Disappearing Europa

[lightisright]

Thanks Mick, will try this

[GTRene]

In the Netherlands there is also a nice one for sale, with almost 350hp
ok the price might be a bit tuned as well, but it could be a blast.

http://vanderkooisportscars.nl/voorraad/item/?voor...

[Ingenere]

roger.daltrey said:

Only 100'ish of those 450+ cars were destined for the UK. The rest are overseas in Europa and Asia/Australia (none for the US, didn't meet regs)

Only 4 SE's in the UK - and at least one was just a factory conversion from the S

They were available in the US. The S2, TC and TC Special were all sold over here. When I was a kid, I used to press my nose against the Lotus dealer's front window!

[anonymous-user]

Yes, the original 1970s Europa was a big seller for Lotus in the US. I think the majority of all Europas produced were for the US market.

However, AFAIK the 2000s Europa was never produced in a Federalised version. Essentially a 50/50 VX220/Elise hardtop it was only built in very small numbers, using up old stock parts from Vauxhall VX220. If had been a sales success one imagines a ToyoRopa would have followed, but that wasn't the case. IIRC Europa cost around £35k at a time when an Elise could be bought for £25k and this undoubtedly discouraged customers.

[bolidemichael]

This is a nice thread. I would've posed exactly the same question as the OP. Don't know much about Lotus and don't care too much for them, but the Europa just makes me think of man+ car+enjoyable A/B/D/N road, road trip!

Edit: The 340R is also fascinating to me. It turns out that I have just never been fortunate enough to drive a Lotus!

Edited by bolidemichael on Sunday 14th April 20:22

[Sheetmaself]

They’re quite good in the snow!!! I genuinely do not think many of the others cars i own/have owned would of got me home!

Fantastic cars once the mapping is sorted out as the standard map has a dead spot in the middle of the rev range.

[andy_s]

lightisright said:

I found this thread while searching for information on my Europa S and I immediately thought: finally other Europa S owners!

I am French and I own a 2008 Lotus Europa S... which was imported by its previous owner from Scotland. As a consequence, it has the wheel on the right side of the car

It's a full stock one that only has 34k miles and it's not perfect (would need at least a front mask and spoiler paint job), but I love it!





By any chance, do you happen to know a reseller for Europa S parts? I searched for one selling brand new door seals last year without success... mine are aging, and they would need to be replaced.

Also, if someone has it I am searching for the complete service notes PDF file: I already have one but it is incomplete and misses the sub-section BT where is explained the door glass adjustment procedure.

Cheers!

The facebook owners club is quite good, a few of the guys there are always selling off bits and pieces.

[lightisright]

Thanks Andy, I've applied to the group!

[JJ55]

One on autotrader at the moment

[bolidemichael]

JJ55 said:

One on autotrader at the moment

Awesome. It's an S, too, and looks great.

[Driver101]

bolidemichael said:

JJ55 said:

One on autotrader at the moment

Awesome. It's an S, too, and looks great.

It would be even better if they resprayed the front of the car the same as the rest of it.

[ManorParker]

I Do like these for some reason. Ever since I saw one at the Canary Wharf Motor show many years ago. A good investment if you can put up with the part hunt when needed