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 ...

By this stage in the Elise’s evolution, Lotus had completed the transition ... at 7800rpm and 133lb ft at 6800rpm for the full-fat motor, as sampled in the Sports Racer. The result is a car ...

Since its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1995, the Elise has aged incredibly well. As the early Series 1 car we’re using for this feature skulks into the car park at Lotus’s ...

The current Lotus Elise is as beautifully simple ... 1.6 is a 1.8-litre Supercharged Toyota engine. The bigger motor bumps the weight of the Elise up by 50kg, but that’s offset by an extra ...

Lotus is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 Elise and Exige vehicles manufactured from December 1, 2006, through October 31, 2007. The oil cooler line may become detached from its fitting.

It’s a formula that Lotus has stuck with ever since, with the overhauled Elise S2 arriving in 2000 and the heavily updated S3 appearing a decade later; both are just as desirable as the original.