For sale in California right now is a sweet green 2005 Lotus
Elise. The example shown here is a beauty – sleek yet aggressive.
Now here’s the thing.
This Elise in Cali is being offered at just under $25k. No
offense to the dealer, but we think the successful haggler could whittle the
selling price down to the $20,000 range, all day long.
The Elise was offered in Europe for years before coming to
America, much to the dismay of American fans of the marque. The Elise, which finally
made it to the USA in 2004, sources its engine from Toyota, in the form of
a 1.8-liter four-cylinder, 16-valve motor. The Toyota-made power center is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox.
