This Lotus track racer is a topless monster

Little car, big engine - what could go wrong?

Well, the 410-horsepower, 1,900-pound Lotus 3-Eleven intends to find out.

Lotus, the small, but revered, maker of lightweight sportscars with near-devine handling will produce the topless track-only car beginning this year.

Features include a sequential six-speed racing-style gearbox, 475 pounds of downforce at 150 mph, a digital display that records performance data via GPS, and - because it doesn't have a windshield - all the bugs you can swallow.

The 3-Eleven will lap the Nürburgring - you know, that famous German race track where only the world's best cars are tested - under the seven-minute mark "in favorable conditions," the company's website suggests.

Lotus also claims the car will do zero-to-60 in under three seconds, and zero-to-100 comes in six seconds, and did we mention it has no roof?

Bring a change of pants.

No word yet on how much the 3-Eleven will cost in North America, but in the UK, the sale price will be £97,083 or about $140,000.