Lotus Elans
Jul 27, 2022
3 minutes
LOTUS ELAN (1962-1971)
he Elan began life as a simpler companion car to the Lotus Elite, without suffering the same austerity as the Seven. It used the new Twin Cam engine that Lotus had developed around the block of the Ford Classic, reasoning this would be cheaper than the exotic Coventry Climax in the Elite, and it introduced to Lotus buyers the idea of a steel backbone chassis beneath a GRP tub. This would go on to serve the company well
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