Birth date of the Exige

As I’m participating in the 25yr Elise birthday Stelvio run with its fixed 12 september date I started wondering if the Exige has a specific date? A quick Google search only resulted in the year 2000.

Anybody know? Was it formally introduced at some show?

9th April 2000, Brands Hatch round of Autobytel championship I believe

Can we create an Exige run?

Great. 9 april 2000 is correct according this blog from Lotus:

https://media.lotuscars.com/en/blog/exige-the-genesis-of-a-lotus.html