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Really Early: ’64 Lotus Elan Series 1

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1964 Lotus 1

This is the essential 1960s British sports car – the tiny Lotus Elan – and it remains a benchmark for nimble handling. With its pop-up headlights, curved windshield, and roll-up windows, it was a symbol of Swinging London. So hip the cat-suited character Emma Peel in The Avengers television series, chose to drive an Elan to emphasize her vitality and independence. That could be said of anyone who wants a Lotus Elan. It will also signal that person is under 5′ 10″ tall. The Elan was built with a backbone frame and a fiberglass body, and had four-wheel independent suspension. Its Ford 1600-cc four-cylinder engine developed 105 hp and featured Lotus’s own twin-cam head. Weighing only 1,420 pounds, early cars could do 0-60 mph in 7.1 seconds, with the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 87 mph. Read More

Feb
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Extreme: ’05 Lotus Elise Supercharged

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2005 Lotus Elise pro

The low-riding Lotus Elise is as extreme as a Dodge Viper, so says CNN.  CNN was commenting on Hagerty’s choices for future collectibilty of contemporary cars. But we think what they meant is what a Viper does with brute force, the Elise does with lightness and precision. We feature them from time ot time because one of our loyal readers knows them better than anyone. Read More

Dec
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Needs a little love: ’70 Lotus Elan Series 4

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70 Lotus Elan Series 4

When you hear Lotus, you think of all of the innovation Colin Chapman brought to the art of sports car manufacturing. It became the essential British Sports Car of the ’60s. Light weight, a reasonably stiff backbone chassis, a willing twin-cam engine and a perfectly tuned suspension translated into loads of fun…if you were less than 6 feet tall. Elans are pretty small. At 1517 pounds it could sprint to 60 mph in 7.8 seconds. Not too shabby for a car with 110hp. We have one of our frequent contributors to thank for this one. Read More

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Street legal: ’62 Lotus Super Seven Series 2

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Lotus Super Seven

Designed by Lotus founder Colin Chapman, the Lotus Seven is considered to be the best example of the Lotus philosophy of performance through low weight and simplicity. The original model was highly successful with more than 2,500 cars sold. The Lotus Seven was among the first cars to possess a fully stressed space frame designed for lightness and strength.This is a serious sports car and the car’s space frame was very complex. The Seven did not have opening doors or conventional windows so it looks almost like a kit car but nothing could be more far from the truth. Read More

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Lightweight: ’67 Lotus Elan Series 3

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67 Lotus Elan

The tiny Lotus Elan is the essential 1960s British sports car and it remains a benchmark for nimble handling to this day. With its pop-up headlights, curved windshield, and roll-up windows, it was a symbol of swinging London. It was so hip, the cat-suited character Emma Peel in The Avengers television series, chose to drive an Elan to emphasize her vitality and independence. That could be said of anyone who wants a Lotus Elan. It will also signal that person is under 5′ 10″ tall. The Elan was built with a backbone frame and a fiberglass body, and had four-wheel independent suspension. Its Ford 1600-cc four-cylinder engine developed 105 hp and featured Lotus’s own twin-cam head. Weighing only 1,420 pounds, early cars could do 0-60 mph in 7.1 seconds, with the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 87 mph. Read More

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Revolutionary: ’66 Lotus Seven Series 2

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1966 Lotus Seven Series II

We mean the good kind of revolutionary and not the over throw the government kind. Designed by Lotus founder Colin Chapman, the Lotus Seven is considered to be the best example of the Lotus philosophy of performance through low weight and simplicity. The original model was highly successful with more than 2,500 cars sold. The Lotus Seven was among the first cars to possess a fully stressed space frame designed for lightness and strength. Read More

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Lightweight: ’70 Lotus Elan Plus 2

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1970 Lotus Elan

There aren’t that many choices if you want an alternative to a vintage Triumph or MGB. You could consider a Jensen-Healey but maybe you ought to re-think that. Maybe you should push outside of the box and look for a well-priced Lotus? The tiny Lotus Elan, remains a benchmark for handling. With its pop-up headlights, curved windshield, and roll-up windows, it was a symbol of Swinging London, immortalized in The Avengers television series. The Elan was built with a backbone frame and a fiberglass body, and had four-wheel independent suspension. Its Ford 1600-cc four-cylinder engine developed 105 hp and featured Lotus’s own twin-cam head, like the Lotus Cortina. Weighing only 1,420 pounds, early cars could do 0-60 mph in 7.1 seconds, with the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 87 mph. Read More

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Second Chance: ’07 Lotus Exige S

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Lotus Exige S

The inventors of the horseless carriage had one thing in mind: transportation. Were they afraid horses would become extinct? It didn’t take long for that utilitarian invention to be turned into something competitive. Sports versions featuring bigger engines and less weight was the formula for success back in the day. And we would venture to say that Lotus Cars perfected that formula with Exige S. The Exige has an attractive power-to-weight ratio with only 2077 pounds of car to push around. Read More

Jun
21

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“Peeling” out: ’65 Lotus Elan Series 2

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65 Lotus Elan Series 2

This is the essential 1960s British sports car – the tiny Lotus Elan – and it remains a benchmark for nimble handling. With its pop-up headlights, curved windshield, and roll-up windows, it was a symbol of Swinging London. So hip the cat-suited character Emma Peel in The Avengers television series, chose to drive an Elan to emphasize her vitality and independence. That could be said of anyone who wants a Lotus Elan. It will also signal that person is under 5′ 10″ tall. Read More

May
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A real lightweight: ’60 Lotus Elite Coventry Climax

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'60 Lotus Elite Coventry Climax

This is what we love about Mint. We get to see some amazing cars and write about them. Many cars don’t require much research and others, like this Lotus, are a pleasure to study and write about. The Elite was conceived with competition in mind.  Colin Chapman wanted class wins at Le Mans and other international events. The Elite featured a fiberglass monocoque body tub, independent suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes. Its engine was the 4-cylinder Coventry-Climax FWE, a single-overhead-cam unit of 1,216 cc producing 75 hp, with an MG A gearbox unit. The body, penned by Peter Kirwan-Taylor and aerodynamicist Frank Costin, didn’t devote much time or effort in driver comfort, but sought really low drag coefficients that helped produce 112 mph top speeds.  Read More

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SOLD Watch out Superman: ’06 Lotus Elise HRM Edition

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06 Lotus Elise HRM

We are told there is a good word that sums up the Elise, and that word is ‘connected’. In a world where cars are more and more divorced from both driver and road, the lightweight Elise is a sportscar that still delivers the best seat-of-the-pants feel this side of a Caterham. It’s a hoot. For pure sports-car thrills, it’s in the top five most-entertaining cars available. Read More

Feb
22

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Monaco Sprint: ’72 Lotus Elan Sprint S4

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Lotus Elan

When you hear Lotus, you think of all of the innovation Colin Chapman brought to the art of sports car manufacturing. It became the essential British Sports Car of the ’60s. Light weight, a reasonably stiff backbone chassis, a willing twin-cam engine and a perfectly tuned suspension translated into loads of fun…if you were under 6 feet tall. Elans are pretty small. At 1420 pounds it could sprint to 60 mph in 7.1 seconds. Not too shabby. Read More