Lotus Elise Review - Kelley Blue Book

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Lotus Elise. In recent years a war of escalation has seen horsepower figures in performance cars climb to stratospheric levels. But like most things in life theres more than one way to solve a problem. From its earliest days the Lotus brand has argued that fast cars should be small and light, not heavy and overpowered. A perfect embodiment of that concept is the Lotus Elise.

A cramped, sparsely equipped sports car made of aluminum and fiberglass may not be everybodys idea of perfection but theres no denying those attributes pay huge dividends in terms of performance. For more new car reviews, interviews and automotive news visit kbb.com today.

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[JasonJ25]

Does this car have a clutch?

[kbb]

@JasonJ25 Yes, it has a six-speed close-ratio manual transmission with clutch.

[NewGameReleases]

47000 isn't cheap

[allah211]

how is it pricy? its like what? 47,000?

a cruddy little z4 is more expensive than that

[thelastgood1forever]

@allah211 $47,000 is not a "like what", that is a lot of damn money!!! i just got done watching the kbb review for the saturn sky and with all options checked it was only $33,000 dollars!!! get your head out of your ass, name isn't everything. a crappy little "race car" is not worth that

[DrearyBarlow]

You can drive one every day. I do.

Drive one and you'll never again think of a Boxster, or a Z4 as a sportscar.

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

That's Lotus Efficient Dynamics. Everything else is just bollocks.

[massey706]

You guys should test the Ariel Atom

[moneshmahtani]

Espirit....., I love u

[szeeck]

wow...I didn't think you could make the elise boring...but you managed to do it. Any review on the 2010+ Elise coming soon?

[CavalloIvan]

I have one for sale. It is a hard top convertible Lotus Elise 05 with 35k miles. Asking price is only $24,999

[Chace1126]

Why does every car video have 12 year old kids commenting on the performance and practicality of the car? You've never driven a car! And there is plenty of room for your Legos in the trunk. Go to the user pages of every retarded comment on this video. Videos of Grand Theft Auto, elementary school sleepovers and 20 minute videos of their dogs face.

[hiddenangel89]

Lotus needs a face-lift... URGENT!!! ha!

[JohnnySlotCar]

@00dekzta00 : Wow, ugly vehicle.