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 ...

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 ...

From humble beginnings to competing on the global stage at the sharp end of Formula 1, Lotus has often punched above its ...

It’s the engine shed at Hethel that has seen the most activity, though, because this is the first Lotus Elise ever to roll out of the factory without a 1.8-litre ... of a K-series – there ...

By this stage in the Elise’s evolution, Lotus had completed the transition ... but it feels a bit flat compared to the K-series, or indeed the S2 S’s 1.8. The culprit is the gearing, which ...

Ever since Lotus built its first car in 1948 ... The Elise S2 arrived in November 2000 with a 120bhp 1.8 Rover K-Series engine. The 156bhp Elise 111 and higher-spec 111S appeared in June 2002 ...