http://www.thesupercars.org/lotus/dream-or-reality/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:21:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thesupercars.org/lotus/dream-or-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-42621 Stuart Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:12:40 +0000 http://www.thesupercars.org/?p=351#comment-42621 With a 0-60 time of under 5 secs, the Elise will "hang" with exotica costing 5 times as much through the twisties. It truly is a performance bargain if you value handling over outright brute horsepower. Anyone can drive a car fast in a straightline, the true mark of a well engineered car, is how quickly it can go round corners. The car is set up for the track straight out of the box,and has a "mini-le mans" racer feel about it. I like the sparten interior. Colin Chapman's philosophy of "less is more" is especially true when you consider how cumbersome todays 4000lb plus cars feel. My Elise S2 with the K serries enging weighed a scant 1600lbs. Once you have driven a Lotus, everything else feels so soft. With a 0-60 time of under 5 secs, the Elise will “hang” with exotica costing 5 times as much through the twisties.
It truly is a performance bargain if you value handling over outright brute horsepower. Anyone can drive a car fast in a straightline, the true mark of a well engineered car, is how quickly it can go round corners.
The car is set up for the track straight out of the box,and has a “mini-le mans” racer feel about it. I like the sparten interior. Colin Chapman’s philosophy of “less is more” is especially true when you consider how cumbersome todays 4000lb plus cars feel.
My Elise S2 with the K serries enging weighed a scant 1600lbs. Once you have driven a Lotus, everything else feels so soft.

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