I just wanna hold you, I just wanna look into your eyes and tell you that I want you You know you make me feel so alive, can't stop thinking about your day at night Love it when you kiss me, love it when we touch, every time I'm down now you make me smile You're the solution, you are, you are, you are, you are, you are, you are, you are You are the solution, you are the solution, you are the solution I made it last now, my friend, got our energy back, finally It's like coming home almost coming to Lotus to the factory here and finally after an early start We've made it over and it's time to check out some cars I've already been handed the keys to something pretty special If you look right here, this is one of the main reasons why I was super excited to come over Because as you know, I own a Lotus Exige Sport 380 which is what we drove up in But since I've had that car, Lotus have come out with this absolutely stunning Cup 380 So the first thing I wanted to do when we got here in Lotus, I've very kindly organised it was to have a look around this car, see the differences and show you guys around it So, without further ado, I think it's about time We look around it and I'm going to allow it to start it up, I can't drive it We can't take it around track or anything because they're all sold already They're only making 60 of them, but I figured I might as well show you around the outside, show you around the inside And you can experience this car with me a tiny bit But mainly this car is basically just a more hardcore carbonised, as I say It's got loads of carbon all over the place, version of my car, so it's much more track-focused Limited to only 60, which is crazy, I mean 60, when you were talking about numbers of things like a 6N5LT McLaren, when you think about those being super rare, there's about 500 of those There's only 60 of these worldwide, unfortunately they're all sold So whether I want one or not, I don't really have much choice Unless I go on the second hand market and know how to deal with what they'll do on the second hand market But who knows? But let's show you around quickly, so first things first, from the front It's not too dissimilar to my car, you've got the same carbon front splitter, you've got the same access panel here Full carbon fibre like you do in my car, they've only changed their striping So my striped comes around here, here they've changed up Here the main difference is, well, these louvers, which I think are absolutely awesome This is my favourite touch on this car, you've got these awesome little events here Which filter the air through the bodywork, obviously an add more downforce It's tiny bit lighter than my car, not massively, I think it's about dry weight, about 5 kilos But there's loads and loads of things, so the engine mapping has been changed slightly It's based, it's the same 3.5L supercharged V6 with the same amount of power You can get things like titanium exhaust and everything like that, which make it a bit lighter What else is different around the front? I mean you've got little things like here for example This is finished in matte black, which I don't have on mine And then you have the option to put a tow hook as well, which is for when you're going on track Also the colour and the spec on this one is absolutely beautiful You then got the same canards here, these would actually be cool in carbon But then I'm sure there's a reason why they aren't We've then got around the side the same carbon side skirts Carbon roof, which is actually an option on the Sport380 I remember if you could get that as an option I chose to have mine painted Then down here is one of my favourite touches, these Which are slightly larger events on the side of the car, finishing carbon fibre, which you cannot get On the Sport380, this is a Cup380 special only And these look awesome, they're tiny bit whiner So kind of like if you look at the old R8s, you have the R8 V8 and then you have the R8 V10 You can tell it was the V10 because they had a wider little inlet on the side Similar sort of difference here, it's a lot wider and it's finished in carbon You then got your racing gear on the side here, which is pretty intense Matt Black, little sort of livery with the 380 Cup logo And then this is the main difference, this area here One piece carbon fibre engine cover with the world's most intense wing This thing is a beast, it's so cool, it's so big We saw this car driving earlier, following it from behind It's just mad, the size of this wing is just colossal And all of this is one piece of carbon fibre, this is the coolest new addition I think To the Cup380 over the Sport380, it's just insane And very light, it's also no longer got the hydraulic system, so when you put it up You won't stay up by itself, you need to put the little hook in So obviously to save weight as well, it's got a lighter battery And on this particular one, it's also got the titanium exhaust So titanium exhaust is an option on the Sport380 But I assume more people will get it on the Cup380 It saves about, I think it's about 7kg But it saves a bunch of weight, it changes the tone of the engine a bit, the tone of the noise But it doesn't make it much louder There's another tow hook option that you can put in there And then on this particular car, it's actually not on my car, it's carbon fibre This rear diffuser, but that's just a cost option which hasn't been specced on this specific car So then also got these air vents, which is one of my favourite touches as well on the back Which look awesome, it's a really nice touch and then obviously the logo It's slight differences on the inside as well, nothing crazy A few hot brown, I'll show you the interior We've got the same seats as in my car, carbon fibre buckets The only difference is the 380 Cup stitching on the seat here Apart from that, it's all exactly the same You've got the carbon kick place, door panels all the same Biggest difference, you'll notice the steering wheel is completely different That's because it's had an airbag delete, so for track usage, it saves weight first of all But then also if you're going on track a bunch, you can put harnesses on it And then you don't necessarily need to have the airbag there So that's why the steering wheel is different The dashboard is a tiny bit different, just in the way they've put the numbers They've just changed that up a tiny bit, that's a geeky thing that I think only owners of the Sport 380 would notice One of my favourite things as well is they've done a full Alcantara dash So it's still plastic, well actually it's leather on this car, and it's nice On my car it's plastic, but back here it's now feels like leather With the Alcantara above it, because in my car this is here right here, it's all plastic feelings It's a nice touch to be able to have that in Alcantara A few other little things like for example right here, it's all matte black Whereas in my car it's all aluminium So little differences like that, you've got a roll cage as well To stiffen it up a tiny bit And apart from that the main big difference, if we click, why don't you come around here This is very cool, now this is my favourite touch on the inside This little knob right here, you can decide on the angle of slip that you want to have So you have 12 different settings, and basically it's the percentage of slip that the car will allow you to have So you can adjust your trash control settings So if you want to come out of a corner and have a little play, you can set it to that If you want to come out and have a full massive slide, you can put it all the way off Or on the maximum percentage of slip, and you're just cool to be able to have that Not many, if I've never really seen this on another car really, but you can really adjust your trash control to exactly how you want it And there's a classic race car for it, I've also just been told that the exhaust says 10 kilos, not 7 So more than I thought, I'm going to hop in, start it up also, before you go round back to hear the noise I want to show you one last thing which is different, if I grab the camera You have also down here, which you don't have in the Sport 380, you have a 5 extinguisher So the passenger has a bit less legroom, but it looks pretty bad as Anyways, to start the car, same thing, you've got the key, whack it in, foot on the clutch I can't rev it too much because the engine has a properly warmed up, but it sounds very similar, doesn't it? It's just a few more pops and bangs, it sounds like there you go here Mine doesn't do that as much, but apart from that, it's very similar now This car, 60 worldwide, they were about 15,000 pounds more expensive than the Sport 380 base prices So it is a big jump up money wise, now obviously I would have loved it, you know, it's awesome this car I would have loved to be able to upgrade, but it's a lot of money and then they all sold out as well And also, I think I don't do enough track time to justify a car like this, I think the people who would buy a car like this have much more experience than I do And go to the track a lot more So, you know, I'm interested in seeing, if you guys think that potentially I should upgrade my Sport 380 to this Let me know in the comments down below, and maybe there's a way I could work it out But it is very expensive, and it is, you know, very, very track-focused But it is so cool, they've done a bunch of really, really nice little touches like the Alchemtara here, the carbon, events on the side right there So they've done a really, really good job with this car, I'm happy for Lotus, I'm happy for all the people who will be lucky enough to own one of these cars And it just brings Lotus into that next category in terms of performance and things like that So this car is fantastic, now we are going to see some other cars on the strip here I think this video is going to be strictly down to the Sport 380, so we'll be more videos coming With some other new Lotus' and other Lotus' that I haven't filmed before, it's like I feel like I'm a kid in the candy shop So I'm going to stop the engine and say bye to you guys, thank you, as per usual for watching this video I hope you enjoyed it, please remember to like, comment down below what you thought of this car Whether I should look into upgrading or just your general thoughts on this car Please remember to subscribe as well, yeah, cheers Bye bye