LOTUS LANDMARKS

LOTUS ELITE TYPE 14 (1957-1963)

he Elite was what you could call the first proper Lotus road car, its predecessors all being either racing cars or the kits that would become famous as the later Seven. Its initial release was, unsurprisingly, a little shaky, but as a first Lotus of sorts and built in relatively low numbers it quickly gained classic status. This was well established by the 1980s and, along with the rest