Couldn’t agree more, the desirability of the 300RR is still enormous 10 years on. 10!
Hmmmm don’t get the 300RR sadly it looks a little awkward to my eye, the GT3 concept was much nicer imvho but still looks a little stretched and awkward from certain angles especially compared to the current V6.
Personally I think the 311 is great, yes it’s expensive but the body is some sort of composite (not grp) and getting that sort of power reliably and sticking a warranty on cannot be easy… Is it worth £82k? That’s a good question but like anything it is worth what someone is prepared to pay and personally I think they will sell them as that sort of performance is not readily available at that price.
I think this is more about brand marketing and hopefully it will work well as it’s a pretty distinctive design and has the performance to match.
It’s hardly pretty, what are the two indents in the lower front corners all about? And due to the wider track some of the panels look stretched.
It’s functional like a race car should be but looks like it was made by a man in a shed, hardly a well resolved flowing design… In fact with those yellow head lamps it looks like a fly to me.
All clearly imvho 
I think they will sell,
Just came from a track day today and a guy had a GTR skyline, in oz these are more than 82k pounds more like 100k pounds. He was burning this thing around…
Everyone buys cars for racing and fiddles (because they are road focused) to get great performance for the track. Dollars and pounds just flow! If the 3-11 is already track tuned and a quick car on the track out of the box, this would appeal to the ones who are flush, but time poor.
Only 311 world wide, that is not many!
I think they are not as expense as you may think when you take all the costs of tweaking a track toy.
By the way I am against the flow and think they look modern and retro all in one. Pretty nice indeed.
I agree with this sentiment, however an even better place is starting with a racecar. So for £82k you could have :
Gav’s machine + a tidy R300 Racer + a Clio Cup Racer + A couple of years of trackdays/storage
I know its not comparing apples with apples but if its about having fun on trackdays well I think my trio would guarantee more fun.
Indents are there for aero, helps to move the air around the front to the side and gives you more splitter area. Yellow headlamps are for night racing to denote what class you’re in - Prototype white lights, GT’s yellow.
I personally think it’s far better resolved than the Hennessey, the V10 BMW one, the GT3 which just had massive hips to fit the wheels, the VX220 version, and arguably even the V6. The only one that looked better was the Elise GT1. But that never worked properly sadly.
I get what the bits are there for but as I said it’s just functional not pretty.
I agree John… it’s just proportionally ‘right’.
The fact that it’s got a nice low slung engine/gearbox combination and is designed as a pure race car just makes it all more appealing…
it’s growing on me, and considering what a ‘cup’ now costs I can see how they justify the price; 450hp engine and some kinda special bodywork material.
hint of FF in the rear, the single lights
I think the back looks ok… it’s the part around the hips I don’t like…where the air intakes are etc…
Would be nice to see one with a 6 point cage…
I’m sure it’s a great piece of kit (looks good too imho), but would I buy one…never in a million years.
PS I am of course, not in the “target market” 
Im not so sure it’s getting one…
I think what you see on the car is the FIA approved cage (like with radicals and lemans type open racers).
The one on show is the race version of the car.
That’s a shame…I think the 211 looks better with the full cage on !
The 300JSRR ?!
Saw it at the unveiling last Friday. I thought it looked great but not superb as I’ve had misgivings about the front of the Exige V6 from the start. The back is very good and the race dash is amazing ( for you S1 techno dash boys). All in all I think it will sell. I spoke to Ken who sold me my car, by mid afternoon he’d sold his first one ( someone from Hartlepool I think he said).
Much as I like traditional Lotus colour schemes, this one didn’t set me on fire.
Not overly keen on styling, but I wouldnt say no!!
If you ask me I think that they should have got Gav in on a consultancy basis to help them with the livery, he gets it bang on every time. I don’t think the green/yellow helped as it does not look purposeful enough…
What? You mean grey, as in Gav Grey? or are you referring to another Gav, 21GG? His car was painted blue by Lotus.
Gav Kershaw?
I wpnder how it would look in ‘Badger Black’ 