In this video, I demonstrate the process of removing the gearbox from a Lotus Elise S1 without taking off the clam or ...
The Lotus Elise is basically a new car in my mind. I remember when it was introduced like it was yesterday. So why are these modern sports cars already being subjected to the indignity of a "restomod" ...
The much-lauded Lotus Elise was discontinued in 2021 along with the Lotus Exige and Evora, bringing an end to an eventful journey that began in 1996 with the introduction of Lotus' Elise Series 1. The ...
This is one trend I’ll never get tired of. Making rugged safari vehicles out of low-slung, purpose-built sports cars just doesn’t get old. Mad geniuses keep thinking of new models to jack up, and this ...
When Lotus introduced the Elise mid-engined sports car in 1996, the model embodied the company’s ethos of “adding lightness” like almost no other Lotus before it and weighed under 1,600 pounds. The ...
A 2008 Lotus Elise California Edition with just 3,300 miles is up for auction— a collector-grade example of Lotus’s purest, lightest era. Only 50 California Edition Lotus Elises were produced, with ...
The Lotus Elise has been around since 1996 and was last updated in 2011 before fading away into oblivion in 2021. The fact that it is still highly relevant even today is a credit to the work of the ...