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Not only that, if I wanted to set fast lap times I wouldn't be buying a street car, I'd buy a proper race car, or at least a track special like a Radical. If I want arbitrary lap times, trying to chase them in a street car is kind of a waste. They don't even have proper safety gear. And it's literally cheaper to buy an ex-works race car than it is to buy any of these track focused high end Porsches or McLarens.The C8 is an okay track car, but there are far more cars that are faster around VIR. C8's time = 2:49 which is 37th Here are some of the non-exotics' times
2023 BMW M4 CSL: 2:47.5
2017 Corvette C7 GS: 2:47.1
2018 Camaro ZL1: 2:45.7
2019 Camaro ZL1: 2:45.0
2015 C7 Z06: 2:44.6
2023 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS: 2:40.5
Record holder: 2019 McLaren Senna: 2:34.9
Lotus has never been about speed. Rather, it has historically made lightweight cars that handle amazing well and are connected to the road better that just about every street-legal car, including exotics that cost many times what the Emira cost.
What I want out of the Emira is engagement and fun on mountain roads in beautiful places. It's for me, for the joy of it, not for the ego.
FYI, here's a friend of mine's Radical. He bought it when he realized his GT3 was simply slow by comparison, and he could get the full experience for $25k-35k used.