Is it Nice or is it Garbage?

[Slowbro]

About a year ago, I found this beauty at a car dealership. Needless to say I didn't buy the car. It had "LOTUS" plastered all over it, which it obviously isn't. Do you think this is a sexy (but dirty) car despite the fake badging or a complete waste of space...

[MR2Jedi]

I've seen that body kit before. Didn't really care for it.
I can't believe someone would actually try to pass it off as a Lotus. I guess cuz the Lotus Elise comes with a 2zz they thought it was Lotus worthy..It's certainly not worth $25K. More like $8 or $9K -if it's in good running condtition.
I guess this is the one you mentioned in another post.?

[Slowbro]

Originally Posted by MR2BAD

I've seen that body kit before. Didn't really care for it.
I can't believe someone would actually try to pass it off as a Lotus. I guess cuz the Lotus Elise comes with a 2zz they thought it was Lotus worthy..It's certainly not worth $25K. More like $8 or $9K -if it's in good running condtition.
I guess this is the one you mentioned in another post.?

Correct, I might have bought it (after some heavy negotiating) and took off the lotus stickers but after asking the guy "Hey can I look at the Lotus?" "Sure.. its open" I just left the lot after that.
Thing is with our market, selling a modified car depreciates the price of what the car would be worth stock. Mainly do to aftermarket items, which might actually be better then stock, have a tenancy to have a shorter life span and if installed incorrectly can damage the car. I certainly didn't get my money's worth selling my modified Evo 8.

Another note of the car, it was a rental. The big sticker on the side pretty much says "Rent Me" and I wasn't about to pay 25k for a MR2 Spyder that was probably abused.

Lotus was working with Toyota on designing a car for them a while back. Not sure what happened with that, I think the deal fell through.

[MR2Jedi]

The MR2 was originally a joint venture between Lotus and Toyota. And presently, Lotus and Toyota DO have a jointly developed car--The Lotus Elise which has the Toyota 2zz engine.

[Slowbro]

Not really, the Elise has been around before they put that engine in the vehicle. So in a way you are correct sir, but only engine wise.

[Piddy]

The kit CAN look nice.... it just so happens that that one looks like crap.

[MR2Jedi]

Yeah, that one looks good-especially in white

[Slowbro]

I think its the paint job and the carbon fiber hood that makes it look bad, especially since it was dirty.

[trdcoma]

id sport it, but not for twenty five g's!!!

[willtotheumm]

i'd buy it and save it... from that paintjob!!! Hideous. Like the above posts, it looks great in white. Esp. with the carbon fiber hood... er, frunk. LOL