I certainly agree with the Exige being the better representative of Colin Chapman's dream for Lotus. But I'm not sure I'd agree that he wouldn't build an Evora ....
He designed and built the Elan +2, a four-seat stretch of the Elan. And it wasn't just a blip on the screen: Lotus produced about 5,000 of these from 1967 through 1974. They were marketed as "the family man's sports car." Chapman himself drove one which was painted gold with a silver roof. It was sold at auction about two years ago.
It's not really history to me ..... more like recollections from my teenage years ....
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