Category: Lotus

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Lotus Evora was the company’s larger mid-engined sports car, produced from 2009 until 2021 in two-seat and 2+2 forms. It combined a bonded aluminium chassis with a Toyota-derived 3.5-litre V6, then evolved through supercharged S, 400, Sport 410, GT410 and GT430 versions. It offers more cabin space and touring ability…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Lotus Exige began in 2000 as a fixed-roof, aerodynamically developed companion to the Elise. The rare Rover-engined S1 was closely related to Lotus’s one-make race car, while the 2004 S2 adopted Toyota power and developed into naturally aspirated, supercharged and Cup derivatives. Both reward lightness and accuracy, but they have…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Lotus Elise S1 is the original 1996-2001 version of Lotus’s Type 111 roadster. It combined a bonded and riveted aluminium chassis, glassfibre body panels, a mid-mounted Rover K-series engine and exceptionally low mass. Its performance came from simplicity and response rather than a large engine, making condition and originality more…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Lotus Esprit was a mid-engined British supercar built from 1976 until 2004. Giorgetto Giugiaro’s original wedge evolved through normally aspirated, turbocharged, chargecooled and finally twin-turbo V8 forms, while remaining recognisably the same low, glassfibre-bodied idea. It is not one model but a long family whose performance, construction details and ownership…