In the bright little lunchroom of Lotus USA's headquarters near Atlanta, R&T photographer Bill Warner and I sipped coffee, trying to condense our opinions of the U.S.-specification Elan. We had just ...

Lotus has developed excellent and unusual cars in equal measure. The Lotus Eclat and Excel top the list of obscure releases. The Eclan, while brilliant, gets its fair share of downvotes – it’s not the ...

A one-piece, bespoke foam and plastic-skinned dashboard. A quick-fold hood that didn’t leak and which stowed beneath its own lid. Electric windows good for more than five consecutive rises and falls.

Ignoring the front-wheel-drive M100 series that launched in 1989 when Mazda produced a better sports car than Lotus in the form of the rear-drive Miata, the original Elan is often mentioned in the ...

There are no two more different automakers than Honda and Lotus. One makes millions of sensible cars beloved around the globe, and the other makes a few lightweight sports cars. Founded in 1948, Lotus ...

View post: I Tested the 2026 Kia EV9 GT-Line Long Range AWD by Putting My Toddlers in One. Here’s How it Went In any case, the Elan is powered by a 450-horsepower supercharged 4.0-liter V6 engine with ...

Ross Robbins, 77, who refers to himself as a Tripoholic, prepares to move his 1965 Lotus Elan out of the garage at his home in Colorado Springs on March, 26, 2021. Robbins leaves this month on the ...

Traditional Lotus cars are often controversial, and the Elan M100 is considered by many not to be a real Lotus. This model is frequently overlooked in Lotus' history due to its pricing, driven wheels, ...