Lotus Elise GT1 road car

Lotus Elise GT1 road car

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F1GTRUeno

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Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Does anyone know what happened to it?

As far as I can tell by trawling all over the internet, it was last seen some time around 2010 at Brands Hatch and at a Lotus festival and since then it's been completely MIA?

Have I missed something or did it change hands and disappear?

Was good to see a restored Thai liveried race car at Goodwood Revival last year and another but wearing Bitter GT1 bodywork was for sale last year too so hopefully someone bought that and will restore it but where has the road car gone?

Always wondered what the spec was and what it's original look was.

Some sources say 350bhp, some say 550bhp, some say it was 350bhp originally but the owner from the late 2000's had it restored and had the engine power bumped up to 550.

With the look it was originally blue with amber indicators/smaller lights and now it's black/carbon with clear ones and it never used to have a rear wing either. Does anyone know?

F1GTRUeno

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Friday 28th April 2023
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Well, five years on, still no sign of the car anywhere. Is it still about or is it just hidden away in a collection somewhere?

F1GTRUeno

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Friday 28th April 2023
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GTRene said:
just read this somewhere... not that it helps much, but hey.

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Road legal Lotus Elise GT1's
There are at least two road legal Lotus Elise GT1, both are believed to be converted race cars. One is in the uk, that car appied in an article in evo magazine. The other is believed to be in holland.
One of them is the green and yellow race chassis that was seen in yellow/black Franck Muller colours on that supercar rally thing back in the day. It's been for sale a few times in the UK.

I think, just maybe because it's ringing a bell now that I might've seen/heard about it somewhere, that the one in the Netherlands is the original road car. Would love some confirmation though.