Comments About the Lotus Elise

Stedicam tells us about the essentials
Greg Brown writes an editorial about Alfa and Lotus entering the US.
John O'Rear contrasts the M100 and the Elise.
Theo talks about how drivers react to the Elise
RacerX takes his Elise to Thunderhill
dneeley describes some differences between the S1 and the Federal E
sean a signature that says what the Elise is not, from various
Padrino provides some thoughts after test driving a Federal Elise
Kiyoshi visits LCU and drives the new Federal Elise
SteveK visits the factory and has a driving experience
Dan Harman drives the new Exige Series 2
Cale talks with Nick Adams and others
Sean provided some new "E" names
Jeff and Clive discuss softer bushings
Jon Pippard compares the Elise and the Seven
Andrew Barron drives the Federal Elise
Ian2 talkes about reliability problems and what to expect
Chris Smith drive an early Federal Elise prototype with the Toyota engine.
Greg N. Brown has some thoughts when driving in Italy
Dr Geoff Martin comments about the Series one
Jeff comments about the various possible powerplants for the Elise before its arrival

Country of Origin (see also technology partnership document):
- made in the England
- Russia - wheels
- Japan - engine, gearbox, and tires
- France - body and wiper motor
- Germany - stereo, dampers, airbags, and springs
- Italy - steering wheel, brakes
- Norway - chassis
- United States - antilock brakes
Wheels: one tidbit I can share is that there quite a bit of interest from the aftermarket wheel makers. There's a lot of concern at Lotus about this because during development they were supplied wheels that met or exceeded the EU regulations for strength/durability, but in testing on the cars they were cracking! The wheel maker was blown away and couldn't believe what was happening. The result is the stock & LSS wheels are 2.5 times stronger than the EU reg requires. Cool!