Lotus never managed to bring the original Series ... Specifically, it's a 1999 Elise 111S in left-hand drive and looking quite handsome with silver over black five-spoke Rota wheels.

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‘Both the Lotus and Vauxhall steer with light precision ... I whittled my shortlist down to the Elise S2 111S and, in 2007, won an eBay auction for a 2004 Type 25 with 27,000 miles.

I slow down and turn the Lotus’s tiny but beautifully formed ... Ashraf drove it back to back with Ashraf’s more standard Elise 111S. This is my first time, and settling into its Tillett ...