Lotus Sports Cars

Lotus is a British sports and racing car manufacturer, based in England it is the brain child of Colin Chapman who first built his car in 1948. The Lotus group of companies was formed in 1959.

Lotus sports cars are best known for their easy to drive and easy to handle trait. It has four basic products. Lotus Elise is a mid-engine rear wheel drive. It has a lightweight chassis that delivers ultimate drive experience. Lotus Evora is also a mid-engine rear wheel drive vehicle with an option of 2+2 passenger cabin. Lotus Exige is another product designed specifically for the track. It is an exceptional car with a perfect balance between beauty and the beast. It has a rear diffuser and cool air ducting for the engine intercooler that amplifies the potent ability of the car. Lotus 2-Eleven is the last product built with track day connoisseur. The Basic features encompassed by all the products it light weight, pace, precision, and fine handling. Lotus Cars encourage their users to race anytime.

Other than just building cars, Lotus Group of Companies provides technical and engineering consultancy. Lotus designs and develops engineering solutions to its global automotive clients. With clear advantage in mind, the company focuses on four basic competencies: Efficiency Performance, Light Weight Architecture, Electronic Integration and Driving Dynamics. The company handles any project within the four areas mentioned, or a combination of all to deliver a component, a system or a complete vehicle. you can browse through the Internet to gain more information.

What's So Special About a Lotus?

Why you should buy a Lotus?

If you can get an exotic car under 100 grand that not only turns heads, but is famous for its driving thrills, thanks to its highly reliable Toyota based engines, would you?

YES! If you do not want to fit in the same crowd like most people do, you should get a different type of car; something sporty, something exotic! Consider a Lotus if you want to be truly in touch with the road while controlling a powerful and great handling of a vehicle with it. Thank Colin Chapman and the British for manufacturing this fine exotic automobile. Lotus is famous for their light weight chassis, beautiful design, high marks in the Formula One racing, and powerful engine for its size. I had the pleasure of operating an Elise and I was not disappointed. The power that comes in one of these are substantial. Great response while operating this vehicle. The steering control is so accurate, you sometimes feel that the car has a mind of its own. I cannot begin to talk about its acceleration. After having the pleasure to drive one of these and talking to many others who also driven them, we came to a general consensus that it turns any crappy day that you might have had into the most memorable day.

My first experience with a Lotus was a fun yet scary one. This happened in 2007 when I turned 20. I always wanted to test drive one but I had to first learn manual. After practicing manual in my Uncle's Esprit, I was ready to try one myself. I went to the one nearby my house where I lived and they had the Elise in stock. At first it was pretty amusing since I could not believe it was that small. I thought that I would never fit into this hot sports car and this whole test drive would fail. However, I did not want to let myself down and still continued to get ready to drive an Elise. I got into the car and was surprised how much room it was in the compartment. I was over six feet at the time and my legs did have room. I was relived that I was able to reach the shifter, clutch and gas pedals at ease. I put the car on idle, shifted to first gear and was off. The acceleration was powerful in this machine. Nice lift-off and the noise was spectacular. I was coasting towards forty miles an hour at ease. This dealership was in the middle of a small city so as soon as I was coasting, everyone knew that a Lotus Elise was coming out of the lot.

I did not stop there. I wanted to really see what this car can do. The Lotus representative gave me the green light to go on the nearest expressway to really give it a test drive. I was a bit nervous but excited to go. We finally got on the highway and I shifted the gears to fourth. The shifting was really responsive and I got to clock it close to ninety miles an hour but I do not want to be reckless plus it was just a test drive of a Lotus that I did not own, yet. After my highway run, we returned back to the dealership where I learned more about their inventory and their dealership. It was great to learn all these features about the Lotus and it took me by surprise how many people do not really know about this car company. They might have seen it but they really do not know unless they try one out!

Lotus Elise 1600 CC

Now let me ask another question. What if your dream car could actually become a part of your lifestyle? without you having to sell your organs. And no Lady Ga Ga won't be a part of this. Sports cars are designed to be lusted after, to be sexy and admired with their sweeping curves, powerful engines and exclusive price tags. On the subject of change, sports cars and the word 'affordable' don't tend to go in the same sentence, unless we're talking about old classics.

I'm not talking about a rusty old MGB but still an iconic British sportscar. The Lotus Elise. Now in its 15th. year of production the titchy fibre glass sports car offers an eco alternative to its pedigree of superb handling, race breed roadsters. The Lotus is made in Norwich, the same place as Turnips and Mustard.

This is the new entry level Elise, powered by its smallest engine yet. A 1.6 litre Toyota unit, coupled with a new 6 speed gearbox. This car is all about economy and at £27,000 offers supercar looks for sales rep saloon money. Now for the part that appeals to me. 56 mpg is impressive and must be considered a huge attraction with its 500 mile range. The team at Lotus have nick named this car the 149 due to its low emission output of 149g of Co2 per Km. I just think it's a nice way of saying 'yes we have the worlds most eco friendly petrol powered sports car. With the confidence of a reliable Japanese powerplant the Elise is kind of in its little world. Of course there are rival brands and models to consider but all of these lack the little Lotus's charm, lines and stunning drive. Don't think that the small engine makes the Lotus experience any less either. It doesn't. It will reach 60 mph in just 6 seconds and is capable of making you grin with ease. This new Elise handles, grips and snoggs the road like a teenage love affair, you could almost forgive yourself to think that winding roads and bends were designed 100 years ago as these industrial pioneers knew that someday a car would be built to drive around them without almost flat out.

However as much as I love this car, I feel I must say that it's not perfect. The indicator stalks are still sourced from the Vauxhall Senator parts bin which I feel could at least have used the Ford set up from the Lotus Evora or why not a nice set of their own? I understand that this car is all about economy but if you close your eyes and fire the engine up you would think you are in a Toyota Avensis, one of the dullest machines on the road. Such a disappointing engine sound, however this changes when you drive the Elise. Once taken past a certain engine rev limit a second camshaft opens up, producing a much satisfying deeper engine tone whilst aiding the power. I can't winge about the boring engine sound on this new Elise, if they had added a sporty exhaust system then the emissions would have been higher and thus taking the whole point away of this car. If you want that then get the next model up or better still an Evora if you have the money. The Elise is a car for anyone, it's at home in a supermarket car park as it would be with a WAG. Qwerky, iconic and owned by many celebrities including Jay Lo, Jennifer Lopez or what ever she wants to call herself. Oh and one other thing.. dead flies on the windscreen. Both of which will put everyone off wanting to buy a Lotus Elise. Not bad if that's all I can find to moan about.

This new Elise has been subtly tweeked. At the rear a deeper defuser aid the exciting airflow reducing drag while at the front a similar thing, although you wouldn't really know it. Lotus has always been about weight saving rather than monstrous amounts of power and this Elise is still true, weighing in at just 876 kg. This is not a car for those that want to drive flat out everywhere. It's a great touring car with this engine. Capable of keeping up but definitely not that quick. But once again I don't need to state that, this Elise is what it is. A low powered Lotus that won't get you into trouble unless you slap its face and make it angry. I am definitely of the opinion that this car, as with any little Lotus is not just a car but more of a part of you and should be described as a being rather than an object. You don't drive an Elise, you wear it like a well fitting shoe.