Lotus Elise, the Official Story

[alunr]

Can I just take this chance to reccomend to any that has an Elise to buy this book. Its absolutley brilliant with loads of stuff about the development of all the variants etc.

I bought mine from the Lotus show last weekend and have'nt put it down since.
Lotus Elise, the Official Story

[DanH]

Got this on order.

[clanger]

Yep bought mine at Donington too - absolutely superb - pictures, layout, well done Jeremy Walton - thoroughly recommended

[davey boy]

There is a review on this in either Classic Car or Classic & Sportscar this month. Wasn't too sure about it after reading the review but will probably buy it after your recommendation Alun. I guess the reviewer just wasnt a Lotus type of guy!

[Izza]

Sounds good, how would you rate it compared to John Tipler's Lotus Elise : The Complete Story
I got this cheap on Ebay and found it a good read.

Better, worse, same?

[alunr]

Izza said: Sounds good, how would you rate it compared to John Tipler's Lotus Elise : The Complete Story
I got this cheap on Ebay and found it a good read.

Better, worse, same?

I don't have this yet so I can't offer a comparison. This one has a good in depth coverage of the design process, Prototyping, Testing, Press and then all the variants. It also has a chapter on the S2.

[Jan-Bart]

I've read it and wasn't that impressed. The design & development story is fine, but the race history isn't. There's much more to be told than 2 years of Autobytel series.
Some of the text consists of Lotus press bulletins quoted verbatim. It's also full of spelling mistakes.
Looks to me like Mr. Walton lost interest at some point and quickly finished the thing with off the shelf material from Lotus. Expensive too.

[Davey Boy]

That was the impression I got from the review I read.

[alunr]

Jan-Bart said: I've read it and wasn't that impressed. The design & development story is fine, but the race history isn't. There's much more to be told than 2 years of Autobytel series.
Some of the text consists of Lotus press bulletins quoted verbatim. It's also full of spelling mistakes.
Looks to me like Mr. Walton lost interest at some point and quickly finished the thing with off the shelf material from Lotus. Expensive too.

I was only looking for a good book on the development of the car - People racing Elises wasn't a big concern for me.

[Jan-Bart]

It’s certainly better than the Tipler book where design and development is concerned. Although it doesn’t replace it, Tipler has some useful insights form John Miles for example.
And the pictures and drawings are unrivalled – it’s a coffee table kind of book you want to have lying around to dip into and show your friends.
Note that there’s another Elise book coming shortly by Alastair Clements (published by Haynes). You can buy this and the Tipler book and still have change from the Official story…

[DanH]

Mine arrived today. Its a lovely book full of big photos. Haven't read much but it seems good.

most pleased.