"Widget_Master" (Widget_Master)
06/16/2015 at 18:24 • Filed to: Lotus, Elan, Lotus Elan, 1991, FWD, Front wheel drive, w
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"Widget_Master" (Widget_Master)
06/16/2015 at 18:24 • Filed to: Lotus, Elan, Lotus Elan, 1991, FWD, Front wheel drive, w | 1
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It’s a 1991 Lotus Elan. I stopped to look at it, just out of curiosity. I looked it up, and found out that it is the only FWD car that Lotus has made. Doesn’t make a lot of horsepower, but also only weighs in the low 2000’s. Fair price?
TheOnelectronic
> Widget_Master
06/16/2015 at 18:33 |
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Didn’t Hammond drive one in one of the Top Gear challenges?
I mostly remember the windows didn’t seal and he got quite wet.
G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> Widget_Master
06/16/2015 at 18:36 |
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Nice price!
Leon711
> Widget_Master
06/16/2015 at 18:37 |
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I was gonna get one but didn’t quite have the funds, so I got a miata.
LongbowMkII
> Widget_Master
06/16/2015 at 18:37 |
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that’s about right
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> TheOnelectronic
06/16/2015 at 18:41 |
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I believe his was yellow. But yes. He did drive one. Believe it was season 15 episode 6
Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
> Widget_Master
06/16/2015 at 19:03 |
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Nice price. Also interesting:
Kia made these with the GM lotus tooling after they stopped their production.
Get it, and then badge it as a kia.
davedave1111
> Widget_Master
06/16/2015 at 19:04 |
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It’s a bit on the high side by UK prices, but generally those things are ridiculously undervalued. At the time it was widely considered the best-handling FWD car built so far, and I don’t think it’s really fallen behind greatly since. Apparently they’re also properly quick point-to-point despite not being particularly powerful - Lotus chose the FWD design in large part because it was faster than RWD.
904 GTS
> davedave1111
06/16/2015 at 23:38 |
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CORRECT - the VERY BEST FW driver, at that time, it was claimed. Good fun Summer car, no doubt.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Widget_Master
12/09/2015 at 22:11 |
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I can’t not see this Australian Japanese American.
Powered by Mazda, built by Ford Australia, imported and sold as a Mercury.
Like the Lotus it’s “wrong wheel drive”
