RE: Pic Of The Week: Lotus Elan
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The original Elan was a peoples' sportcar. The latest is a very rich peoples' sportscar. I doubt they will sell many in the UK.
Lotus seem to have handed the "interesting and not overly expensive but decent performance/handling sportscar" mantle to Ginetta. They're shortly to produce the road version of the G40. That will sell like hot cakes!
Lotus seem to have handed the "interesting and not overly expensive but decent performance/handling sportscar" mantle to Ginetta. They're shortly to produce the road version of the G40. That will sell like hot cakes!
British Beef said:
I agree with most the posts, Elan by name but nothing else.
Much more Esprit successor in looks and performance, but then Lotus already have a new one of those in the pipeline.
The true spirit of Elan lives in the Elise, but even that is growing into a miniature Esprit.
So in 4 years time Lotus will have a range of 5 different Esprits, with slightly different seating configurations, similar performance and idential looks.
Sounds good to me, unless you really want an Elan / Elise.....
Yep I'm with you on that. It looks like one car available in 5 different sizes. Maybe it will work for them, but I don't get it yet. On the other hand I thought the Evora was a fantastic new product for the company but that doesn't seem to have taken off so far. Maybe they know what they're doing with this one.Much more Esprit successor in looks and performance, but then Lotus already have a new one of those in the pipeline.
The true spirit of Elan lives in the Elise, but even that is growing into a miniature Esprit.
So in 4 years time Lotus will have a range of 5 different Esprits, with slightly different seating configurations, similar performance and idential looks.
Sounds good to me, unless you really want an Elan / Elise.....
A Scotsman said:
The original Elan was a peoples' sportcar. The latest is a very rich peoples' sportscar. I doubt they will sell many in the UK.
Lotus seem to have handed the "interesting and not overly expensive but decent performance/handling sportscar" mantle to Ginetta. They're shortly to produce the road version of the G40. That will sell like hot cakes!
Or to the Audi TT, Nissan 370, Boxster, Mazda Rx7 and a slew of hot hatches.Lotus seem to have handed the "interesting and not overly expensive but decent performance/handling sportscar" mantle to Ginetta. They're shortly to produce the road version of the G40. That will sell like hot cakes!
Plenty of cars around the £30k level.
If you're looking for below that, sub-£20k and decent performance, I think you've missed that boat with inflation.
Alfanatic said:
British Beef said:
I agree with most the posts, Elan by name but nothing else.
Much more Esprit successor in looks and performance, but then Lotus already have a new one of those in the pipeline.
The true spirit of Elan lives in the Elise, but even that is growing into a miniature Esprit.
So in 4 years time Lotus will have a range of 5 different Esprits, with slightly different seating configurations, similar performance and idential looks.
Sounds good to me, unless you really want an Elan / Elise.....
Yep I'm with you on that. It looks like one car available in 5 different sizes. Maybe it will work for them, but I don't get it yet. On the other hand I thought the Evora was a fantastic new product for the company but that doesn't seem to have taken off so far. Maybe they know what they're doing with this one.Much more Esprit successor in looks and performance, but then Lotus already have a new one of those in the pipeline.
The true spirit of Elan lives in the Elise, but even that is growing into a miniature Esprit.
So in 4 years time Lotus will have a range of 5 different Esprits, with slightly different seating configurations, similar performance and idential looks.
Sounds good to me, unless you really want an Elan / Elise.....
3 cars with similar base platforms, different layouts, that all drive differently, sell well and lead their class (as they have since launch).
Don't think Lotus have a terrible ideo tbh.
A Scotsman said:
The original Elan was a peoples' sportcar. The latest is a very rich peoples' sportscar. I doubt they will sell many in the UK.
Not so sure. The original Elan was getting on for the price of an E-Type. OK, so the E-Type was extraordinarily cheap for what it was, but it was still a second car for the middle classes rather than some everyman performance hero. The true 'cheap' Lotus (still several times the price of a Ford Anglia) of the era was the Seven - a mantle it could be argued has been passed to the Elise.no such engine available with the stats Lotus posted
the car at the show had no engine and ran on a battery.
all made up specs with concept cars.
added to that the cars will not past Euro tests looking at that body and ligts etc
So the final look and engine will be nothing like what they say imho.
the car at the show had no engine and ran on a battery.
all made up specs with concept cars.
added to that the cars will not past Euro tests looking at that body and ligts etc
So the final look and engine will be nothing like what they say imho.
Twincam16 said:
A Scotsman said:
The original Elan was a peoples' sportcar. The latest is a very rich peoples' sportscar. I doubt they will sell many in the UK.
Not so sure. The original Elan was getting on for the price of an E-Type. OK, so the E-Type was extraordinarily cheap for what it was, but it was still a second car for the middle classes rather than some everyman performance hero. The true 'cheap' Lotus (still several times the price of a Ford Anglia) of the era was the Seven - a mantle it could be argued has been passed to the Elise.Lotus have never been cheap, although the Esprit now looks more and more like it was a bargain at 2x Elise price
Deranged Granny said:
dandarez said:
Deranged Granny said:
But will it sell?
Jumping the gun a tad. First, it has to be made!!
1) It's unlikely to be made/stay faithful to anything like the concept
2) It's unlikely to sell whatever it looks like
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