It makes little sense to discuss the legacy of the Lotus Elan, but given this wasn’t necessarily the most popular car in the United States, few people actually know that a +2 model was also released.

Designed by Colin Chapman, the Lotus Mark I from 1948 paved the way for the open-top Seven that embodies the British automaker’s philosophy. Stupidly fun in the twisties though it may be, the ...

Compact, light and deceptively simple, the 1962 Lotus Elan arrived as a small British roadster that could humble far more ...

There is something very cool about a car previously owned by the man who created it. There’s the famous name in the history file, of course, and as you roll your wrists to make a turn you do it ...

The back catalogue of the automotive industry is filled with examples of cross-pollination. These products of tie-ins and ...

In the bright little lunchroom of Lotus USA's headquarters near Atlanta, R&T photographer Bill Warner and I sipped coffee, trying to condense our opinions of the U.S.-specification Elan. We had just ...