Want an extra 140-horsepower in your flyweight sports car? No problem, but you're going to have to hop on a very long flight to get it. A company called Simply Sports Cars has just released a 500-hp Lotus Emira Turbo Bathurst Edition, and that name might tip you off as to just how far you'll have to go.

 

Simply Sports Cars is the official distributor for Lotus Cars in Australia. It also bills itself as "the only Australian car dealership run by race engineers." Put the two together – the ultra-light sports cars and racers who love them – and you end up with machines like this latest Emira special edition.