Usually when a car loses its roof it gains both weight and price - but if there is one brand that can turn a coupé into a convertible and have it come out 10kg lighter and at the same price, it's Lotus.
That's exactly what it has done with the Exige S Roadster, released this week and available to order from your friendly local Lotus dealer at the same price as the hard-top Exige S - R1.1 million.
So, what do you get for the equivalent of 48 888 Big Macs?
You get the same mid-mounted, 3.5-litre DOHC 24-valve transverse V6 with Harrop HTV 1320 supercharger, delivering 257kW at 7000rpm and 400Nm at 4500rpm to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual 'box, launching from 0-100km/h in four seconds flat and topping out at an electronically limited 233km/h, at a cost of 10.1 litres per 100km .
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