Despite the lack of gear-rowing, this Lotus looks like it'll be fast. It has a mid-mounted 5.0-liter V8 engine behind the front axle producing around 542 bhp, or 611 bhp in the R-tuned version. Combine that with 530 lb-ft o' torque and Lotus predicts the Elite will hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in about 3.6 seconds. That's faster than the Lotus 2-Eleven and is far and away the most powerful Lotus ever built. There's even talk of a Formula 1-style KERS-like hybrid system providing short bursts of an extra 50 bhp. That's good. Because apparently the new Proton-led "dawn" for Lotus is breaking over the set of The Biggest Loser as it'll weigh in at 3,600 lbs. — almost two Lotus Elises!