Lotus Elise review - verdict
Lotus Elise 1.8 Road Test
Test Date 17 July 1996
Price When New £22,995
Verdict
In several areas the Elise sets new standards of dynamic ability among affordable sports cars; its ride, handling, economy and performance are all of a quality that hasn’t been realised collectively by a car of this type previously.
Yet the truly ground-breaking aspect of the Elise is that it combines all these vital sports car assets with such refinement that driving it over long distances every day on motorways is a reasonable proposition. The only thing that stands between Elise and its place in history is if Lotus fails to right its niggling detail quality problems.
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