Elise - New Model?

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There are quite a few press stories from 2017, when the Elise was 'facelifted' with the fancy gear selector, that suggest a completely new model was planned for 2020.

This obviously didn't happen as the configurator on the lotus website is largely as per the 2020 cars.

Is a new model still on the horizon and do we have any idea when it might arrive?

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ecain63 said:

kambites said:

I suspect this will end up being the Elise replacement: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I should think it's a good few years off.

I'd have thought it'd be the Exige replacement given the Exige finishes this year. The Elise is still going for a while yet isn't it?

Excellent. Thank you both.

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So do we think this will be good or bad for residuals on a brand new Elise?

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Interesting comments.

This could actually be really clever timing. Switching off production and retooling during a recession so the new car can be launched as things improve.

It seems to me that late S3's will hold value for as long as it takes to get the replacement on the market. What happens then depends on how good it is and how similar it is to the simplicity of the Elise.