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Lotus Elise & Toyota Corolla Share the Same Engine

Did you know? The Lotus Elise uses Toyota’s Yamaha-designed 2ZZ-GE engine. This is the same engine used in the Toyota Celica, Corolla, and Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe. Because of it’s all aluminum design this engine was chosen for the power-to-weight ratio it creates. Just goes to show you it’s not all about horsepower.

Posted by: Hooman on May 25, 2009 @ 7:04 pm
Filed under: Rantings
  • Facebook User

    Yep it's a flexible engine.

  • Warren Colbert

    Yah, the Lotus is so light, it really only needs a pair of double AA batteries to get it around a track, so the Celica motor does just fine. :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=223259 facebook-223259

    Sure its a versatile engine, however the lotus version is supercharged, so you do get more out of it.

  • Warren Colbert

    The Lotus Exige has the super charger, not the Elise.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=223259 facebook-223259

    the photo was misleading me then.

  • Warren Colbert

    Oops, nice catch. Thanks!

  • jeep107

    The Lotus engine is the same basic block but internals, intake, ehaust and tuning are quite different, it is a high performance variation of the engine with many upgraded components. The 2 are NOT the same engine performance wise…

  • Warren Colbert

    True about the intake/exhaust, but the performance is near identical between the lotus and celica in terms of power output. Typically, intake/exhaust mods offer pretty modest performance bumps.

  • jeep107

    The Lotus engine is the same basic block but internals, intake, ehaust and tuning are quite different, it is a high performance variation of the engine with many upgraded components. The 2 are NOT the same engine performance wise…

  • Warren Colbert

    True about the intake/exhaust, but the performance is near identical between the lotus and celica in terms of power output. Typically, intake/exhaust mods offer pretty modest performance bumps.

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