Articles about Lotus Elise

Production has come to an end

Break out the tissues, people. The final Lotus Elise, Exige, and Evora units have finally rolled off the production floor-the closing chapter in one of the most iconic eras of British car manufacturing.The brand announced the news yesterday, December 23,

Operative word: try

I really hope Gordon Murray isn't upset by this.We've come to the headquarters of Gordon Murray Automotive to have a poke around Professor M's exquisite featherweight car collection. Breathtaking as the Murray bunker is, I wanted to introduce

A great way to be immortalized

The most extreme road-going McLaren built at the time of its launch in 2018 (which is exactly what you'd hope, given who they chose to name it after). Not the prettiest, though. The Senna's design was entirely dictated by

Car birthdays are the best

The SLS GT3 was AMG's 45th birthday present to 'passionate performance enthusiasts and collectors.' Limited to only five units, said passionate performance enthusiasts also needed to have a healthy bit of wedge in their back pocket to get one-£360,000 (

Flattery at its finest

When the Italian resurrection of Bugatti went belly-up (we know, whoever would've seen that coming?), the company's engineers and designers thought, rightfully, that it'd be a frightful waste of chassis, engines, and expertise not yet combined to produce

Simply gorgeous

Go on, which one of these new Lotus special editions is your favourite? Is it the black/gold car, as inspired by the John Player-liveried Type 72D in which Emerson Fittipaldi won five GPs in 1972? Or maybe it's the

Recognize any of these?

What made the Lotus Elise so light? Aluminum. Specifically, the process of aluminum extrusions, which basically involves squeezing a big block of the metal out of a smaller hole, then chopping up the squeezed result and bonding it together with adhesive.Result?

Plus details on the new Elise

Lotus is being sold to Chinese car giant Geely, Associated Press reports. On the face of it this is good news for Norfolk. Volvo has been owned by Geely this past seven-plus years, and has flourished and remained master of its

To go on sale in the coming months

Lotus has always been associated with lightweight sports cars with sharp handling. This philosophy has become more and more apparent with each new model, so it was no surprise when Lotus unveiled the ultimate road-going versions of the Elise and the

That's British car porn for you

Do you guys ever get this weird, indescribable feeling when you see a sweet ride go by? Well, British carmaker Lotus just so happens to be very damn good at producing such cars. And you know what else? The Exige, the Evora

Real sports cars for real drivers

You know your event has gearhead cred when there are supercars parked in front. This was the scene at the recent grand launch of Lotus Cars Manila in Greenhills, San Juan. The opening drew in the men who enjoyed--and could afford--

Are they competitive enough?

The official launch of Lotus Cars Manila is supposed to be in early August, but the Globe Slipstream event featuring Lotus Junior F1 Team driver Marlon Stockinger must have accelerated the distributor's schedule. During a dinner hosted by Lotus Cars Manila

Lotus PH distributor shows off cars

Back in February, we reported that the Autohub Group of Willy Tee Ten was bringing British car brand Lotus into the country this year. The time is almost here. In fact, the distributor now has a formal name: Lotus Cars Manila.And

Know the initial details here

The other night, our team had dinner with Willy Tee Ten, the big boss of the Autohub Group, the consortium that owns and manages such businesses as Mini, Rolls-Royce, Ford Global City, Click Auto Rental and V-Kool, among others. This