MOST RED-BLOODED petrol heads will have seen the tight, sinuous roads that wind their way through the Italian countryside and pondered what it would be like to drive through them at a highly illegal rate of knots.

Some may have even been fortunate enough to visit Italy themselves, only to discover that the fanciest set of [...]

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According to Lotus insiders, the next-gen Elise will arrive sometime in early 2011 followed by an all-new V8-powered Esprit in 2012.

The 2011 Elise will likely be built upon an evolved version of the current model’s extruded-aluminium underpinnings and continue the same formula that’s made the pint-sized sportscar a track day fave, but the Esprit will [...]

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The terms ‘environmentally friendly’ and ‘supercars’ aren’t ones that show up often in the same sentence, but cleanliness is next to godliness (so they say) and supercars are about as close to godhood as cars get.

It seems that environmentally-conscious supercars are becoming more of a reality. Take Lotus, for instance, with the 2010 Lotus Elise and [...]

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A UK driver has avoided a jail term after it was determined that his Lotus Elise was physically incapable of reaching the 278km/h (173 mph) that he was supposedly recorded doing.

In the UK, a 150mph-plus speeding ticket is also a go-directly-to-jail card. Understandable, considering you’d have be certifiably mad to be going that fast on [...]

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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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There are views – supported by countless motoring press articles worldwide - that the Lotus Elise and Exige family are the best handling sports cars in the world. Some even going so far as to compare them to the handling of a Ferrari. A bold statement, but I could possibly be starting to agree.

The Elise [...]

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British sports car builder and chassis tuning legend Lotus yesterday celebrated its 60th birthday, and to mark the occasion treated itself to yet another special edition model. Called the diamond anniversary Lotus Europa, this customised version of the Elise-based sports coupe flaunts enough bling to turn your average rap star green with envy. On [...]

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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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Following the unveiling of what we now know as the Evora (previously Project Eagle), Lotus has released some addition information and images. The Evora is the first all-new Lotus since the iconic Elise made its debut in 1995, and according to Lotus it is also currently the world’s only mid-engined 2+2.

You can read all about [...]

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Due to make its official debut at the British Motor Show on July 22, Project Eagle is, according to Lotus, “a more holistic offering than the Elise and Exige models”.

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Those of us up-to-date with Top Gear (not those of us a year behind with the SBS-aired episodes) will know that episode 2 of season 11 will be airing in the UK overnight, so I thought I’d drop a few quotes to get you through until you can acquire the latest episode. [...]

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Lotus have released the latest addition to their 2008 line-up, the Supercharged Elise SC. The supercar for those on a budget the new Elise SC will be easy to spot on the road with its new rear spoiler and unique alloy wheels. Lotus have pulled out all stops for the giant killer and for the [...]

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