Down each flank were more aggressively styled skirts.

Overall the Exige was 29mm wider, 35mm longer and (on account of its roof snorkel) 53mm taller than a standard Elise.

Aside from the carbonfibre rear wing, body panels were fashioned from lightweight plastic composite.

Interior

Inside, the cockpit was effectively a Coupe version of the regular Elise..

The metal upper dash and transmission tunnel were given a dark grey textured finish while, aside from leatherette sills, door panels and seats plus a fabric roofliner, the rest of the cockpit surfaces were left in bare aluminium.

A curved two-gauge instrument binnacle housed analogue read outs for road and engine speed. All other vital statistics were accessed via the Stack digital readout located at the base of the two main dials.

Single-piece bucket seats could be adjusted fore / aft only. To give the driver the clearest possible vision, the driver’s seat was positioned closer to the centre of the car than the passenger’s (which was fixed in the rearmost position).