Oof: Lotus Emira Jim Clark Edition launched

60 years since Clark's epic season, a special edition V6 Emira pays homage

By Matt Bird / Friday, 2 May 2025 / Loading comments

We’ve been waiting on a Lotus Emira special edition for a little while. Back in the days of the Elise, Exige and Emira, it felt like barely a month went by without a little more horsepower and a new paint scheme. Now the latest gen gets its limited edition, the Emira Jim Clark Edition.

It marks 60 years since the legendary Scot won both the Formula 1 World Championship and the Indy 500. As well as touring car races in the UK and Formula 2 events in Australia. There must have been some parties going on after all that in 1965.

The Emira JCE - which will only be offered with the 3.5 V6 and manual gearbox - will come in Clark Racing green with the yellow stripe, evoking the Indy-winning Type 38. Additional styling flourishes include a machined aluminium filler cap and blue anodised exhaust pipes. It’s a broadly familiar look for mid-engined Lotus specials, and suits the Emira just great.

The interior of the Jim Clark is suitably snazzy, with red leather for the driver’s seat (the passenger’s chair is black), a wooden gearknob, Jim Clark’s tartan (and signature) plus a carbon ‘1 of 60’ plaque. Every one of the 60 folk lucky enough to get one of these Emiras will also get a ‘Clark Edition’ leather bag, perfect for Scottish road trips.

Indeed this promises to be the best Emira going for such adventures, with standard kit also including the Lotus Driver’s pack that brings a Track mode, more exhaust sound and revised suspension. It’s going to be a treat, surely.

Lotus will publically reveal the Jim Clark Edition to the world at the Miami Grand Prix this weekend. As befits the anniversary, just 60 examples will be sold ‘in selected markets’; fortunately we’re one of them, so best move fast. And best raid the pension pot, too - the asking price is £115,000. Makes those early cars in the classifieds at half that look even more tempting - if you can go without the green, of course.