Us Federal Elise

[Mark H]

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Quality of the cabin inside looks good, hate the reflectors but that cant be helped due to US law. The exhaust also looks a bit weird where it is, prefered the S2's design.

 

Wonder how long til we see the Toyota engine in the S2's here.

[Kris H]

I agree with you Mark - I think the exhaust makes the back end look quite strange and missing something. I think that double exhausts on the rear of the S2, positioned quite wide apart, do make it look much better than this, more sports car like. The reflectors, well, , but the cabin quality does look a bit better. Not sure that I could be doing with most of these gadgets etc though, and I would imagine driving the car with servo-ed brakes would give far less feel. For any taller drivers I expect that you'd just not be able to see with those silly visor things. If I sit up properly the top of the screen is almost blocked on mine as it is. Electric windows just seem like another thing to go wrong, and I expect that you'd really have to have the sports pack to give it better handling. Good photos though. For all the extra weight, performance doesn't seem to have suffered, but I think something of the essence of the car is being lost with all the softening up... Normally I would think about trading mine in for a newer version after a couple of years but I don't think I'll bother in this case.

[JAMES]

So whats the new UK spec then? Do they look the same with the new style wheels, exhaust, reflectors, etc? Or is that just in America?

 

To be honest I really like the new Elise and in a way wish I had waited for a while to get one but I imagine it would be more expensive with all the extra things on.

[Mark H]

There is no new UK spec Elise yet its only in America but its only a matter of time.

 

Thats if you dont count the recent S2 refresh where they added some of the new components such as the sun visors, electric windows etc.

[malbon]

So is this rumoured S3 just a rumour then. I guess it must be. Why else launch the elise into a massive market place like america with yesteryears design.

 

Is it me or is the elise looking for M350 like all the time. I think by the time the S3 DOES come out the S1 will look like a completely different car or model altogether.