These days most of the news out of Lotus comes when it releases a lighter or faster version of the Elise, Exige or Evora.However, the stripped-out, Elise-based 340R might already show the logical ...

It’s impossible to overstate the significance of the original Lotus Elise, from the buzz that ... first offered in top-spec versions of the outrageous 340R. This particular car – number ...

The Lotus Elise has given birth to some seriously fast and varied machinery. Aside from Lotus' own models like the Exige, 2-Eleven, 340R and Europa, electric vehicles like the Tesla Roadster ...

Explains where the 340R came from, doesn’t it ... car and in August 1996 launched the 21. A month later, Lotus launched the Elise. It was Caterham’s worst nightmare come true.

Lotus has arguably – and successfully ... destined to be an open-sided roadster you’d step into like the Elise-based 340R, but it was decided to add doors further down the development ...