Automobile magazine writer, Ezra Dyer and a photog buddy road-trip a Lotus Elise 1,700 miles from London (that's Texas) to Rome (Georgia). On the way, they tangle with wise-cracking locals, humorless law enforcement officials and exotic locales...
Goodbye Rover K series, hello Toyota 2ZZ-GE. Engine geeks will understand that phrase refers to Lotus's European-spec, entry-level Elise being left engineless as the Rover company circled the drain last year — and what the company's doing to...
Our favorite Malaysian automotive journalist, Paul Tan, has driven Detroit Electric's new battery-powered Lotus Elise. Partnering with Malaysian automaker Proton (the parent company of Lotus), Detroit Electric is attempting to revive itself by...
What do you get when you take a Lotus Elise S, subtract one 2ZZ Toyota four-banger, and substitute a Honda K-Series VTEC engine? You go back one in the alphabet and get the Stark Automotive Lotus Elise R. The crew starts with a base Elise, strips...
Good news for those shut out of a Lotus Elise due to expense, the need for more cargo space or a trick lumbar spine (actually it's just good news for the first two groups, the third should buy a Buick and consult a physician). Lotus Cars USA is...
On today's Jalopnik Precast, Spinelli and Farago discuss the latest California Ferrari tragedy, wonder why on earth the Lotus Elise needs to be messed with by the tuner kids, and how GM's positioning its first hybrid SUV, the Saturn VUE Green...
With every Lotus Elise sporting a tuner-ready 1.8-liter Toyota engine, we expect to see many more of these modded-up versions appear in the coming years. Particularly of note to tuners of the Elise is the near exponential effect of adding, say,...
Will the tiny, crazy-fast Lotus Elise make the grade in small-town USA? This man-on-the-street piece from The Car Connection, which is about as stimulating as a town council debate on zoning variances, brings up an interesting, but moot point,...
Lotus announced it was introducing a composite-bodied single-seat version of its Elise mid-engined sportster, built specifically for track day and club racing. The 600 kilo lightweight will be powered by a supercharged Toyota VVTL-i engine,...
When word came down that Lotus's 2006 Elise model will meet all US specifications (the current, hot-ass Elise is waived from compliance for three years), Road and Track ran a photo many assumed was an advance look at the '06 model.
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