A detailed and up to date history of the Lotus Elise S1.
Taking you right the way from what inspired this excellent little car and the issues encountered when designing it, to it's excellent chassis and the numerous variations and special editions that were unveiled during its lifespan.
CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS
Air bags were never added to the Elise S1 during its production run.
Thumbnail Photos
Elise GT1
Mariegriffiths at the English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
Standard Elise
pyntofmyld (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Song Used
Light Awash by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100175
Artist: http://incompetech.com/