Before going on Anniversary Edition do a little history of the brand and Elise particular model.
The creator of the brand had died in 1982 and the company was acquired in 1986 by General Motors, where he remained controlling operations Lotus until 1993, when the ACBN group acquires Luxembourg. As a cultural figure in those years the company owned by Romano Artioli ACBN was also owns Bugatti. 1996 Len Malay Company acquires Lotus Cars and Proton launch a model that had been developing before the sale, the model in question is the Elise, whose name is the same as Artioli's granddaughter.
Since 1996, the Elise is setting the trend, because in his twenty years of production, has earned a place among the lightweight high-performance vehicles, as initially carried a discreet Rover engine not very high performance, but thanks to their low Weighing only 650 kilograms in good hands, was a nimble, fun vehicle and could easily humiliate vehicles bent or tripled their price and as a cultural figure, on a firm Elise Henessey think the Venom GT with which he has obtained numerous speed records.
The first generation was marketed from 1996 to 2001 and consisted of three models, the series 1, 111S and 340R finally the low production.
The second generation born with the XXI century, following the same offense, the 111S, the 111R, but with aerodynamic and aesthetic, primarily in the front of the vehicle improvements And carrying a Toyota motor home, 1.8-liter delivering the not inconsiderable power of 189 HP, and although over the years the Elise had gained a little, remained an agile and fast car, the Elise SC added a supercharger to the engine Toyota with what got 240 hp of power and managed to stay below a ton, which gave him a power to weight ratio very attractive to customers seeking high performance, more luxury and power.
Elisa is 20 years old!
The commemorative edition of the 20 years in the market looking back a bit to bases, released three limited editions, the first is the Elise S, of 924 kilos, the S Lightweight, 914 kilos and Elise S Club Racer, the lightest of all with 896 kilos of weight, and was intended for use primarily in track. All versions share the same engine, turbocharged 1.8-liter that delivers 217 hp powers. Among the versions are few differences, most notably, the acceleration of S Club Racer, which makes the 0-100 km / h in 4.2 seconds, the S version "plain" takes 4.6 seconds to reach 100 km / h . The speed limit in all versions is 237 km / h and the only differences between the Elise S and lighter version is the black paint, forged aluminum wheels and seats, which allow you to save 10 kilos.
For now 20th anniversary versions are available only in the UK and its price will range the 37.200 pounds.
We invite you to enjoy the gallery with a collection of images that takes us through the history of Lotus Elise Series 1 Series 2 and the anniversary model.
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