As far as I know this car is NOT street-legal. I have a friend who has a real 190S and he says that this company has cars with street legal motors but that crash tests were never completed.

I also understand that their are many "issues" with this setup. The ITR motor is much heavier than the 190S Rover motor and weight issues are evident.

My $.02

 

That's a pic of the old model. The new one is MUCH sweeeeeter.

http://www.lotuscars.co.uk/template.cfm?na...odels_elise2000

 

Yup, pretty nice!! Man would it be nice to have something like that Sport 160 over here!!!

-S2-

 

Speedvision's 6:00 p.m. (central) Sunday program "Motorvision" had a piece on the Elise that ran after the S2K/Boxster S comparo. Boy, talk about your minimalist sportscar.

 

Do you ppl rekon an S2000 engine would fit in an Elise?
Seriously?

 

The Tranny wouldn't fit.

 

Some sad news from Lotus

FYI :

According to the May 14th issue of Autoweek

"Lotus is canceling plans to build the 2002 M250 mid-engined sports car planned for production this year. Lotus dealers have been informed that potential buyers -- many in the States -- should be refunded their deposits on the $55,000 car.

The M250, which received rave reviews when it bowed at the Frankfurt motor show in 1999, featured aluminum composite construction, a 250-hp, Lotus-built 2.0-liter V6 engine and scissor doors."

 

Why was production cancelled?

 

There was no mention as to why it was cancelled. Lotus probably wants to concentrate on the new Elise for the moment.

 

If the Elise 190 was available street-legal I might not have purchased my S2K. I have that much lust for that machine...