Technical Information about the Lotus Elise

• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001

• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996

2005

• Plastic components for the Elise
• Lotus introduces the Versatile Vehicle Architecture
  • Supercar architecture
  • Crossover architecture
• Automotive Engineering on the develoment of the Federal Elise

2004

• Automotive Design and Production, about bonding with aluminium
• Automotive Design and Production, explains Lotus' Versatile Vehicle Architecture
• Waiver for bumper and headlights on Federal Elise
  • original petition from LCU, August 25, 2003
  • Federal Register, October 24, 2003, providing information on waiver
  • RoadFly request that the waiver be granted
  • LCU errata sheet, making corrections on the original application
  • Federal Register, February 5, 2004, granting waiver

2003

2002

2001

2000

• American Machinist, 2000, has a Adobe Acrobat file on the use by Lotus of technology to proof CAD, to prototype, to production dimensions of the design.
• SAE 2000-01-0671, about the development by Toyota of the 2ZZ-GE engine, later to be used by Lotus. (SAE wants $1500 to host the pdf file, which is too expensive for the educational purposes of this web site. I suggest doing a search to find it on the web.)

1999

1998

• Design, Spring 1998, interview with Thomson and Rackham
• Concentra developed Integrated Car Engineer, and this was used to design the Elise

1997

through 1996

• Engeering with Aluminium, October 1995 talks about the technology and repair
• Assembly Automation details the aluminum extrusions and adhesives
• Automotive Industries describes the automotive technologies involved in the chassis

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