Pambuyo pa nthawi yovuta m'mbiri yake yaposachedwa, chizindikiro cha Chingerezi tsopano chalimbikitsidwa. Umboni wa izi ndizomwe zikukula mumitundu yake ndi Lotus Exige S Roadster yatsopano.
Mpaka lero, Exige wakhala akuyang'ana kwambiri pazochitika za njanji, koma kwa Lotus - monga mtundu uliwonse ... - malonda amatanthauza zambiri. Monga Elise, yomwe ndi msewu wosangalatsa komanso wogwira ntchito, Lotus Exige S Roadster imatsatiranso nzeru zomwezo ndipo mwa zina imasiya mkati mwake, ndi zowongolera zofunika zokha, kuti zibwere molingana ndi phukusi loyendera, lomwe limawonjezera kukhudza kwapamwamba kwambiri. .
Kuyika kwa Lotus Exige S Roadster kuli kofanana ndi Exige S, koma pansi pamitundu yambiri monga Exige Cup ndi Exige Cup R. Ngakhale Lotus Exige S Roadster sapereka chidziwitso chokwanira chakumwamba, monga ndiwotalikirapo kuposa roadster yoyenera, kusiyana kolemera kwa m'bale wake wa coupé ndi 10kg.
Kumbali ya zimango ndi ntchito, pang'ono kapena kanthu zasintha, ndipo zambiri akamanena za Exige S Roadster amakhalabe chimodzimodzi monga m'bale wake Exige S coupé: injini pa malo chapakati, kumbuyo amakhala yemweyo 3.5 lita DOHC V6 24V VVTi wa Toyota chiyambi , ndi volumetric kompresa kuchokera Harrop HTV.
Mphamvu imasunga mphamvu zake 350 pa 7000rpm ndi 400Nm ya torque yomwe ikupezeka pa 4500rpm. M'malo ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi, zoyambira zachikale kuyambira 0 mpaka 100km/h zimakwaniritsidwa mu 4s ndipo liwiro lapamwamba limayerekezedwa ndi 233km/h. Kusiyana kwa kulemera kwa Lotus Exige S Roadster kwa 10kg kwa mchimwene wake wa coupé kumayika Roadster pa 1166kg. Bokosi la gear likadali buku la 6-liwiro, koma zachilendo mu Lotus Exige S Roadster ndi Lotus poganizira zoyambitsa bokosi la gear lokhala ndi zolembera pa chiwongolero, ngati pali zopempha zamakasitomala pankhaniyi.
Kuyimitsidwa kodziyimira pawokha kokhazikika kwa 2-axle kumakhala ndi zotsekemera za Bilstein ndi ma spring Eibach. Kuti awononge mphamvu ya Lotus Exige S Roadster, AP Racing braking system imathandizidwa ndi Bosch ABS ndi ESP. Kuwongolera kwapadera kwa Exige S Roadster kumathandizidwa ndi matayala a Pirelli P-Zero Corsa, okwera mawilo 17-inch kutsogolo ndi mainchesi 18 kumbuyo.
Kwa iwo omwe ankaganiza kuti Elise R sanabweretse malingaliro amphamvu poyera, mumayendedwe a malonda, Lotus akupereka Lotus Exige S Roadster yake monga tanthawuzo lalikulu la kuyendetsa chisangalalo muzochitika za Lotus. Lotus Exige S Roadster ndi chithunzithunzi chochokera ku Lotus kupita kwa kasitomala wocheperako, yemwe amayamikira galimoto yamasewera koma samasiya chisangalalo choyendetsa poyera.
