The Truth About Cars » Lotus http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 ©Robert Farago edward.niedermeyer@gmail.com (Robert Farago) edward.niedermeyer@gmail.com(Robert Farago) Automotive 80320 car reviews,auto news,auto review,automotive news,auto reviews,used car reviews,auto industry news,automotive reviews The Truth About Cars The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Robert Farago Robert Farago edward.niedermeyer@gmail.com No no http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cropped-mirror.jpg The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com 144 144 Review: 2009 Lotus Elise http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/review-2009-lotus-elise/ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/review-2009-lotus-elise/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:28:42 +0000 Jack Baruth http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=318410

They say that “Less is more”, whoever they are. The Lotus Elise would seem to be a reasonable proof of that statement. Most of the Elises sold in the United Kingdom are 134-horsepower models powered by the same Toyota engine which, bolted to a base (in all senses of the word) Pontiac Vibe, permits America’s daytime strippers to make their late-morning commutes without mechanical incident. From what I’ve read, the base Elise is a stimulating, wonderfully balanced sporting car that permits man and machine to operate in perfect “B-road” harmony.]]> http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/review-2009-lotus-elise/feed/ 54 Lotus Elise S2 Review http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/lotus-elise-s2/ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/lotus-elise-s2/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0000 Robert Farago http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=335 Driving a go-kart is something of an acquired taste. You sit on a dinner tray, a few inches off the ground. You get a steering wheel, an engine, four tiny tyres, rudimentary suspension and… that's it. At speed, the forces of acceleration, de-acceleration and lateral G's are unfiltered, and vicious. Nannies have been jailed for shaking babies less violently. But if you love to drive, a go-kart unleashes a flood of adrenalin-crazed endorphins that makes it hurt so good. After haring around in a go-kart, driving a 'normal' car feels like, um, nothing.

I'm sorry, did I say go-kart? I meant to say 'Lotus Elise'. Read the above paragraph again, substituting the word 'Elise' for 'go-kart'. The differences between the two are both obvious and unimportant: size, doors, roof, gearbox and top end. The similarities are startling. Ride height low enough to scare a limbo dancer. A tiny engine with a narrow but brutally effective power band. Steering and suspension so direct you wonder where the machine ends and your nervous system begins. Put it all together, and you've got a road car that you can drive like a go-kart, using your entire body to aim the machine with zero-delay, laser-guided precision.

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