New Lotus range

Beaten to it ......

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21837&hilit=lotus

Not to sure about the radical design shift.
 
The Elite is maybe the best looking of the bunch though.
A real shame that the Elan isn't a simple, lighter Mx5 competitor. Massively ambitious, and I can't see it coming off to be honest. Lotus trying to get bigger and more powerful when most others are trying to use smaller engines and save weight. :cry:
 
Nah, not that impressed. We had a white Esprit in the late 80's, an F plate my Mother bought it at six Months Old . Fantastic car for a kid like me to be dropped off at school in. However, it was just one issue (usually electrical) after another. There used to be a rumour that L.O.T.U.S stood for, Loads Of Troube Usually Serious. I suppose from then I have always shy'd away from them. However, I have usually loved the design but this is lost on me i'm afraid. Ill see if I can dig some pictures out of her and post them up. I do recall getting into my mates dad's Morris Ital and finding our Lotus had the same interior door handles!
 
I like them... but as mentioned, an odd direction for them to be going in now...
That espirit looks uncannily like a lambo though
 
Build quality on the Elise/Exige seems to have improved year on year. There's not much to fault in the later Toyota-engined cars. But, the quality in the Evora gets mixed reports and they'll have to step it up again with this range. I hope they succeed though, and make enough money to make a new Exige.
 
I like all of them 8) . And AT LAST the interior of the Elise doesnt look like a cheap go kart. Couple of years and i'll be aching to buy one of these second hand.
 
The videos are bigger here

http://live.lotuscars.com/videoplayer/

I like the elise, but to be honest they all look too similar to me.
 
I like them, and being an Elan Owner before the Z4 I was keen to see it.

Maybe if they get away from the kit car build quality they could pull it off......

Cheers

PaulN
 
Bought my eldest a new Elise for their 21st a few years ago and boy was the build quality cr*p and whenever I got a lift in it, I had to get out of it on my hand's and knee's :o ,also, the ride was terrible, in comparison an E85 with run-flat's floated on a cushion of air

My eldest thought it was a fantastic car. :?

Just hope the build quality is better on the new car
 
Kryton said:
Bought my eldest a new Elise for their 21st a few years ago and boy was the build quality cr*p and whenever I got a lift in it, I had to get out of it on my hand's and knee's :o ,also, the ride was terrible, in comparison an E85 with run-flat's floated on a cushion of air

My eldest thought it was a fantastic car. :?

Just hope the build quality is better on the new car
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I had a 96 Elise S1 (standard 1.8). The car's handling was so good (better than E85/86/89). But the suspension was even harder than the old Z4 with RFT. It was so very fast too. But it was hardly a daily driver. I had it only for 2 weeks. :( New Elise 2015 will be interesting.
 
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