Ntau xyoo dhau los tab sis tus thawj Lotus Elise tseem yog ib lub tsheb ua kis las zoo tshaj plaws. Thaum nws xub tshwm sim, rov qab rau xyoo 90s, nws tsuas yog tshaj li 700 kg, tsis muaj ABS, traction tswj, lub hwj chim steering los yog txhua yam uas tsis yog nruj me ntsis tsim nyog uas yuav ntxiv ntau.
Txawm li ntawd los, tseem muaj qee qhov kev ua kom nws ntxiv… ntshiab. Qhov no yog qhov uas Lotus 340R tuaj rau hauv, qhov liab qab thiab tsom "kwv tij" ntawm Lotus Elise.
Nws qhov kev tsim khoom tau txwv rau tsuas yog 340 units thiab tam sim no ib qho ntawm lawv yog tam sim no muag ntawm Cov Tsheb Sib Tw, nrog tsuas yog 9424 km ntawm lub ntsuas ntsuas.
Tshaj tawm ntawm xyoo 1998 Birmingham Motor Show, tseem nyob rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm tus qauv, nws muaj ib tug hypothetical 340 hp ib tuj, uas yog lub hauv paus ntawm nws lub npe. Cov khoom tsim tawm, uas tau tshwm sim hauv xyoo 2000, xaus tsis tau raws li qhov hnyav / lub zog piv, tab sis nws tsis tshua muaj txiaj ntsig rau qhov ntawd.
Ua rau ntawm Elise's aluminium platform, 340R tau tshem tawm ntawm lub qhov rooj, lub ru tsev thiab yuav luag tag nrho lub cev vaj huam sib luag, tso cai rau nws "txiav" nyob ib ncig ntawm 50 kg ntawm Elise qhov hnyav, rau tag nrho tsuas yog 675 kg.
Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, es tsis txhob ntawm lub Elise lub 1.8 120hp (118bhp) engine, no 340R tau powered los ntawm ib tug haib version ntawm Rover lub K-Series (VHPD los yog heev Hwj chim Derivative) nrog 179hp (177bhp) uas tso cai rau nws mus ceev los ntawm. 0 mus rau 100 km / h nyob rau hauv tsuas yog 4.6s. Optionally, kuj tseem muaj ib lub pob hluav taws xob tshwj xeeb uas txhawb nqa K-Series lub zog mus txog 195 hp (192 bhp).
Lub tsev uas tam sim no ntawm kev muag khoom muaj OEM Technomagnesium log mounted ntawm Yokohama A038R log tsheb thiab ib qho kev hloov pauv cov pa, cov cwj pwm uas pab piav qhia txog ntau dua 52,000 euros ntawm qhov kev sib tw siab tshaj plaws rau hnub tim.
Raws li Lotus tau npaj los nthuav tawm Emira, tus qauv siv hluav taws xob kawg ua ntej nkag mus rau lub hnub nyoog hluav taws xob, 340R no yog qhov ceeb toom zoo ntawm txhua yam uas lub hom tsim los ntawm Colin Chapman sawv cev.