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Lotus has unveiled its revised Elise and, ahhh, look, it's all happy to see you.
The facelifted Elise gets a cheery new face, courtesy of a revised front bumper, splitter and clamshell. It even gets LED running lights. LED running lights! On a Lotus Elise! Next they'll be telling us it's got night vision cameras.
Round the back, the engine cover and rear bumper have been sharpened up, too, but it's the mechanical stuff underneath that's most interesting.
The entry-level Elise gets a new 1.6-litre, 134bhp four-pot petrol engine - the first time the Elise has been fitted with a 1.6 - that emits 'under 155g/km of CO2'.
Lotus claims this gives it ‘the lowest CO2 per performance for any petrol high-performance sports car in the world': a bold claim, but one we're struggling to refute. Anyone want to take a punt?
The 189bhp 'R' and 218bhp supercharged ‘SC' Elises remain powered by the familiar 1.8-litre unit. Their CO2 emissions remain at 196g/km and 199g/km respectively.
Other Elise excitement includes a new close-ratio six-speed gearbox across the range and - wait for it - cruise control. See? Told you. What next for the Elise? Lane departure warning systems and... an automatic gearbox? Surely not...
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What do you think?
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Irish_MON commented on this article
at 11:30 am on 17 February 2010
anyone else see a bit of the Ferrari California in the front end?
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Finch commented on this article
at 11:49 am on 17 February 2010
The elise MUST not go soft its the only option when buying a car that will perform well on track
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m77t commented on this article
at 12:17 pm on 17 February 2010
definately ferrari cali esque...
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tilchi commented on this article
at 12:21 pm on 17 February 2010
@Irish_MON : my first thoughts exactly. The front lights are basically the same, so is the grill (except without the mesh), and so are the air intakes on the front bumper. The ''lotus look'' was replaced by the ''ferrari look''. Besides, I think the current elise/exige range is much better looking
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borboyous commented on this article
at 12:29 pm on 17 February 2010
I have found Nemo and claim my 5 pounds...........
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