Lotus Elise fresh new look, something’s fallen off

Posted on 13-11-2015 at 15:54 by dizono – 54 Comments”

If you in addition to human years and hondenjaren also autojaren would have, then the Elise just 176.

The brilliant Lotus Elise sees the light in 1996 and you can be sure the car called that Lotus reinvented itself. Light, despite the modest motor still fast and pretty affordable. And, last but not least, with Ferrari-inspired design (the designer Julian Thomson had a Dino and that is to see). In 2001, the Series 2. A big redesign, Toyota, instead of as a complement to Rover K engines, but the basis is still the same chassis. In 2011, following a modest facelift, but the oldest and the newest Elise stay clear from each family. But because the Rover’s 100-mirrors that on the Elise for almost 20 years.

For the coming year, Lotus has the Elise yet again refreshed. Not with new looks, with some less kilos and with a different name. The Elise 1.6 is now called Elise Sport, the Elise S is now listening to the name Elise Sport 220. The Sport has a 1.6 with 136 horsepower, good for 0-100 in 6.5 seconds and to a top of 204 km/h. The Sport 220 has 220 hp and does the sprint in 4.5 seconds and steams by up to 234 km/h. Optionally, you can enter the new Elise by the way with fun retro chair and door trim, equal to the motiefje that Lotus used in the Esprit S1 from 1976.

Chapmans motto “simplify, then add lightness” also appears on this new Elise’s of application. Lotus has a significance in weight reduction compared to the previous model of… 10 pounds! That brings the total now at 866 (Sport) and 914 kg (Sport 220). No surprise, there was already a 20th Anniversary model based on the Elise S that also 914 kilos weighed. Also should be mentioned that the Elise in the course of the years, what weight it has received, so it’s nice that Lotus is now the weight back again is critical to keep an eye on. A Lotus with dominance is, after all, no Lotus.