{"id":492563,"date":"2012-09-01T03:02:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T10:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=25487"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:42:20","slug":"50-years-of-elan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/50-years-of-elan\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years of Elan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Lotus Elan was launched in October 1962 at the British Motorshow, making next month the car\u2019s 50th anniversary. The early \u201960s marked a renaissance for sports cars\u2014Jaguar launched the E-Type, AC had the Cobra and Ferrari the GTO. Big, expensive, powerful muscles cars. The Elan was very different, and typically Lotus &#8211; ultra modern, lightweight, rapid and huge fun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-710486 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1-770x537.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ROADn2-201209-p1-293x204.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>The Elan was Lotus\u2019 biggest commercial success to that point, reviving a company stretched thin by the more exotic but in turn more costly to produce Elite. Four different series were produced up until 1973, including a coupe version. Seventeen thousand original examples, including the Elan +2, were produced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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