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No pretender. The 2015 Lotus Elise S Club Racer is strictly one for the hardcore fans...Read the full review
| LIST PRICE | From $84,990 |
| CARADVICE RATING | 8.0 |
| FUEL ECONOMY | 7.5/100km |
| SEAT | 4 |
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The Lotus Elise Cup 250 has been revealed this week, adding yet another special model to the British sports car company's line-up. Sitting above the Elise Sport 220, the Cup 250 is pitched as the "fastest, most focused" four-cylinder Lotus sports car ever, and is very much a race car for the road. Powering the Elise Cup 250 is the same 1...
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The next-generation Lotus Elise will arrive in 2020, Jean-Marc Gales, the company's boss, has confirmed. Talking to Autocar, Gales confirmed that Lotus has begun work on its next-generation sports car range. The news comes on the heels of the company's first profit, which took place in August, and is the first time the company has been in the black since 2000...
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