The Elise was introduced in 1996 as the ultimate in minimalist mid-engined motoring bliss from Colin Chapman’s Lotus Cars, but the Series 1 Elise was never imported to the United States. We had to wait until 2005 when the series 2 Elise was federalized for sales in the US with a Toyota 4-cylinder engine, which […]
Do you want a car with 9/10ths the performance of a Lamborghini but without the triple digit service bills? Because in 2005 we finally got a taste of the forbidden fruit known as the Lotus Elise and it was so wonderful that nobody purchased them and by 2011 they were gone from these shores. Find […]
The Lotus Elise was introduced in 1996 as the ultimate in minimalist mid-engined motoring bliss — but the Series 1 Elise was never imported to the United States. We had to wait until 2005 when the series 2 Elise was federalized for sales in the US, which only lasted until 2011. Today, prices for the […]
For about a decade, we in the USA had to stare forlornly across the Atlantic Ocean at the lucky devils who had access to the fantastic light weight Elise 2-seat roadster by Lotus. It was the ultimate forbidden fruit and an entire generation was sold in Europe before our prayers were finally answered 2005 with […]
The Series 2 Lotus Elise was first available in the US market in 2005, after years of enthusiasts, pundits and speeders screaming on the top of rooftops for the small British 2-seater. The federalized Elise was powered by a Toyota engine, but nobody cared because it combined a light weight chassis, nimble handling and telepathic […]