Exige numbers produced

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According to the August 2002 Publication of Classic and Sports Car there were 457 Lotus Exiges produced. They rated the Exige as the 12th best ever Lotus from a poll of 50 motoring journalists.Anyway it might answer a few questions as to how many were produced. It dosn’t say where the info was from however!!The order was as follows:1: Elan2: Elise3: Elite4: Eleven5: Esprit6: Lotus Seven7: Lotus Elan+28: Elan M1009: Excel10: Europa10: Lotus 2312: MK11112: Lotus 1912: EXIGE15: Elite 500 series16: Lotus 1516: Caterham R500

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well my 2 are numbers 527 & 530 so how does that figure ?Did Lotus produce the Caterham R500 - i dont think so !!!

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Hey don’t shoot the messenger?How do you know they started at number 1 on the production run? Lotus are a weird bunch. They could of started anywhere! As for the R500 thats what the publication says! I’m not defending them however.

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& another thingThe Exige only got one vote from one of the journalists - and that journalist gave the Exige his maximum vote…Guess he was the only sensible one and the other 49 didn’t know what an Exige was??Now where did I put that gun and where did that messenger hide… [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif[/image]

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I am willing to swap my Elan +2 AND my M100 Elan (7 and 8 place in survey) for any Exige out there - honest!!! - I will await replies!!

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Simon, not swapping the Exige for anything but I don’t suppose you want to swap the Elan +2 for a '66 MGB do you? ;-)well it’s worth a try!

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huskydog, not having a go at ya mate !!!In the register on this BBS, the first serial no is 27, the last is 576 so i guess they produced cars with sequential chassis numbers.All was trying to point out was that publication has got it wrong… THE EXIGE IS NUMBER ONE !!!

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Hi ChristineThanks for offer - will be hopefully selling +2 shortly - when tested and have been able to retrieve no plate off it. M100 is also up for sale. Everything must go to finance an exige.Cheers Simon

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Does somebody know the number of exiges build in total, and how many of that have shipped to main land? If somebody can point me in the directorion where I can find the statisics, that would be create. I even would like to know how many exiges have been sold per country.thnx

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Just been speaking to Lotus, the last VIN produced was 601 and that is official.Don’t know the country split, trying ringing Lotus.

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Lotus rang me back so i asked them about the split, they said somewhere in the region of 60% UK and 40% ROW

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quote:Originally posted by simon:Hi ChristineThanks for offer - will be hopefully selling +2 shortly - when tested and have been able to retrieve no plate off it. M100 is also up for sale. Everything must go to finance an exige.Cheers SimonSimon - How much do you want for the +2, what is the model, year and condition?J

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Hi JedElan is 1969 (G reg) +2 not +2S. New Lotus Galv chassis, new dash (all switches original), new spax dampers, refurbed interior, engine & carbs rebuilt (all parts from Quorn), s/s exhaust. Bodywork condition 2 would ‘benefit from a respray’. I’ve had (the car) for past 14 years. 12 months MOT (as I need no plate)inc. Looking for circa �4.5k.Simon