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System 12-02-2005 12:12 PM

Lotus Elan (original)
 
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/74/elan109zf.th.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9...20037yy.th.jpg

TT 12-02-2005 12:38 PM

As light as your shoe and actually not much bigger.. you can jump in and drive it and it won't smell as bas :D sounds pretty cool to me

D_Type 12-02-2005 01:02 PM

Subzero with Mrs Peel :mrgreen:
To be serious, i'd say cool for its chassis, its twin cam engine (very nice sound) and its styling

a better pic :arrow: http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/1...70471rr.th.jpg

LotusGT1 12-02-2005 01:06 PM

Subzero. Epitome of Lotus' philisophy, much cooler than todays overweight cars...

nthfinity 12-02-2005 01:13 PM

only one lotus in my mind reaches a less then cool status, and this isn't it ;)

definately cool :-D

johnhobbs 12-02-2005 01:31 PM

8)

Erez 12-02-2005 06:24 PM

COOL 8)

Ford Capri 2.8i 12-03-2005 05:16 PM

Naturally subzero since it has been one of the best sport cars ever made and i have always adored the Colin Chapmanīs vision, concepts, ideas....and the elan is not an exception....however IMO the lotus failed a bit when they launched the front wheel drive elan a few years ago...however the corrected it launching the elise afterwords

graywolf624 12-03-2005 05:24 PM

*Goes way out on a limb by himself to guess whether this response will get him lynched*..

Uncool.. ITs just ugly.

AlienDB7 12-03-2005 08:01 PM

Not an Esprit nor a Elise... sorry, have to vote for uncool just cause of the look.

formulastig 05-28-2008 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graywolf624 (Post 488522)
*Goes way out on a limb by himself to guess whether this response will get him lynched*..

Uncool.. ITs just ugly.

Ever seen one in person?

You'd reconsider in a heartbeat.

Then again I'm olde enough to remember new Esprits.

Mattk 06-07-2008 03:34 AM

Seeing one makes you want to jump in and take it for a spin. Cool. :)

philip 06-07-2008 12:56 PM

Cool in its day as it was very unique stateside. Never really lusted after one when they were newer. Europa for some reason got my attention at the time.

Today - too many other cars I would rather have first. Actually with the rising prices of "collectible" cars a new Lotus would seem like a much better choice for someone as lazy and untalented at tinkering as me.

liveaxle 10-20-2009 08:11 PM

I couldn't decide what to vote for this car. Sure, it's light chassis, great handling and gutsy engine make one of the greatest sports cars of all time. But the styling is a bit awkward. But maybe that doesn't matter because it is indeed 60's chic.
And it's a car that I want.
And Gordon Murray likes it.
Ergo, sub zero from me!


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