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Kinja'd!!! by "facw" (facw)
Published 11/16/2017 at 22:27

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Playing EL_ULY’s game I found this, but didn’t recognize it. Surely Oppo does though, so please enlighten me?

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Kinja'd!!! "average user" (avgusr)
11/16/2017 at 22:31, STARS: 1

I think it’s a lotus something.

Edit: it’s probably a Lotus Eclat.

Kinja'd!!! "Orange Exige" (OrangeExige)
11/16/2017 at 22:55, STARS: 0

Starting at the front quarter, 80s Lotus Esprit easily came to mind but quickly disappeared getting towards the back. Glad to see I’m not completely crazy

Kinja'd!!! "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/16/2017 at 23:00, STARS: 2

It’s a Lotus. An Excel to be exact.

Kinja'd!!! "SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/16/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 0

Possibly Eclat instead because of plastic fantastic bodykit (body-coloured front bumper end too).

Kinja'd!!! "Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru" (matt-powershiftmedia)
11/16/2017 at 23:37, STARS: 1

I believe it’s an Excel and not an Eclat. Either way, awesome sighting!

Kinja'd!!! "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/17/2017 at 00:05, STARS: 0

That bodywork is just how the Excel SE came from the factory - same wheels and everything. Here’s some pics for reference:

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Kinja'd!!! "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/17/2017 at 00:09, STARS: 1

It is a pretty awesome find. If I’m not mistaken these actually sold in pretty decent numbers in the UK, though they are the kind of thing you would just see out and about all that often.

Kinja'd!!! "Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru" (matt-powershiftmedia)
11/17/2017 at 00:14, STARS: 1

They’re fairly uncommon as far as I know. One can only assume Lotus reliability doomed many of these. I’d love to own one. Why wouldn’t I haha

Kinja'd!!! "SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/17/2017 at 02:40, STARS: 0

Whoops - turned out I meant to make a comment to the other reply in this post, my apologies.

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
11/17/2017 at 06:03, STARS: 2

Hyundai i20

Kinja'd!!! "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/17/2017 at 08:39, STARS: 0

No worries no need to appologize - I understand the comment better now. Anyway, hope the pictures were interesting. What a fascinating oddball of a car.