LOS ANGELES--Lotus ... Elise requires considerable engine revving for reasonable acceleration, the supercharger's broader torque curve makes it far easier to pilot with a light right foot. We ...

It's a fair price for the nearest thing to a modern race car you can drive on the ... We drove a prototype U.S. Elise on the test track and on country roads around the Lotus factory in Norfolk ...

There's a lot of aluminum in the Lotus Elise ... engaged level with the throttle throughout our test. Around town you don't drive the Elise, you parade around with the subtlety of Anna Nicole ...

In that case, you should be aware that Lotus has followed the ... hand-drive version around the test track in Hethel, UK before taking a right-hand-drive Elise for a spin around a variety of ...

On paper, it looks like this test ... drive to the hole; nothing should be able to move the way it does. It is, in short, breathtaking. The car we are referring to, of course, is the Lotus Elise.

Tech Tidbit: The bonded-aluminum chassis found in the Lotus Elise is a rigid ... the Evora S is comfortable enough to drive every day. Indeed, the Evora S's copious leather surfaces and ...

This car was the first car to be completed on Lotus’ new assembly line, and the second Elise ever built. Artioli’s visit also consisted of some complementary laps of the Hethel test track in ...

Drawing comparisons with that car is perhaps unfair, but if you worry about Lotus fitting a cupholder as a leap too far, then you should drive a Europa. Reassuringly, this Elise SC has been kept ...

Named after Artioli’s granddaughter, the Lotus Elise was the road-going ... which made its debut as a front-wheel-drive ...

A 1.8-litre, 218hp Exige S was a rampaging delight on the 's test drive in 2007, for example, but today's model is in a different league. Lotus has improved the steering, brakes, suspension and ...

And to be honest, this has kind of always been the case for Lotus cars, from the absolutely-tiny Elise and Exige to the Evora GT we test drove a few years back. But let’s focus on this.

We've been anxiously awaiting our first test of the 2005 Lotus Elise ... been so happy to report (now and in "First Drive," July) that the Elise has arrived, unmolested, and that every word ...