Magazine Reviews of the Lotus Elise Over the Years
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2006
2005
- Road and Track: Elise, Featherweight Flyer, review of the car
- Car: Between Hethel and Hell, August 2005, First test of the Exige 240R
- Tuner: Forced Fed Lotus Elise, Motor Trend, June 2005
- Lotus blooms in SA with two Elise models, Dave Abrahms for Motoring
- Winding Road, Sept-Oct, In Search of the Great British Sports Car, pdf
- Autoweek, Drivers Log, two review driving the car and its frustrations
- The Elise returns to South Africa
2004
- TestDrive, from the Mercury News, a very balanced drive
- Autoweek, October 4, first ad for Federal Elise?
- Autoweek, October 4 Fast Poll Elise is my choice
- Auto and Design: Intensive Treatment, Exige design team interviewed
- Car and Driver, July, Comparison Test - Extreme Sports
- Motor Trend, July, 2005 Lotus Elise, possibly the best handing car
- Motor Trend, July, See the Light, editorial by Kevin Smith
- Top Gear: Elise of Life, pict the best of 19 Elise variants
- Detroit News, June, press introduction of the Lotus Elise
- Daily Express News (Malaysia), Proton poised for brighter future
- Car Magazine, June, In Your Face..., also Gavin Kershaw
- Autoweek Magazine, June, Long Time Gone, Elise introduction
- Automobile, June, The Locust Invades America
- Automotive News, June, LCU Chief departs on eve of Elise's arrival
- New York Times, May, Lotus Finally lines up a new car for America
- Sentinel, April, At Long Last Lotus
- LA Times, April, review of the Elise
- Reuters, April 14, GM not buying into Proton
- Wall Street Journal, April 9, about Ferrari feel at Toyota prices.
- WardsAuto, April, Long-Awaited Lotus First-Year Sellout
- CarConnection review
- Autopress123.com, Canadian view of the Elise arrival
- Autocar, March 30, Elise 111R versus Ferrari 360
- Autocar, March 30, New Exige
- Autocar, March 30, editorial by Chris Harris on Elise steering wheel
- BBC, March 5, Coverage of the Exige introduction
- Evo, 066, compares the 111R with the VX220 turbo
- Sports Car International, March, introducing the new Elise
- Evo, February 25, American Elise driven
- Evo, February 25, Toyota powered Exige is announced
- Autocar, February 3, Lotus design shows Esprit development
- Autocar, February 3, Comparison between 111R and VX220 Turbo
- Autocar, February 3, 20 Questions for Russell Carr
- Sport Compact Car, February, The ultimate MR2, driving the Elise
- Autocar, January, compares the 111R with the VX220
- European Car, first look at the Federal Elise
- Autoexpress, Winter special, drive of the 111R
2003
- Autoweek, 15 December 2003, introduction of the Federal Lotus Elise
- Motortrend, December 2003, First drive of the 2005 Elise
- reMarque, November 2003, Andrew Barron drives the new Federal Elise
- Road and Track, November 2003, introduction of the Federal Elise
- Car and Driver, October, Elise coming, engine choice
- Autocar, 23 September 2003, new Toyota Exige and interview with Kiam
2002
- reMarque, February 2002, Elise Watch
- reMarque, February 2002, personal experience visiting the LA Autoshow
- Autocar, Analysis of Lotus and the departure of Playle.
- EVO, June 2002, Britian's Best Driver's Cars
- EVO, June 2002, Driven: Elise 111S
- Road and Track, June 2002, Get a Grip! article on handling, Elise is second.
- Road and Track, June 2002, Get a Grip! second try with additional information
- Autoweek, July 2002, first advertisement for Elise in US
- Autocar road tests the 111S, includes performance panel and nice picture.
2001
- reMarque, September 2001, federal Elise approved
- Auto Express, January 2001, auto show announcement of Series 2
- Grassroots Motor Sports, January 2001 The Elise Sport 190 is available in the US for off road use only.
2000
- Car, October 2000, Opal Speedster VX220
- Car, September 2000, on the Lotus Exige
- Sports Car International, May 2000, M250 described, pictures
- Auto Express, (unknown date), car tests the Exige
- Car, January 2000, describes the 340R
- Sports Car International, January 2000, Elise Sport reviewed
- CCC, unknown date, Adrian Newey and his 320hp Elise
- Evo, unknown date, two tuned cars compared
1999
- Autocar, November 1999, Knight nominated Man of the Year
- Road and Track, September 1999, car comparison
- Auto Car, September 1999, rumors of the M250
- CCC, June 1999, tuned and standard Elise compared
- Auto Car, May 5, 1999, long term Elise report
- Auto Car, May 5, 1999, interview with Chris Knight
- Auto Car, May 5, 1999, racing series with Sport
- Auto Car, May 5, 1999, story on the 340R
- Auto Car, May 5, 1999, Lotus issue, Carr design drawings, Emas
- UK Auto Express, May 19, 1999, Vauxhall putting Elise based auto into production
- Autoweek, May 17,1999, rumors of the M250
- Autoweek, March 22, 1999, more on the Opel Speedster
- Top Gear, February 1999, comparison test of exotic small cars
- Top Gear, February 1999, test drivers for Lotus
- Hydro Profile, January 1999, Hydro build numbers for Elise chassis
1998
- Road and Track, December 1998, comparison test of Euro cars
- Autoweek, October 1998, Two cars not available here are reviewed.
- Grassroots Motorsports, Oct 1998, Is the Elise coming here?
- Classic and Sports Cars, 1998, John Surtees tests Kings of the Road
- European Car, August 1998, Whither Goest Lotus?
- Autocar, July 1998, announcing the Elise 340R
- AutoWeek, May 11, 1998, Artioli resigns, Lotus in financial difficulty
- Chris Knight response to Autocar article
- Car and Driver, May 1998, talks about the Elise coming to America
- Autocar, February 4, 1998 interview with Chris Knight, general manager of Lotus
1997
- Top Gear, December 1997 reviews the Elise Sport
- ARK Re-Design Forum, November 1997, with an interview with Andrew Hill
- Car Magazine, December 1997, best handling award goes to the Elise, again
- AutoCar, November 1997, article on the new Lotus Sport, 190 hp!
- Road and Track, September 1997, first US road test.
- Automotive News talks about an electric Elise, March 1997
- Autoweek, February 10, 1997 interviews Jim Selwa.
- Car, January 1997 editorial on Proton purchase, action needed
through 1996
- Autoweek November 11, 1996 Autoweek announces the sale of Lotus to Proton
- Car, November,1996 article about Proton's purchase of Lotus
- Mike Causer drives the Elise, September 6, 1996
- AutoCar, August 21, 1996 compares the Elise with some impressive other cars.
- Car, August 1996 The car is driven and the opinions voiced
- Alu-ise, AutoCar, July 3, 1996 reviewing the technological achievement
- Sports Car International, June 1996 the first car to be driven by civilians
- British Car, April-May 1996 Chris Sawyer, PR for LCU, writes about the Elise
- Autoweek May 6, 1996 Whither Elise? Describes a possible V6 Rover engine.
- Car Magazine, January 1996, Interview with the Designers
- Auto and Design, December 1995, excellent article about the design concepts and process!
- Autoweek, March 22, 1995, first spy photograph
- Autocar and Motor, January 1994, concept pictures and Seven concepts
1986
- Whither Clive March/April 1984 reference of Sir Clive working on a runabout!