Advertising:

If CarFax is what you use to buy a car There is no reason to read further.
2005 Elise for sale with a checkered distant past. This was a FLorida Lemon buy back in 2005. I bought the car in 2007 from the second private owner. At that time there was no listing on Car Fax about it being a FLorida Lemon law buy back. That information was added long after I bought it. It has two accidents listed on CarFax. It was stolen for a day and driven into a small tree requiring repair of the front clam. The second owner was hit from behind at a stop light and pushed into the car in front causing both front and rear clamshells to be replaced. That owner sent me pictures of the damage before I bought the car and it was fiberglass damage only. After I bought it I had it examined by a Lotus dealer and there was NO subframe damage OR repair evident. Everything was in alignment and within specifications.

I have owned and driven this car since 2007 and have driven it many trouble free miles.

I have installed a Sector 111 Brake Noir kit with braided lines about 1000 miles ago.. I have tracked this car 3 times since I have owned it, using slicks mounted on a spare set of wheels. I'm too old to race any more buy I enjoy going on a track once in a while.

It is not a garage queen and has many rock chips around in side scoops and parking lot entry damage under the nose. ( It lacks the Lamborghini feature of suspension raising to enter parking lots.). I spare no expense on the mechanical upkeep of my cars and this one is no excpetion. It has had its fluids changed regularly including Bake fluid ( Motul Racing fluid), Oil ( Castrol Syntec) , Coolant ( Dexcool) and Castrol Gearbox lube change at 30K miles. Tires are Goodyear GS-D3's with at least a year left on them. The heater motor control upgrade was done as was the factory recall for the Oil cooler line and ECU reflash.

If the price goes high enough I will include a hardtop with a British flag decal covering it at no additional cost. I will decide if it sells at a price adequate to include the top,

I have owned this car for the vast majority of it's existence and have enjoyed it like no other car I have owned including the Caterham it replaced.

I WILL NOT accept bids form outside the US.... And yes NIGERIA and the RUSSIAN FEDERATION are outside the US.

There is NO warranty, expressed or implied.

Auto Services in Missouri

West County Auto Body Repair ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, Automobile Parts & Supplies

Address: 1650 N Lindbergh Blvd, Maryland-Heights

Phone: (314) 993-4466

Villars Automotive Center ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Brake Repair, Towing

Address: 613 N Walnut Ave, Billings

Phone: (417) 732-1545

Tuff Toy Sales ★★★★★

Used Car Dealers, Wholesale Used Car Dealers

Address: 14316 Highway 14 W, Powersite

Phone: (417) 889-2886

T & K Automotive ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Used Car Dealers

Address: 28867 Old Hwy 65, Warsaw

Phone: (660) 438-3509

Stock`s Underhood Specialist ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, Automobile Parts & Supplies

Address: 321 Centreville Ave, Saint-Louis

Phone: (618) 233-6119

Schorr`s Transmission, Auto & Truck Service ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Air Conditioning Equipment-Service & Repair, Automobile Air Conditioning Equipment

Address: 1901 South M-291 Hwy, Independence

Phone: (816) 974-4261

Auto blog

Lotus reveals new LMP1 at Le Mans

Fri, 13 Jun 2014

Lotus is at Le Mans this week where it has unveiled its new LMP1. Only it's not racing at Le Mans. And it's not really a Lotus, either.
The prototype belongs to an independent German team that ran a Lotus chassis in the LMP2 category last year, but was granted license by the FIA and ACO to step up to the top-tier LMP1 category to dice it with the front-running hybrids from Audi, Porsche and Toyota this year. Unfortunately, the team - which licenses the Lotus name from the automaker, much as the F1 team does - faced some setbacks. Not the least of those delays resulted from a mid-stream switch in engine suppliers from the Audi-sourced, naturally aspirated V8 it was originally set to use to a new turbocharged V6 from Advanced Engine Research.
As a result it wasn't ready for the Silverstone race that kicked off this season's World Endurance Championship in April. Nor was it ready for the second round at Spa in May or not for the headline event this weekend at Le Mans, but it aims to be on the track at the next round in Austin.

Lotus sells loads more cars, earns way more money

Fri, Aug 11 2017

Sports-car company Lotus has reason to be excited. It released some facts on its sales and financial performance for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal year, and it has seen some impressive improvements. According to the company, it sold nearly 60 percent more cars in mainland Europe compared with the 2015/2016 fiscal year, and it sold six times as many cars in the U.S. compared with that year. This helped it go from a loss of GBP16.3 million for the previous year in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to a GBP2 million profit EBITDA. The fact that those numbers are given before all those extra expenses is noteworthy, though, as it means the company isn't truly profitable yet, despite major gains. The company did report numbers that only excluded tax, and those show the company still lost money. But the good news is that it lost much, much less money than the year before. Before taxes for the 2015/2016 fiscal year, the company lost GBP41.2 million, and this year, it only lost GBP11.2 million. The company expects it will be profitable before tax in the coming year. So Lotus isn't perfectly healthy yet, but this, combined with Geely's recent acquisition, shows it's well on its way to becoming fit as a fiddle. We like the cars Lotus makes, so we hope that things keep getting better, and that we'll maybe get more Lotus models in the future, beyond just the Evora road car and 3-Eleven track car. Related Video: Featured Gallery 2017 Lotus Evora 400: First Drive View 29 Photos Image Credit: Lotus Earnings/Financials Lotus Coupe Lightweight Vehicles Performance

Lotus Esprit all but ready to go, but held back by management issues

Mon, 26 Nov 2012

Brief and disappointing is this report from Autocar on the status of the Lotus Esprit: it is finally ready and sitting at the light, but the light might not go green for a long time. The good news is that from being a concept two years ago at the Paris Motor Show, the aluminum and carbon fiber revival coupe is "purportedly almost finished." It is powered by a twin-turbo, 5.0-liter V8 with something like 650 horsepower, boosted by a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) and shifting through a seven-speed paddleshift transmission. Even with all that, the UK price is said to be around that of a Porsche 911 4S Cabriolet, and the car only needs "signing off and minor tweaking."
The bad news is that former company owner Proton couldn't stay independent long enough to see through the company's ambitious five-concept-car assault - led by then-CEO Dany Bahar who was hired explicitly to lead such a campaign - and was swallowed up by Malaysian auto supplier DRB-Hicom. For a brief spell Lotus had to shut down production for lack of funds. Then the new owner cleaned house, sweeping out Bahar and, according to the Financial Times just one month ago, the Esprit and every other concept with it. Just after the FT piece came out, Lotus denied the Esprit had been canceled. Still, according to Autocar, the management whirlpool is keeping the Esprit "far from becoming a production reality."
If we're honest with ourselves, we'll keep in mind that the Esprit has been slipping into and out of a terminal ether for what seems like decades. None of us knows what is going on inside Hethel HQ, but the fact that there really is a lightweight, twin-turbo, 650-hp Lotus Esprit finally ready to be produced has to be, in spite of all else, very good news.

2005 Lotus Elise Base Convertible 2-door 1.8l on 2040-cars

Lotus Elise for Sale