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Lotus Elise is a good looking and high performance sports car developed by the Lotus Company. When the 1st Lotus Elise was released, it received a lot of attention for its remarkably low weight and striking design. The first Lotus Elise hit the marked in September 1995. Today, there are 2 main types Lotus Elise available for the car fan : Lotus Elise Series one automobiles and Lotus Elise series 2 cars.

The creator of the first Lotus Elise was named Max David and worked from London. The founder of the Lotus Company, Colin Chapman, had always dreamed about an automobile that mixed very light weight with wonderful performance, and Max David took these dreams to heart. The phenomenally low weight of the Lotus Elise is what makes wonderful performance possible even with a modest engine. The form of the Lotus Elise has been made with dynamics and driving purity in focus.

The first Lotus Elise weighed not more than 1500 lb (680 kg). Driving this auto is amazing, due to its outstanding capability to accelerate, brake and corner. The weight of the first Lotus Elise can be compared to the Porsche Boxter, which is thought of as a low-weight sports vehicle and still weigh almost as much as 2 Lotus Elise cars – 2756 lb (1250 kg). This suggests that whilst the 1997 Porsche Boxter needs and engine output of 201 bhp (149 kW), the Lotus Elise works brilliant with only 120 bhp ( 89 kW ).

As mentioned above, the first Lotus Elise was released in September 1995. The year after the Lotus Company released an even lighter Lotus Elise that weighed an astonishingly low 1488 lb ( 675 kg ). This vehicle was followed by the Lotus Elise 111S 3 years after. The Lotus Elise 111S is faster than the preceding Lotus Elise cars and is fitted with a Variable Valve Control (VVC) engine. This engine has been developed from the Rover K series and equipped with Variable valve timing (VVT). You will also find more comfy seats in the Lotus Elise 111S, since some customers found the 1st 2 Elise versions uncomfortable. The new seats are filled with more padding.

The next step for the Lotus Elise developers was the roofless Lotus Elise 340R. This cabriolet version of the Elise auto was released in a restricted run in 2000 and was equipped with a 177 bhp (131 kW) engine. The name 340R was derived from the first prototype; it was regarded as having a 340 bhp/ton power to weight proportion. The prototype had a 170 bhp engine, and weighed no more than 500 kg. As agreed by this, the short edition consisted of precisely 340 cars. Later in the year 2000, the Lotus Company released the Exige. The Exige was similar to the Lotus Elise 340R, but had a hardtop. The engine was precisely the same ; 177 bhp ( 131 kW ).

The next step for the Lotus Company was to embark on the development of the Series two Lotus Elise car. The first of the Series two Lotus Elise automobiles was actually announced the same year as the Lotus Elise 340R and the Exige was released. The car from the Series two was designed without delay on the PC, which was a completely new technique of working for the Lotus Company.

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