The Lotus Elise is a truly groundbreaking and innovative product that embodies all of the principles that company founder Colin Chapman held so dear, light weight, high performance and good handling added to stylish modern looks. With its revolutionary bonded aluminium chassis and its glass reinforced plastic bodywork, it has pioneered some highly interesting new technologies and looks set to become a classic in it own lifetime. AUTHOR: John Tipler is a freelance motoring writer and historian who contributes to numerous motoring magazines and has written many books on the subject. His extensive backgound in the motor industry includes spells in the John Player Motorsport Press Office, and at the Motor Industry Research Unit. His interest spreads across many makes and models, but he is inevitably drawn towards sporting cars, classics, and motorbikes. 150 b/w photos
