been sucked into the matte-blackness of the Scura's paint, where they died horrible, screeching deaths.

Those black panels are nicely offset by triple stripes in--you guessed it--black. But those are glossy. The interior though gets special trim made of carbon fiber, which is black and also hand-brake and gearshift knob anodized with a an anthracite color. The color Anthracite is derived from a variety of coal, which is also referred to as "black coal."

The Scura comes with a supercharged and intercooled motor making 257 horsepower, which, routed through a lightweight 6-speed gearbox with a racy clutch, should be enough to get the Scura to 60 mph from a standstill in "around 4 seconds." But this is clearly no drag-racer. The suspension and racy body work are tuned for a road course. Sadly, none of the 35 cars to be constructed are apparently destined for the U.S. We can say that it's going to cost the equivalent of about $90,000 in the various European markets.

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[spanky]

Looks pretty cool in matte black

[Schwalbe]

I saw the car on Everso's blog and I really liked what I saw. I'm a pure fan of matte black paint or stickers. No doubt this Lotus rocks !!! 

[danidmas]

Love it! Looks sinister!

[llastarri]

  Nice look!!!