The Lotus Eclat was in essence a Lotus Elite with a handsome fastback body shape, but it shared the Lotus 907 4-cylinder engine and lackluster build quality. Today’s example won’t change your mind about 1980s Lotus build quality, but it packs an electronic surprise under the hood. Find this 1980 Lotus Eclat offered for $6,500 in Albany, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On and Matt
by Adam — In posting about the Jensen-Healey I asked if anyone had seen another Lotus 907 powered classic cheap? To follow up and to answer the question I present for your approval a 1979 Lotus Eclat. Some may say “Egad, what is that?” should you purchase this fine Lotus you could well say “My […]
The term cat lady is a pejorative thrown at spinsters who’ve picked up a few too many stray/abandoned cats…but what if that same lady chose to pickup stray/abandoned Eclats? Would you avoid walking past her house on the way home for fear of wicca spells? Or would you shower her with flowers and ask if […]
The Lotus Eclat was in essence a Lotus Elite with a handsome fastback body shape, but it shared the Lotus 907 slant-4 engine and lackluster build quality. Today’s example won’t change your mind about 1980s Lotus build quality, but it packs a big surprise under the hood. Find this 1980 Lotus Eclat V8 for sale […]
The Lotus Eclat is one of those weird cars from the ’70s when engineering got ahead of common sense. The Eclat was built to be lightweight and had a glassfiber body bonded to a mild steel chassis with a mixture of moldy cardboard and Elmer’s glue…did we mention that the steel was British. Any hint […]