I reckon it was a … I reckon it was a setup that the elise won over the line because it is a lotus and tiff don’t like turbos, I got a VX220 2.2, getting rare to find a good one nowadays, am 22, much cheaper to insure then an elise with similar power! VX220 for me!
Don’t forget that … Don’t forget that the lotus is after all a lotus and also looks much much better.
As Jeremy Clarkson once put it in and old Lotus Esprit roadtest :
“When u get home at night and say “Shall we go out in the Lotus tonight?” it has a certain ring to it”
I think the Lotus badge alone is worth the extra couple of grand.
But they stopped producing the vx220 anyway so it doesn’t really matter.
the lotus is still … the lotus is still a better car because its has a stalk tuned toyota with no forced induction and the best handeling in the world and the vx220 has the 2.0 with forced induction turbo and cheep handeling with a whiplash at the end of every turn. so you could still do more to the lotus (not that you have to because it still won) to make it faster than it is
wow the lotus … wow the lotus handles really well but it would be a dificoult chouce between a vx220 turbo and a lotus elise one reasom is becasue jeremy clarkson from top gear said that the vx220 turbo is better than the elise but in fifth gear shootout the lotus one!!!
The VX has the … The VX has the turbo advantage however, the Elise has the looks and handling and there is not much of a hp between the both. If I had a choice it would be the Elise
As they were both … As they were both designed and built at the same facility at Hethel, Norfolk, by the same people, they are both Lotus products. One uses a Toyota powertrain, one a VX, but in reality, they are very closely matched. VX is more comfortable though
The VXT is a far … The VXT is a far better car and was pipped by that bull that 5th gear always do in their tests where they make one car go out wide over the finish line so it looks better when they do the cross examination vid at the end!
Put the VX on the inside and it would have won!!! Especially seen as it came out of the last corner in the lead and it’s the faster at accelerating of the two cars
tiff needell testing lotus elise and VX 220 Turbo
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
im sure he meant …
im sure he meant price not weight.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I reckon it was a …
I reckon it was a setup that the elise won over the line because it is a lotus and tiff don’t like turbos, I got a VX220 2.2, getting rare to find a good one nowadays, am 22, much cheaper to insure then an elise with similar power! VX220 for me!
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
im sure he means 24 …
im sure he means 24-28 hundred pounds
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
wats the song at …
wats the song at the end called??
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Neither of these …
Neither of these cars were designed to come in to their own on “normal” (mostly straight) roads.
That the Vauxhall is faster in a straight line is missing the point.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
lotus looks best …
lotus looks best and sorry but the vauxhall is still a vauxhall.
just look at it! (2:38)
oh and 5th gear do poor reviews by the way, especially that jason bloke.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Lotus and Toyota …
Lotus and Toyota RULE!!
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
luv the vx220 easy …
luv the vx220 easy to maintain and still brings that expression to people’s faces when i pass by
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
ha ha the vx220 is …
ha ha the vx220 is far better looking and on a normal road it would out run an elise easily it can out run a porche and a tvr
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Don’t forget that …
Don’t forget that the lotus is after all a lotus and also looks much much better.
As Jeremy Clarkson once put it in and old Lotus Esprit roadtest :
“When u get home at night and say “Shall we go out in the Lotus tonight?” it has a certain ring to it”
I think the Lotus badge alone is worth the extra couple of grand.
But they stopped producing the vx220 anyway so it doesn’t really matter.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
man they can drive! …
man they can drive! lol
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
ill have to be …
ill have to be getting the NA 2.2… not as fast as the VXT or the VXR220… but they go for around 8-9 grand if you know where to look…
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
how much is the …
how much is the vx220?
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
the lotus is still …
the lotus is still a better car because its has a stalk tuned toyota with no forced induction and the best handeling in the world and the vx220 has the 2.0 with forced induction turbo and cheep handeling with a whiplash at the end of every turn. so you could still do more to the lotus (not that you have to because it still won) to make it faster than it is
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
wow the lotus …
wow the lotus handles really well but it would be a dificoult chouce between a vx220 turbo and a lotus elise one reasom is becasue jeremy clarkson from top gear said that the vx220 turbo is better than the elise but in fifth gear shootout the lotus one!!!
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
elise
elise
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Televisual Bullsh!t.
Televisual Bullsh!t.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
MKTSirHenry suck a …
MKTSirHenry suck a nice big black hairy dick
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
im getting a vx220. …
im getting a vx220… cheaper to buy and insure than the elise…
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
ya, same
ya, same
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
The VX has the …
The VX has the turbo advantage however, the Elise has the looks and handling and there is not much of a hp between the both. If I had a choice it would be the Elise
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
i love the VX but …
i love the VX but the lotus does handle better
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
As they were both …
As they were both designed and built at the same facility at Hethel, Norfolk, by the same people, they are both Lotus products. One uses a Toyota powertrain, one a VX, but in reality, they are very closely matched. VX is more comfortable though
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
The VXT is a far …
The VXT is a far better car and was pipped by that bull that 5th gear always do in their tests where they make one car go out wide over the finish line so it looks better when they do the cross examination vid at the end!
Put the VX on the inside and it would have won!!! Especially seen as it came out of the last corner in the lead and it’s the faster at accelerating of the two cars
June 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Yeah, Clarkson …
Yeah, Clarkson needed the help because he couldn’t kill the understeer, not because he didn’t know how to drive it.
I agree that the 0-60 time of 4 seconds is rubbish, and I hope we all agree that the Elise is the better car