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Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:03 pm
by scott_e
Have not seen these images before ..... but they maybe old news to some sorry.
https://uk.motor1.com/news/380910/lotus ... ed-rumour/
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:53 am
by robin
Have they been taking styling tips from Elon Musk
Always good to see Lotus bring out a new car, but who knows whether there will be a market for it! Hopefully Lotus, before they do the work
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:08 am
by rossybee
Isn't this the Elan from the Dany Bahahahar days?
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:24 am
by woody
Yeah, those photos are from the 5 cars bahar "launched" but didn't in 2010.
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 7:27 pm
by scott_e
Ah , so is old news then , no worries.
robin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:53 am
Have they been taking styling tips from Elon Musk
What a farce that launch event was too.
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:14 am
by Mikie711
One difference between then and now is that they have the money to develop and build the Elan now. Time will tell if the article is accurate or not.
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:31 am
by j2 lot
There was a suggestion about s month ago in Autocar that a new Elan might be the next car produced. They had a fairly bland, Boxter like, image but it was their own rendering so still just speculation. I really hope there is something new arriving soon as they need it to revitalise things and generate interest.
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 1:09 pm
by Victor Meldrew
Expecting this to be the soft top version of the Evora... On a modified Evora chassis, with a Volvo power train.
Re: Rumours: Lotus Elan might come back to fight the Porsche Boxster
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:03 pm
by tonyg
When i test drove an Evora with Ian (May last year?) he said that he had been to the factory and when he mentioned upcoming cars and the Elan as a name he was told "Watch this space".
New Evora due first AFAIK (2020?)