More Lotus: insane descendants

http://jalopnik.com/5117709/donkervoort-d8-gt4-starts-production-takes-light-weight-to-the-extreme

Remember how yesterday I was talking about the Lotus 7 and its successors? Dutch carmaker Donkervoort really knows how to keep the legend alive. 270 HP, 1400lbs, zero to sixty MPH in less than 4 seconds. It set a lap record in 2004 at the notoriously long and dangerous Nurburgring Nordschliffe, long considered the benchmark for all-around performance.

Colin Chapman might not have approved of the styling, but he certainly would have appreciated the result.