Lotus Car Club of Sweden

V6 petrol
4 litre
7 speed dct gearbox
450hp. !
7800 rpm max
0-60 3.5secs
Top speed 310kmh
Co2 199!
Weight 1295kgs
Seats 2 +2-option

Lotus Elan: The Vision
The End of Compromise
As the old saying goes, you can’t have your cake and eat it. In the past we
were educated to believe we can’t have it all. But that was the past.
Today’s driver demands more and the Elan delivers.
The Elan is the beating heart of the new Lotus line-up. It’s a high
performance sports car, that much is clear, it’s a Lotus after all, but thanks
to some clever innovations the Elan also has everyday usability too.
With a 2+2 variant, the Elan should be the only car you need.
Set for release during the second half of 2013, the Elan features a 4.0 litre
V6 pressure charged engine capable of delivering up to 450 PS and taking
into consideration its relative light weight of 1,295kg, the Elan’s
performance edges on supercar.
From a styling perspective, the Elan is built like an athlete with a muscular
physique and perfect poise. It’s a thoroughbred, rigid with tension,
ambitious and addictive, nothing but best in class will suffice for this car.
It’s not enough to simply provide performance and exceptional looks,
innovation is also integral to the Elan’s appeal. In keeping with the rest of
the new Lotus range, the Elan features optional hybrid technology with
KERS.
Dany Bahar, Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus, said: “If there was
ever a car to make you drive the long way home, it’s the Elan. Perfect for
both road and track, the Elan not only ticks all the boxes, it creates new
ones too.”
“The Elan will convert people to Lotus, I would challenge people not to
become addicted to driving it. It will also go a long way towards dispelling
the old misconceptions about this class, that in order to have high
performance you must sacrifice usability – those days are gone.”
“Once you drive an Elan you won’t look back, it will give you things you
didn’t even realise you were missing – that’s the essence of Lotus and the
Elan perfectly captures that spirit.”
One car, zero compromise.

Elan Specification*
Layout: 2 seater (optional 2+2), mid-engined, rear wheel drive
Engine: Petrol, hybrid optional
Hybrid technology: Optional KERS
Cylinder: V6
Capacity: 4.0 litre
Power/Torque: 450 PS / 465 Nm
Rev limit: 7,800 rpm
0-100 km/h: 3.5 seconds
Top speed: 310 km/h
CO? approx (CO?/km): 199 g/km**
Weight: 1,295 kg
Seats: 2
Transmission: 7 Speed DCT
Drive: RWD
Start of production: Summer 2013
Enters the market: Autumn 2013
Price indication: Circa £75,000
*Please refer to the ‘Further Information’ section in the Media Kit for
information relating to this specification
**Using optional hybrid

SELOC wrote:Browsing through the latest edition of CAR magazine, there's a piece about Lotus and its turnaround plan. Apparently, some high-placed source inside the company has told CAR that the new Elan is on hold and may be shelved because having it and the Esprit in the lineup will cannibalise sales.