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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.
base vehicle (Elise) Melkus: RS2000: 2008 2012 base vehicle (Elise) Rinspeed: sQuba: 2008 2008 base vehicle (Elise) Nissan: GT-R: 2007 suspension tuning handling adjustment Volkswagen: GX3: 2006 2006 chassis development Aston Martin: DB9: 2004 2016 chassis development Mahindra: Scorpio: 2002 suspension tuning Opel. Vauxhall. Speedster/VX220 ...
A new carbon fibre/ kevlar body that resembled the Elise was built, featuring a much longer length and a bigger width in order to increase the car's aerodynamic capabilities. The dimensions of the GT1 were now these: the overall length was now 4510 mm, and the overall width was 2070 mm. Width of the front axle was 2000 mm, same with the rear axle.
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 ...
Lotus Emira rear view. The Emira was launched at Hethel, England on 6 July 2021 and then presented at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 8 July 2021. [8] It replaces the Evora, Exige and Elise. [4] [5] [9] The Emira's design bears several similarities to that of Lotus' high-performance car Evija, which was presented in 2019. [10] Lotus Emira GT4
Side view of a 340R. The engine is a four-cylinder version of the 1.8L Rover K-Series engine called VHPD (Very High Power Derivative) used in the regular Elise which produces 177 bhp (132 kW; 179 PS) at 7800 rpm and 172 N⋅m (127 lbf⋅ft) at 6750 rpm as standard, or 187 bhp (139 kW; 190 PS) at 7500 rpm and 189 N⋅m (139 lbf⋅ft) at 5600 rpm with optional Lotus accessories.
Authentic Lotus Elan and Plus 2: Essential Data and Guidance for Owners, Restorers and Competitors (2nd ed.). UK: Motor Racing Publications. ISBN 0-947981-95-0. Taylor, M. 1990. Lotus Elan, The complete story. The Crowood Press Ltd. ISBN 1-86126-011-3; Taylor, W. 1998. The Lotus Book, a complete History of Lotus Cars, 50th Anniversary Special ...
The Lotus Europa S (Type 121) is a sports car built by the British company Lotus Cars from 2006 until 2010. It has a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and was designed to be a more comfortable variant of the driver-focused Lotus Elise and its derivative, the Exige. The Europa S revived the Europa nameplate previously used in the 1960s ...