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The Lotus Elise is a sports car conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1996 by the British manufacturer Lotus Cars.A two-seater roadster with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, the Elise has a fibreglass body shell atop its bonded extruded aluminium chassis that provides a rigid platform for the suspension, while keeping weight and production costs to a minimum.
Whilst the new Elise would use a 1.8 L (110 cu in) Toyota ZZ engine, similar to that found in the Toyota Celica, the Speedster was designed to use a 2.2 L (130 cu in) GM Ecotec engine from the Opel Astra [broken anchor]. [5] Neither engine had been used in the original Elise, which was fitted with a 1.8-litre Rover K-Series engine. [5]
Like the Elise and the base Exige, it's powered by a 177-hp 1.8-liter and is incredibly light at 1546 pounds. The 340R is a one year-offering and highly collectible .
Lotus Mark I, 1948 Lotus Mark IX and Lotus 6 Lotus Eleven Lotus Elite Lotus Elan +2S, 1973 Lotus Europa S2 Lotus Eclat S2 Lotus Esprit V8, 1999 Lotus Elise S1 Lotus Elise GT1 Road Car, 1997 Lotus 340R Opel Speedster/Vauxhall VX220 (based on the Lotus Elise S2) Lotus Emira Lotus Eletre. Lotus Mark I (1948): Austin 7–based sports car
Lotus Elise (for Lotus Elan M100) Lotus Elan is the name of two separate ranges of automobiles produced by Lotus Cars . The first series of cars was produced between 1962 and 1975 as a rear-wheel drive vehicle.
The Lotus Exige / ɛ ɡ ˈ z iː ʒ / is a sports car made by the British company Lotus Cars from 2000 until 2021. Originally a coupé version of the Lotus Elise roadster, since the Series 3 the Exige has been the larger-engined model of the family, featuring a V6 engine in place of the Elise's straight-four. Convertible versions of both models ...
The engine, gearbox and rear suspension were completely different from the standard Europa and were taken in their entirety from the Lotus 23/Lotus 22 Formula Junior cars with a Lotus-Ford Twin Cam based 165 hp (123 kW) 1,594 cc Cosworth Mk.XIII dry sump engine, and a Hewland FT 200 five-speed gearbox and suspension with reversed bottom ...
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