2006 Sport Lotus Exige
The new two-seat Lotus Exige coupe, based on the soft-top Elise, spurs such euphoria from behind the wheel that if the secret of its sheer delightfulness were more broadly known, it’d be deemed a nonconsumable narcotic. It takes little time driving an Exige to realize that it, like the Elise, perfectly embodies Lotus founder Colin Chapin’s mantra: “Simplicate and add lightness.” The overwhelming simplicity is apparent as soon as you slip into the thinly padded driver’s seat and take in the bare-bones interior with lots of exposed metal and scant carpeting.
