what is lotuses finest car?
Discussion
Difficult one, racing cars aside I'd guess....
Seven : The embodiment of all things Lotus and still going strong.
Elise S1 : The Seven reborn, time will tell.
Esprit : The Lotus supercar. Flawed but aren't they all?
Elan : Gorgeous sytling, amazing handling, defined Lotus in the 60's.
Excel : Massively underated Lotus for those who bought Elans the first time round. Still hard to find an affordable car in this class with charisma. With a few more years developement plus a makeover it could be giving the Maserati 3200 a run for its' money at half the price!
Seven : The embodiment of all things Lotus and still going strong.
Elise S1 : The Seven reborn, time will tell.
Esprit : The Lotus supercar. Flawed but aren't they all?
Elan : Gorgeous sytling, amazing handling, defined Lotus in the 60's.
Excel : Massively underated Lotus for those who bought Elans the first time round. Still hard to find an affordable car in this class with charisma. With a few more years developement plus a makeover it could be giving the Maserati 3200 a run for its' money at half the price!
1: Esprit S2
2: Esprit S3
3: Elite/Eclat
4: Europa S2
5: Elan +2
In my opinion, the Giugiaro Esprits are some of the finest vehicles ever made. I realise that they have their problems and that the shape is often seen as being dated and out of fashion, but that has often been said of me too! To my mind, the S2 is the best looking Esprit, although the S3, whilst not looking too disimilar has the benifit of the galvanised chassis.
The Elite/ Eclat has to be in the list as it is one of the most maligned, yet underated cars that Lotus ever built. Its wedge shape recorded one of the lowest ever drag co-efficents 0.29.
The Europa was the second Lotus that I hankered after, but its popularity of late has kept its price, even for rough examples, out of my reach.
The Elan +2 just looks so much nicer than the awfully small Elan Sprint.
2: Esprit S3
3: Elite/Eclat
4: Europa S2
5: Elan +2
In my opinion, the Giugiaro Esprits are some of the finest vehicles ever made. I realise that they have their problems and that the shape is often seen as being dated and out of fashion, but that has often been said of me too! To my mind, the S2 is the best looking Esprit, although the S3, whilst not looking too disimilar has the benifit of the galvanised chassis.
The Elite/ Eclat has to be in the list as it is one of the most maligned, yet underated cars that Lotus ever built. Its wedge shape recorded one of the lowest ever drag co-efficents 0.29.
The Europa was the second Lotus that I hankered after, but its popularity of late has kept its price, even for rough examples, out of my reach.
The Elan +2 just looks so much nicer than the awfully small Elan Sprint.
Top 5 for me would be (personal bias I own the first one!)
Carlton
7
Elise
Elan
Elite
Most are brilliant in their own particular way but my favorites are ones that redefined the rules for their class. Oh and I love my 10 year old saloon that can show those Tiv`s and Scoobys a trick or two
Haz
Carlton
7
Elise
Elan
Elite
Most are brilliant in their own particular way but my favorites are ones that redefined the rules for their class. Oh and I love my 10 year old saloon that can show those Tiv`s and Scoobys a trick or two
Haz
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