Lotus Elise Smooth and Innovative
Lotus Elise is an attractive and high performance sports vehicle developed by the Lotus Company. When the 1st Lotus Elise was released, it received a large amount of attention for its surprisingly low weight and striking design. The first Lotus Elise hit the marked in September 1995. Today, there are 2 main types Lotus Elise available for the car enthusiast: Lotus Elise Series 1 cars and Lotus Elise series 2 cars.
The creator of the first Lotus Elise was named Max David and worked from London. The founding father of the Lotus Company, Colin Chapman, had always dreamed about an automobile that combined extremely light weight with wonderful performance, and Max David took these dreams to heart. The phenomenally low weight of the Lotus Elise is what makes wonderful performance possible even with a modest engine. The form of the Lotus Elise has been created with dynamics and driving purity in focus.
The first Lotus Elise weighed less than 1500 lb (680 kg). Driving this car is fantastic, due to its extraordinary capability to accelerate, brake and corner. The weight of the first Lotus Elise can be compared to the Porsche Boxter, which is thought of as a low-weight sports auto and still weigh just about as much as two Lotus Elise cars – 2756 lb (1250 kg). This suggests that while the 1997 Porsche Boxter requires and engine output of 201 bhp ( 149 kW ), the Lotus Elise works brilliant with only 120 bhp (89 kW).
As discussed above, the 1st Lotus Elise was released in September 1995. The year after the Lotus Company released an even lighter Lotus Elise that weighed an astonishingly low 1488 lb (675 kg). This car was followed by the Lotus Elise 111S three years on. The Lotus Elise 111S is faster than the preceding Lotus Elise autos and is fitted with a Variable Valve Control (VVC) engine. This engine has been developed from the Rover K series and equipped with Variable valve timing (VVT). You may also find more snug seats in the Lotus Elise 111S, since some purchasers found the 1st 2 Elise versions uncomfortable. The new seats are filled with more padding.
The next step for the Lotus Elise developers was the roofless Lotus Elise 340R. This cabriolet version of the Elise vehicle was released in a limited run in 2k and was supplied with a 177 bhp ( 131 kW ) engine. The name 340R was derived from the 1st prototype ; it had a 340 bhp/ton power to weight proportion. The prototype had a 170 bhp engine, and weighed no more than 500 kg. As per this, the limited edition consisted of precisely 340 cars. Later in the year two thousand, the Lotus Company released the Exige. The Exige was similar to the Lotus Elise 340R, but had a hardtop. The engine was precisely the same ; 177 bhp ( 131 kW ).
The next step for the Lotus Company was to embark on the development of the Series 2 Lotus Elise automobile. The first of the Series 2 Lotus Elise autos was really announced the same year as the Lotus Elise 340R and the Exige was released. The auto from the Series 2 was designed without delay on the computer, which was a totally new technique of working for the Lotus Company.
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