Weight, as any race-car engineer will attest, is the enemy of performance. It affects acceleration, braking, cornering grip, and basically any other measurable aspect of a vehicle’s dynamic capability ...

The last Lotus Elise sports car to be sold has been delivered to its new owner, Elisa Artioli. Yes, that Elisa. The one whose name is on the car. The lightweight roadster, which debuted at the 1995 ...

The Elise is dead. Lotus stopped building the roadster at the end of 2021, capping off a 25-year run that helped keep the British automaker alive into the 21st century. It's sad news for car ...

Sports cars aren't supposed to be green. They're supposed to snort petrol, belch fire and cause innocent passers by to develop nasty chest infections. So when Lotus rolled up to the British ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

The Lotus Elise is basically a new car in my mind. I remember when it was introduced like it was yesterday. So why are these modern sports cars already being subjected to the indignity of a "restomod" ...

Lotus may delay its Type 135 electric sports car, the much-awaited Elise and Emira successor, due to concerns that current battery technology would make it too heavy. According to the brand, the model ...

The much-lauded Lotus Elise was discontinued in 2021 along with the Lotus Exige and Evora, bringing an end to an eventful journey that began in 1996 with the introduction of Lotus' Elise Series 1. The ...

Sports cars are wonderful creations, and some of the very best hail from Britain. Not so much any more, though, as Japan seems to have taken on the task of keeping lightweight, nimble sports cars in ...

The nimble mid-engine two-seater featured a revolutionary lightweight design that made the Miata seem like a porker. Weight, as any race-car engineer will attest, is the enemy of performance. It ...