{"id":3188,"date":"2025-09-15T03:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T03:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2025-09-15T03:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T03:36:36","slug":"c1509011-the-guy-just-became-radio-station_part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=3188","title":{"rendered":"C1509011 The Guy Just Became Radio Station_part2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 720;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/C1509011-The-Guy-Just-Became-Radio-Station_part2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lotus Elise S1 reimagined as 600kg, central-seat supercar<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British firm Analogue Automotive draws on Elise\u2019s racing heritage for dramatic new restomod<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/gallery_slide\/public\/images\/car-reviews\/first-drives\/legacy\/analogue-automotive-vhpk-teaser-front.jpg?itok=9ZHEgUU4\" alt=\"Analogue Automotive VHPK teaser front\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cdn.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/square_43x43\/public\/charlie-martin-autocar.jpg?itok=7c2HuvZw\" alt=\"Charlie Martin Autocar\" title=\"Charlie Martin Autocar\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/users\/charlie-martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Martin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 mins read<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 September 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/follow_button.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.en.html#dnt=false&#038;id=twitter-widget-0&#038;lang=en&#038;screen_name=charliejmartin_&#038;show_count=false&#038;show_screen_name=false&#038;size=m&#038;time=1757907341776\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?app_id=236580861022118&amp;sdk=joey&amp;u=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/lotus-elise-s1-reimagined-600kg-central-seat-supercar&amp;display=popup&amp;ref=plugin&amp;src=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/lotus-elise-s1-reimagined-600kg-central-seat-supercar&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=autocar&amp;text=Lotus%20Elise%20S1%20reimagined%20as%20600kg,%20central-seat%20supercar&amp;counturl=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/lotus-elise-s1-reimagined-600kg-central-seat-supercar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Lotus%20Elise%20S1%20reimagined%20as%20600kg,%20central-seat%20supercar&amp;body=https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/lotus-elise-s1-reimagined-600kg-central-seat-supercar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British firm&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/analogue-automotive\/supersport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analogue Automotive<\/a>&nbsp;has detailed the VHPK, a dramatic new reimagining of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/opinion\/new-cars\/matt-prior-falling-love-lotus-elise-s1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lotus Elise S1<\/a>&nbsp;weighing just 600kg&nbsp;and featuring a central driving position.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Announced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the seminal sports car\u2019s unveiling, it draws on the Sport Elises raced in the Autobytel Lotus Championship at the turn of the millennium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like in those race&nbsp;cars, the driver sits dead centre in the cockpit \u2013&nbsp;but the&nbsp;interior is said to have been modified with an array of carbonfibre components.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bodywork&nbsp;too&nbsp;has been replaced with carbonfibre, while extra stopping power comes courtesy of a new set of carbon-ceramic brake discs \u2013&nbsp;reducing unsprung weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sitting amidships is the Rover K-Series engine that originally powered the Elise, but its displacement has been increased&nbsp;and it has been upgraded with forged-and-billet internals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These tweaks have netted a power output north of 250bhp, according to Analogue, giving a power-to-weight ratio in excess of 400bhp per tonne. That more than doubles the original Elise\u2019s 163bhp per tonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 35 examples will be built, with orders set to open next year. Prices remain under wraps, but the less extreme Analogue Supersport is priced into the six-figure range; the VHPK is expected to comfortably exceed it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When Autocar competed in the Autobytel Championship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/autocar-autobytel-lotus-sport-elise-front-quarter-cornering.jpg?itok=jhnJ5D-o\" alt=\"Chris Harris driving Lotus Sport Elise in the Autobytel Lotus Championship, 2001\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than two decades on, the Autobytel Lotus Championship is all but forgotten. But Autocar actually fielded an entry in the competition in 2001, giving a dramatically early glimpse at what can be expected from the VHPK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Correspondent Chris Harris noted that the Elises\u2019 lap times around Darlington\u2019s Croft Circuit were \u201cvery similar to those of the full-house BTCC machines we supported all year\u201d&nbsp;and that the cars \u201cfelt and looked like the proper item\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With great grip, stopping power and the signature central driving position, the Autobytel Sport Elise felt like \u201ca baby Group C racer\u201d, wrote Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/sites\/autocar.co.uk\/files\/styles\/body-image\/public\/autocar-autobytel-lotus-sport-elise-rear-cornering.jpg?itok=FIBCp8-_\" alt=\"Chris Harris driving Lotus Sport Elise in the Autobytel Lotus Championship, 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rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/analogue-automotive\/supersport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analogue Automotive Supersport<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lotus Elise S1 owners with a spare six figures are offered the most stratospheric restomod makeover you can think of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/analogue-automotive\/supersport\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read our review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to top<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To read the full feature, published 12 December 2001,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themagazineshop.com\/autocar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subscribe to Autocar\u2019s digital archive<\/a>&nbsp;today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lotus Elise S1 reimagined as 600kg, 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