Used Car of the Day: 2011 Lotus Evora S

Hey, wanna buy a Lotus?

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Lotus is Definitely*, Absolutely*, Positively* Bringing Elise to US*

*Unless it isn’t.

According to Lotus CEO Jean-Marc Gales, the next-generation lightweight Lotus two-seater sports car has a future in the United States around 2020 — that is, if Lotus is still around then.

The chief executive spoke to Automotive News and said the Elise could be adapted to the U.S. market’s famously fussy safety regulations, which eventually killed the current-generation Elise in 2011 in the States.

This isn’t the first time Lotus has teased us. Remember the Esprit (pictured above) that was definitely going to be a thing? Yeah, um, I guess that one is still in the mail, huh?

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Gales: Lotus Will Show Profit By End Of FY 2016

After going broke for so long, Lotus Cars CEO Jean-Marc Gales says his company will be back in the black by March 2017, when FY 2016 ends.

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What's Wrong With This Picture: Evora-lution Edition
The Lotus Elise has been refreshed for 2011 to bring it more in line with its new flagship sibling, the Evora. In the process, the Evora’s ability to…
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  • Analoggrotto Another brilliant decision from a company known for making brilliant decisions. In 5 years or less we will be reading about how they plan to fully refurbish the building (thanks tax payers) and move right back in. Hyundai should buy this building and use it as a Nexus of Affluence.
  • SCE to AUX Hmm, must be part of Detroit's ongoing renewal.
  • SCE to AUX Polls about electric cars are worthless, but the media loves them."35 percent saying they might consider one"... Ridiculously untrue, unless that fraction meant 'might' = 50% and 'consider' = 20%, so you get a more realistic 10%.Likewise, the variance in unreliable polls only makes things worse, so comparing this year's bad poll to last year's bad poll is just dumb.
  • Ras815 "Showroom quality"? Which showroom would that be - a rural small-town used car lot?
  • TheMrFreeze Whenever I see "Junior" used like this, in my mind I hear Sean Connery calling Harrison Ford "Junior" in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"