Lotus Esprit GT3 is a car that has a 2 door coupé type body with a mid positioned engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2 litres. This unit musters power and torque figures of 240 bhp (243 PS/179 kW) at 6250 rpm and 294 Nm (217 lbft/30 kgm) at 3750 rpm respectively.
The power is transmitted to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual transmission.
Having a stated kerb weight of 1240 kg, the Lotus Esprit GT3 can dispense with the 0-100 km/h yardstick in 5.2 seconds and the kilometre from rest in 24.3 seconds.
The Lotus Esprit GT3 is claimed to attain a top speed of 263 km/h, or 163 mph, officially stated fuel consumption is 19.0/8.6/12.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2420 | 95.3 | |
| Voies AV | 1528 | 60.2 | |
| Voies AR | |||
| Longueur | 4369 | 172 | |
| Largeur | |||
| Hauteur | 1150 | 45.3 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.81 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1240 kg | 2734 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 43% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 73 litres | 16.1 [19.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| turbocharged petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Lotus | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2 litre 1973 cc (120.4 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 95.27 × 69.2 mm
3.75 × 2.72 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.38 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
243 PS (240 bhp) (179 kW) à 6250 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
294 Nm (217 ft·lb) (30 kgm) à 3750 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
90.7 kW/litre 123.3 ps/litre 121.6 bhp/litre 1.99 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
149.01 Nm/litre
1.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8:1 | ||
| Carburant | MPFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1872.5 kPa (271.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 493.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | 1 Garrett TB03 turbocharger | ||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 3.7 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 4.8 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | 5.2 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | 12.5 s | ||
| 0-400m | 13.6 s
@ 103 mph |
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| 0-1000m | 24.3 s
@ 211 km/h |
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| Vitesse | 263 km/h (163 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 196.24 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 144.33 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 193.55 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.93 kg/kW 11.57 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | 19.0/8.6/12.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 19.0/8.6/12.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 5.3/11.6/8.0 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 14.9/32.8/22.6 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 12.4/27.4/18.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | mid | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.100 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.TransLi.RA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | 7½ x 17 | ||
| Roues AR | 8½ x 17 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | Goodyear Eagle GS-A Asymmetric 215/40 ZR 17 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | Goodyear Eagle GS-A Asymmetric 245/45 ZR 17 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 296 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 300 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.82 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.89 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 8734 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 22.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 Lotus Esprit GT3 added 1998-11-01. Last modified 2013-08-29. |
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