Buying that ‘Plucky Brit’ go-cart isn’t going to cost you any more than it did back in the good ol’ pre-meltdown days of 2008.

Lotus Cars Australia, commendably made the decision to absorb the Luxury Car Tax increase, introduced in 2008, rather than pass it onto their customers (a saving of up to $3,000 on some [...]

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The folks over at Autocar have confirmed that Lotus is collaborating with Abarth on their new mid-engined sports car project, which will be based upon the same extruded aluminium chassis of the third-generation Lotus Elise that’s due to drop sometime in 2010.

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If Colin Chapman were still with us he might be having a quiet chuckle to himself about the current state of affairs in the car world. As the cost of fuel rises with unbounded enthusiasm on an almost daily basis, manufacturers are tossing overweight large car platforms in the dustbin and turning to smaller lighter [...]

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In Australia, 2007 was the year when total vehicle sales exceeded one million units for the first time ever. While much of that figure is made up of basic family cars and fleet vehicles, we shouldn’t forget the little fella who sells completely impractical but highly capable sports cars. Lotus Cars Australia also managed to [...]

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It is a limited edition kind of week and following hard on the heels of the Lotus Elise S 40th anniversary edition and the Land Rover Defender SVX comes an altogether different and rather more expensive beast. Rolls-Royce have just announced their Phantom Tungsten edition.

The exterior treatment mirrors the 101EX concept (we’ll see it [...]

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Lotus have announced a Europe only anniversary special to celebrate the 40th year of manufacturing at their Hethel factory in the UK. Available now as a 2008 model year, the 40th anniversary Elise S is based on the entry-level Elise S package with a few unique touches as befitting an anniversary model.

The unusual burnt orange [...]

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The new Lotus Elise S is now available in Australia and the good news is that with a retail price starting at $69,990, it is the cheapest Elise we have ever seen. Prior to the Elise S, the keys to a new Elise would set you back around 100k.

The Elise S comes with the Toyota [...]

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