The Cup kept the aggressive carbon-fiber side skirts from the Cup and looked like a real racer. The Elise range got a design refresh as well as a number of technical improvements.
Several other interior and exterior updates came with it. Made in celebration the legendary input of Roger Becker RGB who retired in January following 44 years of service.
Come with Touring and Sports packages and available in four colors. The North American model also gets additional updates like the evolution body design incorporating new front clamshell, rear bumper and engine cover and the new 6 speed close ratio gearbox.
Also available with Touring Pack and Sports pack. The last US Elise. The sweetest ride and best performing Elise in the range in our opinion. Lots of updates like the R and base Elise also in terms of design and upgrade options. With only 15 units made, this final edition is rare.
Available in only four colors. The engineers behind the Elise Club Racer took a stripped-to-the-bare-bone approach. For the first time ever an Elise variant comes complete with a Sport setting for the DPM Dynamic Performance Management allowing even the less experienced sports car drivers to feel at the top of their game. The Cup is a more track focused and hardcore version of the standard Elise. A redesigned, lighter, front clam panel with wider apertures for improved cooling, saves 8.
New iteration of handbuilt Lotus sports car launched with Sprint edition. Sprint adds carbon fiber to cut 41 kg and hit kg dry weight. New front and rear design, and significant interior upgrades. Part of the regular lineup. Biggest weight cut to the car since the introduction of the first-generation Elise.
This was one quick car and up there in terms of our favorites. For the first time ever an Elise variant comes complete with a Sport setting for the DPM allowing even the less experienced drivers to feel good.
The Elise Sport builds on the many celebrated Elise virtues, blending agility, power, balance and communication into one compact expression of pure driving joy. It is the current base model available. The entry level Elise is still near perfect. Celebratory 20th Anniversary Special Edition Elise. Special edition, based on the Elise S Club Racer, including classic Elise colour schemes, weight reduced by 10 kg and 20th Anniversary decals externally and on dashboard stereo blanking-plate.
This model replaces the Elise S Club Racer. Bred for the track but brilliant on the road, the Elise Cup uses highly advanced aero to generate kg of downforce at its maximum speed of mph. A Lithium Ion battery saves 10 kg, carbon race seats save another 6 kg. Ultra-lightweight forged alloy wheels as well as other lightweight options abound. Weighs less than kg. Based on the Elise Cup but featuring a raft of exclusive components as standard. Hand finished, with lightweight carbon components as standard.
A gem of a car. A massive 23 kg lighter than its predecessor, with lightweight options including a Carbon Aero pack, front access panel, roll hoop cover and engine cover to take this to 40 kg, providing even more blistering performance. Newest Lotus Elise is basically a race car with license plates. The Elise Cup is an evolution of the , using carbon fiber parts and polycarbonate backlit glass to shave nearly pounds for a dry weight of just pounds.
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Despite its redesigned exterior and other aesthetic changes, Lotus built the Elise on the same extruded and bonded aluminum platform. It was still light and agile, but unlike its predecessor, it was heavier. It also produced more The Lotus Elise saga began in when the British sports-car maker introduced a completely new, light-weight vehicle on the market and changed the company's future.
Collin Chapman always believed that a sports car had to be light, and he relentlessly tried to achieve minimum weight for its products. Its legacy was carried over other cars, and the Elise was the proof that he was right. It came with a six-speed manual gearbox and, a first for an Elise, servo-assisted braking with ABS.
Keeping up? At the same time the R was renamed R and there were detail improvements across the range, including the introduction of excellent ProBax seats. Then saw the first supercharged Elise, the SC bhp and mph in a mere 4. In the range got a facelift and the basic Elise a new 1. And yet the best thing about it — as with every S2 Elise — was its sublime steering, ride and handling.
The minimalist interior of the original is superseded by a more heavily trimmed and stylised cockpit that looks more grown-up and is easier to get into. This model rides better than any other despite the 20 per cent stiffer springs. The gearbox makes a good impression too; light yet precise, it snicks positively through the gate. After test-driving everything from ageing s and Ferraris to new Caterhams, I whittled my shortlist down to the Elise S2 S and, in , won an eBay auction for a Type 25 with 27, miles.
Even the gearbox is something of a disappointment only until you realise it works rather well if you double de-clutch, at which point it just becomes part of the fun. I have had a few failures, though, such as the head gasket — it is a K-series, after all. Skip to Content Skip to Footer. Find a car review Make Make. Model Model.
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