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Three cars, one number. With a Lotus it is not the power that matters but how much of it there is per tonne — so all three are measured with the same ruler here.

Lotus Elise race car in KT Motorsport colours.

Lotus Elise

Per tonne163bhp/t
Weight
725–755 kg
Power
118 bhp
Aluminium chassis
68 kg

The whole chassis weighs 68 kilos. That is roughly half what a steel one would weigh, and it is why an Elise with an 1800 cc engine goes quicker than the paper says. It was the first production car with a bonded aluminium extrusion chassis.

Lotus Exige race car in KT Motorsport colours.

Lotus Exige

Per tonne227bhp/t
Weight
780 kg
Power
177 bhp
Downforce at 161 km/h
45 kg

What the Exige added over the Elise was not mainly power, it was downforce. At 161 km/h it is pressed down by about 45 kilos, the Elise by not quite six. That is where the difference in a corner comes from, not from the power figure. Something over six hundred were built.

Lotus Evora GT4 race car in KT Motorsport colours.

Lotus Evora GT4

Per tonne300PS/t
Weight
1 200 kg
Power
360 PS
FIA FT3 fuel cell
96 l

Cosworth bored the production 3.5 out to four litres with a dry sump. The engine is good for over four hundred horsepower, but the GT4 rules hold it at three hundred and sixty with a restrictor. The 96-litre safety cell and the air jacks are not equipment, they are what an endurance race demands.

Factory figures. They vary by year and version. Figures for the actual KT Motorsport cars will follow once the team confirms them.