The new 2+2 seater Lotus Elan is positioned somewhere in between the Lotus Elise and the Esprit, and it has its engine positioned in the mid-engine position, with rear wheel drive. Lotus says the Elan will be powered by a 4.0 litre V6 making 450 PS and 465Nm of torque, which can take the Elan up to 100km/h in 3.5 seconds.
This V6 engine could also be sourced from Toyota as the Japanese company has the 1GR-FE installed mainly in its trucks and SUVs. Toyota themselves have force inducted the engine – their TRD division offers a TRD supercharger kit for the engine used in the Toyota Tacoma and Toyota FJ Cruiser trucks.
The Elan will hit the market much earlier than the other larger and more expensive cars we’ve seen here – it will also be released before the next generation Elise. Lotus is targeting a summer 2013 start of production, with cars hitting the showrooms in autumn 2013, just 3 years from now.
“If there was ever a car to make you drive the long way home, it’s the Elan. Perfect for both road and track, the Elan not only ticks all the boxes, it creates new ones too. The Elan will convert people to Lotus, I would challenge people not to become addicted to driving it. It will also go a long way towards dispelling the old misconceptions about this class, that in order to have high performance you must sacrifice usability – those days are gone,” said Lotus CEO Dany Bahar. The black cabin showcased on the Paris 2010 concept car certainly looks nice – I think it’s the best of all the Lotus concepts. The Elan looks like a 911 competitor?
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Elan Concept is a good looking car..
But I’m not sure about production car..
Perhaps even better good looking… :)
I wonder what’ll happened to Evora? Isn’t it in the same category?
And to think the previous Elan (from the 90’s) had a 1.6L Isuzu engine….
this car can really fit in 4 person???
Yes, it can… but the passenger need to fold and bend themselves in order to fit in… You can watch how they did it in Evora..
The Elan just ticks all the right boxes for me….
Price box also ticked? Better booked 1 then…
Lotus quite up to date with the world that now is favorite 4 seater sport car like Porsche panamera… even lotus lack 2 door behind
the front shape remind me to the ferrari enzo ..interesting!
i’m curious abut theside mirror…. are those cameras and there will be screen in the car showing it….?
No droptop for the Elan? A bit of an important omission, no?
That 450hp and less 4sec 0-60, it a supercar figure for Elan…!!!
Paul, is that Mickey Rouke with DSZ???
Come on,me!!I have to get rich before 2013!!I need an Elan!!
Seriously,this baby is too hot,man!!!
me too!!
and me too!
yaehhhh~
lets get richer!
ohh, it’s love at first sighting. just one look and i’m crazy for this superbaby! estimated price figure anyone?
it makes me think the lambo gallardo lp-550
hmm..Me four!
I went to the motorshow yesterday. But Lotus exhibitors got a broom stuck up their asses. Why didn’t they allow visitors to go into the show area and molesting the cars like all the other booths (ferrari and maserrati has always got a broom stuck up their ass, so the fact they didn’t allow people to molest the cars didn’t surprise me). Do they think that they’re in the same league as Ferrari? Fcuk them la.
Because those cars are expensive to build. If you damaged it after your molestation would you pay for it?
So all the other cars are cheap to build? I didn’t see anyone damaging the other cars that is openly displayed to the public. Plus you must some kind of idiot to be able to damage a car by going into it and really interact with it.
*drools~!*
love the interior. hope they keep it that way when it comes to production. (dont mind if they actually it better!)
gotta start looking for ways to earn more money now! 2013 is jst around the corner. xD