New Elan gets the Axe

Post by: **archigator** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:11 pm

Lotus just canceled plans to develop the new Elan...

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011 ... ineup.html

Gary
'71 Sprint FHC
Miami, Florida

Post by: **elansprint71** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:23 pm

A slippery slope? :roll:

Post by: **pereirac** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:38 pm

Well it did look like the other models Lotus are bringing out.

There is after all only one (well actually three) real Elan(s)...

Post by: **types26/36** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:54 pm

pereirac wrote:There is after all only one (well actually three) real Elan(s)...

Yes ...very true ...and that would be a Type 26,36 & 45 .....but be careful here because you will upset the Type 50 owners who misguidedly think they have the "mother ship" :lol:

Post by: **Spyder fan** » Thu May 26, 2011 7:36 pm

types26/36 wrote:
pereirac wrote:There is after all only one (well actually three) real Elan(s)...

Yes ...very true ...and that would be a Type 26,36 & 45 .....but be careful here because you will upset the Type 50 owners who misguidedly think they have the "mother ship"

Just to get back at you I'm going to butcher a type 36, chop it's roof off, fit a 2:0 Duratec, call it an Elan Super Sprint and paint it Pistachio over White, come and see the finished article at Donnington.

And my Type 50 is a Zetec 2:0 S190/5 with lots of trick bits, she's not the mothership, but definitely 'THE DADDY' :lol:

Castle Combe here we come, hope it rains so I can embarass the 2Elevens as well as the normal Elise's and Exiges's.

Post by: **Spyder fan** » Thu May 26, 2011 7:48 pm

archigator wrote:Lotus just canceled plans to develop the new Elan...

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011 ... ineup.html

Gary
'71 Sprint FHC
Miami, Florida

Gary,
I think they have missed the plot if they are cancelling the Elan, far better to phase out the current Evora (a silly name that hasn't grown on me) and re-launch an updated model badged as the Elan. The new Esprit will hopefully come to be a production car, but I wonder about the new Elite and whether they will cancel that as well, they seem to be aiming it at the Aston Martin / Maserati type market and I don't think there's room for them to be successful against that sort of competition.

Post by: **archigator** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:03 am

Alan, I agree with you totally.
Although I found the new ?lan form pleasing, I find it hard to relate to the new upscale direction Lotus is taking. I would guess that most others on this forum feel much the same.

Gary
'71 Sprint FHC
Miami, Florida

Post by: **elansprint71** » Sat May 28, 2011 8:25 am

archigator wrote:Alan, I agree with you totally.
.......... I find it hard to relate to the new upscale direction Lotus is taking. I would guess that most others on this forum feel much the same.

Gary
'71 Sprint FHC
Miami, Florida

As did I when the wedges: Elite, Esprit and the other one were announced back in 197?.

Post by: **rgh0** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:11 am

My S1 Esprit may have been upmarket in 1978 but today it weighs about the same as a hard core track day Exige.

cheers
Rohan

Post by: **elanski** » Sat May 28, 2011 4:12 pm

Just out of interest does anyone know why all Lotus car names have to start with the letter E?

Post by: **Coupe** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:32 am

Evora and Elan to get updates

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArtic ... rs/257460/

Ben

Post by: **Crusty** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:13 pm

elanski wrote:Just out of interest does anyone know why all Lotus car names have to start with the letter E?

EEEEs are good!!

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