Press Information about the Lotus Elise
2005
- Noise cancellation developed by Lotus
- The Lotus Sport Exige 240 is announced
- Clive Dopson appointed managing director
- Colin Price appointed Marketing and Communications Manager at LCU
- Lotus Sport Exige introduction, in original pdf format
2004
- Lotus produces the 20,000 Elise
- Kim Ogaard-Nielsen, is Chief Executive Officer, Lotus.
- First Federal Elise is delivered to Chris Smith
- John English letter to dealers about first delivery
- Exige Series 2 announcement and specification
- John English appointed CEO of Lotus Cars USA
- EV Offshore Group wins national award for Lotus Cars Promotion
- Brochure for Elise 111R, interesting mix of tidbits, eclectic mix of goods
- Introduction of the Exige based on 111R
- Exige Technical Specifications
- Mitsubishi to sell stake in Proton
- Introduction of the Elise 111R
(The Lotus formatting for the web is terrible and I did not take the time to fix it.)- (Non Technical) includes press photographs
- UK
- Europe
- Japanese
- Price Realignment
- UK specifications
- Europe specifications
- Australia specifications
- Japanese specifications
- CEO Hale announcement
- debut of the Federal Elise at the Los Angeles Auto Show, 12/03
- Debut of 2005 Elise
- Elise pricing
- Pure Sports Car (brand development)
- Group Lotus (company information)
- Executive biographies
- Elise debut in Mexico
2003
- My trip to the introduction of the Federal Elise
- Federal Elise engine selection
- Series 2 Exige
2002
- Lotus Life, June/July 2002, Introduction of 111 Series 2
- Lotus Life, June/July 2002, Introduction of 111S Series 2
- Lotus Life, June/July 2002, Interview with Crijins, designer of the Series 2
2001
- Battle for control of Lotus, September 2001
- Playle replaces Knight as Lotus CEO, March 2001
- Convert your Elise to a 190.
- Lotus converts an Elise to natural gas power.
2000
1999
1998
1997
- Lotus Sport Elise, October 14, 1997, the race version is announced
- Elise Press Release, October 1997, describes the Elise yet one more time
- Elise Hardtop announced, October 14, 1997
- Elise Honors, published October 1997
through 1996
- Proton-Lotus variant to be produced, The Star, November 24, 1996
- Concentra exhibits the Elise in Detroit, November 1996
- Proton buys Lotus, Reuter, October 1996
- First anniversary of the Elise, September 16, 1996
- Patrick Peal on Elise Brakes, Lotus list on the Internet, September 13, 1996
- The Lotus Elise nears production 5 March 1996 tells of the July 1996 start of production
- The Elise competition debut , by Tony Shute (was the car run?), April 12, 1996
- Patrick Peal on Elise US Crash and Engine, Lotus list on the Internet, January 26, 1996
- Patrick Peal on Driving the Elise, Lotus list on the Internet, April 16, 1996
- Electric Elise is prepared, showing benefits of light weight and electric power
- Electric Super Car Uses Closed-loop Cooling
- Original press release, announcing the creation of the new Elise
- New ownership of Lotus, October 31, 1996
- Engineering Honors garnered by the Elise design, October 22, 1996
- The Elise at London Motor Show, September 1995
- The Elise at Frankfurt Motor Show 12 September 1995