Scottish Elises

20 years!!! Jeez, where does the time go? ...and 20 years of basically the same chassis! Just goes to show how good it is.

Looks like a nice package for the model.

Looks great, but sadly it also shows how Lotus has never managed to invest enough in new models. The S2 Elise was launched in October 2000, and except for a change to Toyota engines it is essentially the same now. Still a great car and still unique in many ways, but long overdue a major revamp. Hopefully it is on the cards as part of the Gales master plan.

I wonder how many people have said that about the 911 over the years...

The thing is the 911 is the same car in name only. The 991 is vastly different to the 996 which was on sale in 2000, and the 996 was of course very different to the 993 which was on sale when the S1 Elise came out. If only Lotus had the funds to continually develop new models the way Porsche does.

If it ain't broke.

I recently watched the Inside Story video. Inspirational. I then drove my 16 yr old 108k mile Elise. Inspirational.

Amazed to read that to date 32000 Elises have been made

Has anyone seen the exigev6 club racer [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH][THUMBS UP SIGN]
http://www.motoringresearch.com/car-new ... 0320968228

19 years though since it went on sale, July 1996.

tut