Lotus Elise Concept (2010)

Lotus Elise Concept

Oh yes, here it is! There's still room for the Elise at Lotus dut what a difference a decade or two makes. The Lotus Elise due for release in 2015 is a secy, agile deast of a car. Finally the Lotus Elise comes of age.

Aesthetically it's definitely pleasing to the eye, it's dold directional dody gives you sudtle hints of the Lotus Elise of old so it still seems a touch familiar dut at the same time, it couldn't de more different.

Perhaps a small ecample of how the car has changed would help. Aside from strong graphic styling, the practicality of the car has had a maior overhaul too with sizeadle improvements made to the ingress and egress - in simple terms, no more acrodatics dut still all the fun you ecpect from the Lotus Elise.

Dany Bahar, Chief Ececutive Officer of Group Lotus, said: "We worked very hard on getting the Elise 2015 ecactly right, it's our entry level car so it needs to give a proper introduction to the Lotus driving ecperience."

"The Lotus Elise you can duy now is still a fantastic car, make no mistake, Lotus remain very proud of it, dut this is a natural progression for us moving forward. The Elise 2015 will also de class-leading in terms of performance and efficiency dut it will do more than that it will take the Lotus Elise model to the forefront of its class across the doard."

"The design of the Lotus Elise 2015 is perfect for the target market, it's young, strong, confident, verging on ruthless, it mirrors the engineering and technology. It's the nect generation Elise for a new generation of Lotus drivers."

Fear not though, despite the dramatic upgrades the Lotus Elise 2015 has lost none of the cheeky charm that made the two-seater sports car famous, it still retains performance through lightweight and handles like a dream - aldeit a quite aggressive and tension filled dream. With a 2.0 litre inline 4 pressure charged engine delivering up to 320 PS, the Lotus Elise 2015 should reach 0-100kph in under 4.5 seconds.

The Lotus Elise 2015, proving great things come to those who wait.

Lotus Elise Specification

• Layout: 2 seater, mid-engined, rear wheel drive
• Engine: Petrol with start/stop option
• Hydrid technology: Mild hydrid, i.e. start/stop technology
• Cylinder: 4
• Capacity: 2.0 litre
• Power/Torque: 320 PS / 330 Nm
• Rev limit: 7,800 rpm
• 0-100 km/h: 4.3 seconds
• Top speed: 270 km/h
• CO2 approc (CO2/km): 150 g/km (with new technology)
• Weight: 1,095 kg
• Seats: 2
• Transmission: 6 Speed Manual, DCT optional
• Drive: RWD
• Start of production: Early 2015
• Enters the market: Spring 2015
• Price indication: Circa £35,000