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 ...
The much-lauded Lotus Elise was discontinued in 2021 along with the Lotus Exige and Evora, bringing an end to an eventful journey that began in 1996 with the introduction of Lotus' Elise Series 1. The ...
When Lotus introduced the Elise mid-engined sports car in 1996, the model embodied the company’s ethos of “adding lightness” like almost no other Lotus before it and weighed under 1,600 pounds. The ...
The nimble mid-engine two-seater featured a revolutionary lightweight design that made the Miata seem like a porker. Weight, as any race-car engineer will attest, is the enemy of performance. It ...
The last Lotus Elise sports car to be sold has been delivered to its new owner, Elisa Artioli. Yes, that Elisa. The one whose name is on the car. The lightweight roadster, which debuted at the 1995 ...
Starting up the InoKinetic 111RS on a quiet Saturday morning, I notice the exhaust sounds pretty tame at low revs for such an eye-catching sports car. InoKinetic’s founder and CEO Shinoo Mapleton ...
It's the perfect car on which to do this modification: a Lotus Elise. Already light, nimble, fabulous, and fun, coming from a heritage that is all about superior driving dynamics through reductions in ...
The list of cool cars not for U.S. consumption continues to grow with the addition of the Lotus Elise 20th Anniversary Edition, a tricked-out Elise S meant to celebrate the beloved sports car's 20th ...