In actuality, Lotus sold all the rights for this car to Kia. It’s essentially the exact same car and was sold as the Kia Elan. Wikipedia is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elan Doesn’t really matter, a front wheel drive Lotus, designed by GM is a fail in my book.
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In actuality, Lotus sold all the rights for this car to Kia. It’s essentially the exact same car and was sold as the Kia Elan.
Wikipedia is your friend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elan
Doesn’t really matter, a front wheel drive Lotus, designed by GM is a fail in my book.