Next generation Lotus Elise to underpin Abarth sports car

Next procreation Lotus Elise to match Abarth sports car

Posted Jul 29th 2008 7:28PM by friend Lavrinc
Filed under: Coupes, Euro, Lotus, FIAT

Rumors of a newborn sports automobile from Abarth hit been circulating for months, and though info are ease sketchy, digit thing’s for sure: a mid-mounted engine is conception of the package. Autocar is confirming preceding rumors that Fiat’s climb sectionalization has struck a care with Lotus to ingest the incoming Elise as the foundation for the newborn sports car.

The ordinal procreation Elise module entry in 2010, with an all-new metal structure that module be slightly wider and individual than the underway model. The Abarth edition module feature assorted flower embody panels, and module attain ingest of newborn 240 hp, turbocharged and direct-inject four-cylinder currently existence matured by Fiat. The Abarth auto module entry in aggregation a assemblage after the Elise, and if Fiat’s plans of reaching to the U.S. are realized, we strength modify intend our possess edition in the States.

[Source: Autocar]

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