Lotus 340R

__NOTOC__The Lotus 340R was a limited edition sports car manufactured by Lotus Cars in 2000 at their Hethel factory.

Overview

The 340R is a special edition of the Lotus Elise. Just 340 were built, and all were sold before they were manufactured. It uses a custom built bodyshell with no roof and no doors. All 340 cars came with a silver and black colour scheme. Special A038R tyres were developed for the 340R in collaboration with Yokohama.

While road-legal in the UK, most of the surviving 340 cars are used for racing, track use, or demonstrations.

340R was first meant to have 340 bhp /Ton but this was not achieved so they instead built 340 cars so the name still stood for something!

Engine

The engine is a four cylinder tweaked version of the Rover K-Series engine called VHPD (Very High Power Derivate) used in the regular Elise which produces convert|177|bhp|abbr=on at 7800 rpm/ convert|172|Nm|ftlbf|abbr=on at 6750 rpm as standard, or convert|187|bhp|abbr=on at 7500 rpm/ convert|189|Nm|ftlbf|abbr=on at 5600 rpm (190 PS) with optional Lotus accessories.

pecifications

*Weight: convert|701|kg|lb|abbr=on (kerb: all fluids and full tank of fuel)
*Performance: 0-100 km/h 4,4 sec, 0-convert|160|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on 10,7sec, top convert|209|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on
*Power to Weight: 252 bhp/Ton or 3,96 kg/bhp
*Transmission: Rover 5 speed PG1 Close Ratio Gearbox
*Price: £35,000

ources

[http://www.340r.net/story.htm The Lotus 340R story] [http://lotus340r.cool.ne.jp/Lotus_340R.htm Yasu Lotus 340R] [http://lotus340r.cool.ne.jp/Lotus_340R-Club.htm Lotus 340R-Club]