Lotus has tuned the engine and added an Eaton/Edelbrock-sourced supercharger. It revs freely like a sportbike, and it ...

Lotus quotes a 0-to-60 time of 4.9 seconds, though that only hints at the real beauty of the Elise's power-to-weight ratio. Throttle is available to do more than just speed up and slow down.

It's the perfect car on which to do this modification: a Lotus Elise. Already light, nimble, fabulous, and fun, coming from a heritage that is all about superio ...

This particular client needed to replace his Elise's front and rear clamshells, meaning the carbon fiber body panel bill would have run upwards of $18,000. ("Simplify and add lightness" ain't cheap.) ...

The 2005 Elise weighs less than a subcompact and feels as rigid as sports cars that cost twice as much. Its engine sits two feet over your shoulder, in front of the rear axle, and you can't match ...

The Lotus Exige S 240 and Exige 260 are based on the Elise, but have fixed composite roof panels and offer more horsepower through supercharged, intercooled engines; their engines are rated at 240 ...

Its larger tub weighs only 256 pounds, and twists just 1 degree under the stress of 26,600 Newton meters (nearly 20,000 ft. lbs.) of torque, making it more than 2.5 times stiffer than the Elise.

Lotus Elise Suspension Failure Causes Extreme 100 MPH Crash, 17-Year Old Driver Walks Away Published: 17 Mar 2015, 15:15 UTC • By: Andrei Tutu 1 photo ...