A Mk1 Lotus Elise… ish ► If you ...

Meet the Encor Series 1, a full-blown modernisation – not to mention complete improvement – over the original Lotus Esprit S1 V8, the model that starred as the aqua-car in The Spy Who Loved Me (easily

Fair to say I’ve always been a Lotus Elise fan. Lightweight, apparently simple yet deceptively, even archly intelligent in concept, it redefined Lotus for its era. It’s incredible to think that the El

Anew world order was emerging in the British sports-car industry by 1980. British Leyland had failed to replace many of its long-playing favourites, such as the Jaguar E-type, MGB and Triumph Stag, le

Something is not right. Racing cars are meant to be more difficult to drive than road cars; extra power and performance but less harnessed, so trickier to access and control than with the engineering

SUPERCARS ARE BORING. An unpopular opinion, but mid-engined layouts and aero require largely the same solutions, never used 200+mph capability casting the cars into similar profiles. They’re filled wi