{"id":497684,"date":"2018-07-16T14:55:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T21:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=62001"},"modified":"2024-04-02T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:24:30","slug":"1991-lotus-elan-m100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1991-lotus-elan-m100\/","title":{"rendered":"1991 Lotus Elan M100"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long ago when racecars used tires with tread, I owned a couple Lotus cars. While stationed in Germany, I bought a 1968 Lotus Europa and picked it up at the factory. After returning from Vietnam, I bought a 1956 Lotus 11 LM that I raced in the early \u201970s. Then I got into Alfas. But the Lotus lust never left me.<\/p>\n

While planning my car adventures for 2017, I made a list of cars I\u2019d like to cover for this magazine. The list included the Lotus Elan +2, which I consider to be one of the prettiest Lotus cars ever. I was able to find two, gathered information and photos for an article, then attended the Lotus Owners Gathering in Birmingham, Alabama (Click here to view).<\/a> After that, I was on the hunt for another Lotus.<\/p>\n

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One of the models I saw in Birmingham that interested me was the later Elan, the M100. Odd for a Lotus, since it was front-wheel-drive, but owners seemed enthused about their cars. When I saw one for sale in Atlanta, not too far from me, I started doing my homework. Schedules interfered with my seeing that car, so while sorting that out, I called a friend, Mike Glore, who has a number of Lotus cars, including an M100. I wanted to ask Glore about his impression of the car. He bought the car new and gave me a rundown on it. Then he hesitated before telling me that he was considering reducing his collection, and the M100 might be for sale. By the end of our conversation, I had arranged to see the car a couple weeks later, and it came home with me.<\/p>\n

The M100 is possibly the most developed Lotus street car ever. The development was so involved, Mark Hughes wrote a book, \u201cLotus Elan,\u201d about it. It took nearly 10 years from the decision to return Lotus to its roots, until the M100 was produced.<\/p>\n