22 Years of the Elise – twice as good or just twice the price?
Evolution or revolution? A question that car makers have often wrestled with and most tend to sit on one side of the fence or the other. Companies like Porsche, Caterham and Morgan have chosen to refine the breed rather than constantly reinvent themselves. Then we have Lotus. A company that brought us ground effect, the […]
July Calendar Car – Lotus
Throughout July, lucky owners of a 2019 Influx Calendar enjoyed this incredibly rare Series 1 Elise 190, with a carbon-fibre body. The car was arranged by Elisa Artioli herself, as she came over to the UK to help us with the calendar shoot as well as enjoy a trip down memory Lane at the nearby […]
Mid-engines for the masses
These days, buying a new mid-engined sports car is an expensive business, with even a base model Elise or Boxster costing somewhere north of £40,000. But it wasn’t always like that… For over four decades, there was always at least one relatively affordable mid-engined sports car available to tempt new car buyers. We’ve already talked […]
Studio 434: A car collection that’s just the ticket
A 1955 Morris Minor and a 1968 Jensen Interceptor FF may seem odd bedfellows, but this pair or British classics kicked off Rodger Dudding’s very extensive car collection. Dudding, creator of the familiar Lonsto automated ticketing machine system used in supermarkets and retailers the world over, has curated a group of cars, motorcycles and memorabilia […]
Elisa Artioli returns to the birthplace of the Lotus Elise
In the mid-’90s Lotus launched a car that turned the company around. A modestly-powered K-series sat behind the driver’s seat in a sub-tonne sports car, with a manual ‘box and rear wheel drive, all supported by a sublime aluminium chassis and a lightweight, curvaceous fibreglass suit, the Lotus type 111 gave the expectant Frankfurt crowds […]
The New Lotus Elite
Lotus unveil their forthcoming Femme Fatale