Reception to the 340R was so positive that Lotus set out, against all common sense, to manufacture 340 road-legal examples of the 340R in 2000. I have no idea how a car like this gets certified ...

It was equipped with the same aluminum chassis, springs, dampers, and 1.8-liter Rover K-series engine from Lotus' Elise Sport 190. The engine produced 177 brake horsepower and 126 lb-ft of torque ...

Described by Lotus as the ultimate track-day car, the 340R is actually an Elise at its core. It uses the same bonded aluminum mid-engine chassis, basic running gear, and the 1.8-liter Rover K ...

One-Owner Lotus 340R Looks Like A Life-Sized Hot Wheels Car. Published: 30 Apr 2017, ... The 1.8-liter Rover engine was uprated from 177 to 190 horsepower at around 12,000 kilometers.

Today we’re used to seeing completely stripped and caged Ariel Atoms, Exocets and Vette Karts, but it’s still refeshing to see the so-millenial-it-hurts 2000 Lotus 340R, one of the most ...

Of course, looks are nothing without performance and, to little surprise, the 340R emphatically delivered. The 1.8-litre Rover K Series engine only mustered 180hp, and that’s accessed right at ...

Milestones in Elise development were the introductions of the Exige coupe, the 2-Eleven-style 340R, and a redesigned roadster, and the replacement of the original Rover engine with the 1.8-liter ...

The new Lotus 3-Eleven has been caught on video tearing around the Nurburgring at full chat, ... supercharged 3.5-liter V-6 engine. ... the Lotus 340R, ...

Back in 2001, the Elise and its stripped-down 340R cousin were tearing up track days in Europe but hadn't yet crossed the pond. Read what we thought of the 340R years before the Elise was federalized.

The flyweight 340R showed what Lotus could do with the gloves off. And the doors. ... a gearbox box that has even closer ratios and an engine which was rebuilt at 9,970 miles with tougher MGTF 160 ...