I got it in the uk and sold it in France some years ago. Very basic but efficient. The sucking noise from the cars was unique... nearly louder than the side exhaust! I owned also a Austin Healey Sprite mk2, a 1965 Elan S2 and 2 Elises S1. Light is right, ...
Weight is the enemy of a great handling car and Colin Chapman understood this as early as 1952 when he founded Lotus Cars. The Elise S1 was pure to this concept and pioneered advances in car construction used by many car manufacturers today. I had one of ...
.... that's a whole story in itself. I drove it rather illegally for a while as it was fitted with an Alfa Romeo 1600 engine. After quite a while, I started a restoration: proper twincam, chassis, doughnuts, etc. I then drove it again on some adventures l...