Parked next to a Lotus Elise today

[CtrlAltDefeat]

A coworker of mine own a Lotus Elise, and I could not help but take a few pics with my camera phone when I parked next to it :biggrin: It's so freaking small, you can't see it behind my Yaris in the first shot lol

[MadMax]

Hahahahaha! That's ironic, I took these pics back in September...

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/Yaris/YarisandLotus2.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/Yaris/YarisandLotus.jpg

It's also a car at work, although I don't know who owns it.

And the blue Mustang in the first pic is parked in my usual parking spot, which is marked 'compact car' :thumbdown:

Cheers! M2

[darthbauer]

Now i'm gonna have to go park next to the guy at my work with a Lotus. He only drives the thing when it really sunny though.

[eht13]

I'm not a fan of the Elise... seems like a case of "trying too hard". I preferred the simpler lines of other Lotuses like the Esprit.

[ezhacker1]

happened to me too, but i realized it when i was backing out that it was next to me. ...too lazy to re park and take pics tho.

[CtrlAltDefeat]

I'm not a fan of the Elise... seems like a case of "trying too hard". I preferred the simpler lines of other Lotuses like the Esprit.

nah the Esprit is too dated looking... the Elise looks mean to me, like its fun as hell to drive, being so small...

[yaris2010RS]

something i had heard..... the elise uses same or similar tranny to our yarii? is there any truth to this?

[TOUGEghost]

I don't have a picture of it, but there's a guy at work who owns both a Yaris and a Exige, which is pretty cool. The Exige seems like it's waist high. Even the regular Elise looks only as high as the mirrors on the Yaris.

[monchito18]

something i had heard..... the elise uses same or similar tranny to our yarii? is there any truth to this?

they have a toyota engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elise#Series_2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elise#Series_1)
Has 1ZZ or 2ZZ
2ZZ = Celica Engine, Matrix Xrs, Corolla Xrs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_ZZ_engine#2ZZ-GE

Applications:

* Toyota Celica SS-II (Japan, 187 hp/190 PS)
* Toyota Celica GT-S (USA, 180 hp)
* Toyota Celica 190/T-Sport (UK, 189 hp)
* Toyota Corolla Sportivo (Australia, 189 hp (141 kW)/180 Nm)
* Toyota Corolla TS (Europe, (189 hp/192 PS)
* Toyota Corolla Compressor (Europe, 222 hp/225 PS)
* Toyota Corolla XRS (USA, 164/170 hp)
* Toyota Corolla Fielder Z Aero Tourer (Japan, 187 hp/190 PS)
* Toyota Corolla Runx Z Aero Tourer (Japan, 187 hp/190 PS)
* Toyota Corolla RunX RSi (South Africa, 141kw/180nm)
* Toyota Matrix XRS (USA, 164-180 hp)[4]
* Pontiac Vibe GT (USA, 164-180 hp)
* Lotus Elise (North America/UK, 190 hp)[7]
* Lotus Exige (US/UK, 190 hp NA & 243 hp supercharged)[8][9]
* Lotus 2-Eleven (US/UK, supercharged, 252 hp)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_ZZ_engine#1ZZ-FE

Applications:

* Toyota Corolla CE/LE/S
* Chevrolet Prizm
* Pontiac Vibe
* Toyota Celica GT
* Toyota Matrix XR
* Toyota Avensis
* Toyota Opa
* Toyota Wish
* Lotus Elise[3]

[yaris2010RS]

thats wicked, thanks alot. who would have thought an elise uses a toyota engine? lol, but tranny wise?? lol

[vten]

the engine is actualy made by yamaha , but offcourse with a little more tweaks for the lotus.

[yaris2010RS]

really? so the 1ZZ-FE engine is a yamaha? how about the 1ZN-FE? (or w.e. engine the yarii uses)

[suckerface]

Man, I love the look of Lotus cars...so sexy!

[Goose]

I agree that the earlier Esprits (both non-turbo Giugiaro and Stevens designs) were "cleaner" looking than the Elise. Lots of gills 'n grills on the little Lotus.

Based on my experience, the Elise is very well built by Lotus standards. The Esprit? Not so much...