Meanwhile I discovered that Lotus now recommends the Yokohama C.drive ... But anyone tempted by a cheap Elise S1 – and they’re down to as little as £7500 these days – should learn a lesson ...

To the uninitiated, the Lotus Exige S1 looks like an early Elise with a hardtop and a set of spoilers, and some Elise owners ...

Lotus never managed to bring the original Series ... Of course, with the first examples being built in 1997, the S1 Elise is eligible for import into the U.S. now, But it's very unlikely you ...

Weighing just 725 kilograms and powered by a 1.8-litre K-Series engine, Lotus set the small-but-mighty motoring category alight with the launch of the Lotus Elise in 1997. Now deemed as a certified ...

The designer of the original Lotus Elise has reimagined his seminal ... Designer Julian Thomson, now at General Motors but best known for the Elise S1 (as well as various Volkswagen Group concepts ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1977 Lotus Esprit S1 2 Door Coupe across different levels of condition. Edit options.

the S3 Elise still possesses the agility and unmistakable flow that made the S1 cars so special. More than two decades on, and now finally out of production, that trademark Lotus handling magic is ...

I can't quite remember the point when it lengthened to connect the base of the Elise's windscreen with the top, but the crack eventually became so annoying, not to mention a sure-fire MOT failure ...