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Lotus Elise - The Inside Story

Best of British documentaries

 Wheeler Dealers
(working on an S2 Rover engine)

If you're not winning... you're not trying
(story on Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman)

Lotus Factory in Hethel, Norfolk 
(a National Geographic Megafactories documentary)

Lotus Factory-from Lotus Cars

Of course no car review is as good as Jeremy Clarkson's ramblings...


And, the first Lotus Elise S1 to be sold!



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