McChip-DKR is a tuning company in Germany. They recently had this Lotus Exige on their dyno to test some upgrades. The car was built by Komo-Tec with a 2.0 L TFSI inline-four from a Volkswagen Golf Mk5. They increased the engine’s output to 404 horsepower and 465 Nm (342 lb-ft) of torque thanks to a K04 turbocharger.
Source: McChip-DKR Facebook gallery via AutoEvolution
I have obviously never driven a Lotus, because I had never thought about an engine swap… What I had read I always assumed they were just about as good as it got. I guess I was wrong…