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The Lotus Elise is a sports car conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1996 by the British manufacturer Lotus Cars. A two-seater roadster with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout , the Elise has a fibreglass body shell atop its bonded extruded aluminium chassis that provides a rigid platform for the suspension, while keeping ...

We have 9 Lotus Elises for sale with Free CARFAX Reports including Base, SC and other trims. 8 Lotus Elises are reported accident free and 1 are One-Owner cars.

Famously named after Elisa, the grand-daughter of Romano Artioli the then chairman of Lotus, the Elise was developed around a forward-thinking aluminium chassis design. Designed in-house as a successor to the Lotus Elan, the Elise was a genuinely pioneering car that rewrote the rule book on lightweight automotive engineering.

Described with some justification by its makers as “the world’s most advanced sports car,” the Lotus Elise made its public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show on the 12th of September 1995. The Elise was quickly heralded as a new breed of supercar – small, high-tech, and simple, offering brilliant performance and handling for the ...

The Elise is a pure-driving roadster not for the faint of heart. Many weight-reducing sacrifices endow it with a rare agility and big performance from its four-cylinder engine, but its passenger...

2024年1月10日 · Complete timeline of LOTUS Elise models and generations, with photos, specs reference and production years

2024年12月25日 · The Lotus Elise: Everything You Need to Know About Hethel’s Lightweight Sports Car. The nimble mid-engine two-seater featured a revolutionary lightweight design that made the Miata seem like...

The Lotus Elise is a two-seater sports car that was first introduced in 1996. It was designed by Julian Thomson and Steven Crijns and was named after Elisa, the granddaughter of Lotus founder Colin Chapman. The Elise was built on a lightweight aluminum chassis and featured a mid-mounted engine and rear-wheel drive.

Research the Lotus Elise and learn about its generations, redesigns and notable features from each individual model year.