The light, good-looking Lotus Elise was acclaimed as one of the best cars ever made. So why did Lotus decide it was time to ...

Mind you, it’s no ordinary turbocharged four-cylinder proudly displayed under the Emira’s transparent engine cover.

A Lotus Exige-based mule has again been spotted ... We're not so sure that stuffing the V6 into the Elise/Exige would be such a positive move given the extra bulk it would add.

Lotus had completed the transition from Rover to Toyota drivetrains. The entry-level Elise S’s 1.8-litre engine delivered 134bhp at 6200rpm and 127lb ft of torque at 4200rpm, compared to 189bhp ...

The supercharger conversion in the Elise is in fact not the same one found in the Exige but Lotus’s own conversion on the Toyota 2ZZ engine using a Magnusson M45 Roots-type supercharger.