2011 Lotus Elise: The Greenest Sports Car of Its Class in the Planet

2011 Lotus Elise Car

Lotus has proved that you need not give up fun to be green. The 2011 Lotus Elise, with a 1.6L 4 cylinder VVT-i engine, has been certified to produce just 149gm of CO2 per Km. This is a 16% reduce from Elise S and the least for any sports car in the world.

For all those who ask for “Mileage kya hai” , here it comes, 46.6 mpg or 5.04 litres per 100 kms. If you think that its less, then have a look at the outstanding performance figures of the car.

2011 Lotus Elise Car Engine

This 1.6L mill is capable of producing 134 bhp of power which can propel this 876 kilos of machinery from 0-100 km/h in just 6.5 seconds. The car manages to run an astonishing 800Km before it runs out of fuel.

New Lotus Elise Rear

Still not satisfied, then then continue reading…………

The 2010 Toyota Prius, pioneer in green technology manages to achieve a mileage of 50 mpg which is a whisker more when considering that the Prius takes 10 seconds to reach 100km/h mark. And don’t forget that Prius has to use complex hybrid technology to achieve such results whereas the Elise does it is so much easily.

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