The Lotus Elise, released in 1996, is a storming track-day car although it is equally at home on the British roads on a summers day. Hand-built in Oxford, the Lotus' fibreglass body is truly stunning and... View more details

One of the world's landmark cars, Colin Chapman's first production car of 1957 was also the first production car with monocoque glassfibre construction. This was combined with other ground breaking features... View more details

Launched in October 1962, the Elan was available as a complete car or a kit at reduced price. Suspension was all independent with unequal-length wishbones at the front, while a wide-based lower wishbone... View more details

The Lotus Esprit might look a million dollars, but it could end up costing close to that in repair bills alone if you land a bad one.The Esprit started life as a concept car at the 1972 Turin Motor Show,... View more details

No doubt about it the Lotus Excel is one of the true forgotten greats. It may have been little more than a heavily tweaked Eclat, but the modern touches employed by design genius, Peter Stevens (whose... View more details

IntroductionThe M100 Elan offended several Lotus purists when launched in 1990. Front wheel drive, they cried, does not a sports car make. And yet the motoring press fell in love, suggesting that not only... View more details