Very slick. An acquaintance has a Lotus Elise that he has generously offered me the keys to a couple of times. I just can’t fit in the damned thing
Lol...
If you look at the Ferrari 308GBT (above) I had the same problem.
They also make a beautiful aerodynamic car to spoil it with that gear stick.
It has Fiat 'written all over it'
Did have a Lotus Europa but instead of the Ford twin cam engine it had the Renault 16 engine. Still pretty fast
Lotus are a disgrace as they use everyone else's parts into their own.
If I am correct, they use the Rover 2000 rear lights upside down (or was that the Nova?)
On the Europa it had parts of the Hillman Imp!.
Trouble with the Brit cars, was that they still used the slow low compression engines without hardly any difference in design based on years previous.
One of the best cars I had was the Triumph Stag. Very similar to the American Ford Mustang.
The Daimler in black (above) used to return 11 mpg.
6.4 litres V12 with six SU2 carburettors.
At the time back in around 1984 (I think) the complete exhaust system would cost £300 Probably around £2500 in today's money?
It used to be fun. If I got pulled up by the police for a none endorseable motoring offences they never bothered fining me because if I could afford Margaret Thatcher's car to drive...money would not have bothered me.
The acceleration was awesome. I could beat a Honda 250 motorcycle at traffic lights.
In sold the radio for more than I could sell the car. It started corroding and with a limousine if folks could afford to run one, they may as well buy a new one.
The fastest car I had ever driven was the MR2 above. Some drivers would try and race you at the lights without you knowing about it. They would underestimate the car's acceleration and drive into the back of you. I never lost my no claim's discount but when I had the car repaired..half of it was orange under Sodium lighting.
I got fed up with fast cars because of the idiots on the road.
Did actually try to find a similarly fast car, but the agents said that nothing could beat it. Perhaps a Porsche with a price tag around £35,000? When that turbo 'kicked in' it was like a Nitrous Oxide boost. Being pinned to the seat with a whoosh of air.