Following the Elise S Cup R, Lotus has now announced a road-going S Cup variant of the Elise. It’s a less hard-core version of the R, designed to be usable, sort of, on the road, on your way to the race track. This is a track toy, after all.

Compared to the Elise S, the Lotus Elise S Cup comes with a number of extras – and also a number of omissions – the net result of which is a massive 3-second reduction in the car’s lap time around the firm’s Hethel test track. The changes are visual as well as mechanical.

If we cut to the chase, Lotus Elise S Cup comes with an aero kit consisting of a front splitter with end winglets, lateral bargeboards, a fixed roof, tail wing and rear diffuser, a T45 specification roll-hoop, and a beefed-up 217 horsepower engine. It weighs in at just 932 kg, which means it is pretty fast, making 60 mph from 0 in 4.2 seconds and reaching a top speed of 155 mpg.

Prices for the Lotus Elise S Cup start from £43,500 in the UK and €56,525 in Germany.

Lotus Elise S Cup Specs:

Max power – 217 hp at 6800 rpm (220 PS)

Max torque – 184 lbft at 4600rpm (250 Nm)

0-60 mph – 4.2 seconds

0-100 km/h – 4.6 seconds

Max speed – 140 mph (225 km/h)

Fuel Consumption (mpg (l/100 km)

Urban – 28.5 (9.9)

Extra Urban – 46.3 (6.1)

Combined – 37.5 (7.5)

CO2 emissions – 175 g/km

Unladen weight – 932 kg