Not all Elan ‘M100’s were turbocharged, but the majority were, and the unusual choice of front-wheel drive was - as you might expect from Lotus - selected for sound performance reasons ...

I n the early 1960s, Lotus debuted the Elan, an extremely lightweight, exceptionally small sports car. With its backbone ...

as it's just commissioned a recreation Lotus 26R Elan Le Mans coupe. The cars will be built to the same specification as the ones initially designed to sit on the Le Mans grid in 1964.