M250

[Cino]

Did anyone else see the M250 in the design area at the Hethel open day? That thing is the dog's gonads. People were crowding around it, taking a lot of photos. The guy from Lotus said they were having a LOT of interest in it. Them doors are really cool. Why didn't they make it (I know why - rhetorical question!). If the 'Eagle' looks anything like that then they are on to a winner...

[NathanE]

Yep I got pictures of it

It's a beautiful car, especially the rear end... it's quite old now (circa 1999-2000?) but still looks like something that was drawn just yesterday!

[Paul RN]

Demise of the M250 - http://www.pistonheads.com/lotus/m250/m250-dead.ht...

[s111dpc]

Yep, managed to get a few picies to.

Lovely looking car, with an awful lot of interest being shown in it, as pervious post says - let's hope the Eagle looks as good.

Edited by s111dpc on Sunday 23 September 22:01

[Monkey boy 1]

Here's some I took at the open day



and the Clay that was on the end of the production line.



The comments were " The best car Lotus NEVER made"

[Tuna]

They had a blue one that did a few shows that you could sit in, I wonder where that one is now?

It was fantastic, though they hadn't quite got the interior package sorted out when it was abandoned - even the Elise has a better thought out 'parcel shelf'.

With the Eagle rumored to be somewhere between the M250 and a 308gt4, it's hard not to read something into the fact that they had these models out on show. If I were them I wouldn't exactly be showing off that they failed to get a car to market.

[Lawrence5]

Loved that car - shame

Think time has been good to the design had some doubts intially but love it now - good sign as its predictive.


Interior was some of the best design....

[Lawrence5]

Few more from my archive........







What the final prototypes looked like.......

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Alaways thought it looked great, hasn't dated at all.