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The Elise left the U.S. market in 2011 due to changing regulations, but Lotus continued to develop and sell the car elsewhere for another decade.
Built strictly for homologation purposes, the road-legal Elise GT1 shared the same aluminum chassis and carbon-kevlar body as the race version but received a slightly more " streetable " interior.
Sports cars aren’t usually a great choice for a weekend on the trails, but this modified Lotus Elise is ready to leave pavement in the rearview. I’m going to catch a lot of heat for this, but ...
Lotus sold the Series 2 Elise in the U.S. from 2005 to 2011. There was nothing quite like it on the road in the mid-2000s, and there definitely isn’t anything quite like it on the road in the ...
Lotus uses a fiberglass body structure under the front end of its Elise lineup, a decided departure from the likes of Toyota and Ford, but it's not actually that expensive to buy.
Project Safari transforms the original Lotus Elise into a bespoke off-road performance machine. The reimagined Elise rides 100mm higher and features a fully custom suspension system.
The new car, based on an Elise S1, is called the Nyobolt EV. It's 3.93 inches wider and 5.9 inches longer than the original car, with new front and rear fascias, 19-inch wheels, and LED lighting ...
The Lotus Elise was chosen as a starting point for the project — not quite an Esprit, but still one of the best Lotus cars of all time — and the finished car still closely resembled it. An ...
British start-up ‘Get Lost’ has revealed how Lotus ’ lightweight Elise S1 sports car could – and indeed, does – work as an off-road rally racer.
Car Tech Lotus Elise Revived as Super-Fast-Charging EV Sports Car Penned by the Elise's original designer, the Nyobolt EV weights 2,746 pounds and can run 155 miles on a 35-kWh battery. Nico DeMattia ...