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Frankfurt 2009: Melkus RS2000 provides thrills with history for big money

Three years ago Melkus, the historic, East German race car builder, released renderings of a gullwing sports car they wanted to have ready in 2009. It always makes us happy to see the passionate guy make big plans and then get them achieved – on time even – and the Melkus RS2000 is the culmination of that achievement. Based on an Elise, it rides on a Melkus-designed aluminum double-wishbone suspension and wears a glass-fiber reinforced polyester body. Power comes from the 1.8-liter, 16-valve, 4-cylinder Elise tuned up to 270 ... Read more →

Frankfurt 2009: Lotus Elise Club Racer and Exige Cup 260 give us that special feeling Noah Joseph

Another show, another pair of special editions from Lotus. This time around it's the Elise Club Racer and the Exige Cup 260, two lightweight specials based on the company's core product range. ...

Für Elise: New Lotus Club Racer model a lyrical composition of thrift with swift Jeremy Korzeniewski

Guess what? Yet another special edition of the Lotus Elise is scheduled to make a grand entrance at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this month. This one, called the Elise Club Racer, is based on the ...

Lotus begins offering supercharger kits for all NA Elises and Exiges Sam Abuelsamid

Anyone who's picked up a Lotus Elise or Exige before the kids from Hethel began offering a factory supercharged engine, help is at hand. Drivers of normally aspirated Lotuses can now get a factory ...

Hertz So Good: Lotus Elise SC joins Italian rent-a-car fleet Noah Joseph

Ever fantasize about driving an exotic sportscar around Italy? Well who hasn't. And there are plenty of companies on the peninsula that'll be glad to help you out. Count among them now car rental ...

Lotus becomes title sponsor of Lotus Challenge Series 5 months ago on Autoblog

After attending the second event of the 2008 Lotus Challenge Series last May, we were convinced the up-start had potential. Lotus Cars USA seems to agree and has become the title sponsor for the 2009 season. In its inaugural year, the series stuck to California for six of its events, along with ...

Tesla Motors and Lotus announce matching recall notices 6 months ago on Autoblog

- Tesla Motors has announced its first-ever recall, affecting all 345 Roadsters the Silicon Valley automaker produced in 2008. According to the official recall notice from the NHTSA, the rear hub flange bolts on some vehicles may not be torqued to proper specifications, which could lead to ...

VIDEO: One-make Lotus Elise racing is crowded, thrilling 6 months ago on Autoblog

It is the lap every driving simulator player dreams of putting together – except this one was real. It actually happened way back in 2005 (but has just come to our attention now and was too good to pass up), when Sydney motoring journalist Dean Evans drove in one of the Lotus Trophy Races ...

Naked carbon-fiber Lotus Elise roaming Hong Kong 10 months ago on Autoblog

A couple SEMAs ago, we stumbled across a carbon-fiber Lotus Exige that had our salivary glands working overtime. With Colin Chapman's ethos of "adding lightness" to his designs, it seemed like the perfect application of the super-strong lightweight material on an already featherweight Lotus ...

Top 10 Cars You Should Never Drive on a First Date 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/comedy/Top_10_cars_NOT_to_drive_on_a_first_date'; It was the Spring of '93 and I was living large in my 1988 Dodge Omni. The little hatch was white with a burgundy interior, smelled like fast food and usually carried a substantial coat of dirt and grime that held ...

Dodge EV takes to the streets 1 year ago on Autoblog

While a lot of the legwork was done for them by Lotus, we still have to give Chrysler a little credit for getting an electric vehicle prototype on the road so quickly. When we first saw the Dodge EV a couple of months ago, it looked like it was ready to roll, with a Tesla-like blend of Lotus ...

Fiat considering Dino-badged Elise 1 year ago on Autoblog

Say Dino, and people immediately think of something Italian. Most likely, you'll think of either a Rat-Pack crooner or a Ferrari, but there's a third Dino, and that's the one we're talking about. Fiat's thinking of resurrecting its Dino sub-brand with a version of the next generation of Lotus ...

Lotus broadens production, market for Jim Clark Elise 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click for updated gallery of the Lotus Clark Type-25 Elise SC Lotus has a dedicated following around the world, and many of them were undoubtedly disappointed that the first special edition of the new supercharged Elise was limited to just 25 examples, all of which were sold within the UK and ...

Lotus wants to be on the cutting edge of green 1 year ago on Autoblog

Lotus may already have one of the greenest line of vehicles, with both the Elise and Exige easily reaching into the 30-mpg range when driven with restraint, but Mike Kimberley wants Lotus to be pioneers of green engineering. Lotus' CEO made comments alluding to the automaker's goal of providing ...

LA 2007: Lotus blossoms from Elise/Exige to Eagle to Esprit 2 years ago on Autoblog

Large high-res gallery of all of the Lotus models available by clicking above This week in LA, veteran Lotus development engineer Roger Becker told the assembled press about the changes we'll see in the Elise and Exige for 2008. He also talked a bit about some of the changes happening at the ...

Lotus "Eagle" coming in 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog

Lotus has plans: the Elise is going to get a detuned Exige engine (220 BHP without an intercooler), a new Exige SR model will feature launch and traction control systems, California series Elise and Exige models are in the pipeline for the boulevard cruising crowd, and Lotus is also going to inject ...

Lotus powers up Elise, Exige for 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery For 2008, Lotus has turned up the heat on its Elise and Exige sports cars. The Lotus Elise SC is a 220-horsepower variant powered by a new, compact, non-intercooled supercharger mated to the standard 1.8L engine. Identifiable by its model-exclusive wheels and a new ...

Autoblog Night Watch: Europe's Time Attack in full effect 2 years ago on Autoblog

Time Attack is about the purest a form of motorsport you can get. Take a car, strip it of everything unnecessary, spot weld anything you lay eyes on, throw in the required safety equipment and data systems, then couple the biggest, baddest engine to a close ratio gearbox (sequential preferred), ...

Robo-exotica: NC State snags Lotus Elise for '07 DARPA Challenge 3 years ago on Autoblog

Now this is what we call an upgrade: NC State University's Insight Racing team has scored a new set of wheels for the upcoming 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge. The team's Chevrolet Suburban, dubbed "Desert Rat" for the last DARPA challenge, which sent vehicles across the Mojave in the final event, will ...

Lotus Elise, Exige prices all jacked up 3 years ago on Autoblog

Lotus has jacked up the prices on the Elise and the Exige, according to The Car Connection. The smaller Elise, which has adaptive headlights and an unfavorable exchange rate for 2007, will go for $43,990, up from $42,990 for the 2006 model. The Exige, which is essentially an Elise with a hard top ...

RR of the Day: 2005 Lotus Elise 3 years ago on Autoblog

For today's RR of the Day we could have waxed poetic about the joys of the Elise for several paragraphs, but honestly, what more needs to be said about the feather-weight Lotus? Know the 1.8-liter, 190-hp, mid-mounted four. Understand Colin Chapman's obsession with speed through lightweight. Love ...

The future of Lotus 3 years ago on Autoblog

The new CEO of Lotus Cars, Mike Kimberley, has ambitious plans for the British marque, including doubling production in the next five years. In an interview with Autocar, Kimberley said he's aiming for annual production of around 8,000 units, roughly twice current levels, based on anticipated sales ...

Lotus launches men's fragrance 3 years ago on Autoblog

Lotus wants you to smell as delicious as the automaker's cars. A brainchild of Michael Albert's, the fragrance is described by its maker as follows: "Lotus is such an exclusive niche brand, and this is how I see the fragrance as well. It gives you a feeling of driving through the Mediterranean ...

Esquire magazine picks its '10 Most Awesome Autos' 3 years ago on Autoblog

As Esquire magazine appears to have forgotten to post its "10 Most Awesome Autos" feature from its May issue online, Terry Box at the Dallas Morning News has been kind enough to accommodate list fanatics. The men's magazine actually made a pretty good show of picking its 10 favorite cars ...

Lotus unveils limited edition sport-truck! 3 years ago on Autoblog

Apparently encouraged by media response to their APX sport utility vehicle concept, which debuted at the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus has developed a unique ultralight sport truck. Although owing much to the ground-breaking Chevy El Camino and Ford Ranchero pickup/passenger car combinations, the ...

Lotus' U.S. operations rebounding in fine style 3 years ago on Autoblog

It wasn't all that long ago that Lotus, England's favorite four-wheeled flower, almost dried up and withered away from U.S. shores completely. A badly aging product lineup, dodgy reliability and increasingly stringent U.S. regulations nearly killed the minimalist marque's fortunes in the world's ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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