{"id":94788,"date":"2019-10-22T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T13:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=94788"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:57:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:57:33","slug":"an-honest-car-the-ballot-2lt-2lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/an-honest-car-the-ballot-2lt-2lts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballot 2LT &#038; 2LTS &#8211; An Honest Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h3>2-Liter Tourisme an honest car<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-758609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1174\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker-78x100.jpg 78w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker-770x984.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EB-anchor-darker-293x374.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\" \/><\/a>Without any doubt, the Ballot 2LS was a brilliant design, what with its cutting-edge technology and amazing performance. But it had one major shortcoming: its price!<\/p>\n<p>Ballot was well aware that the price of this technological tour de force would keep away most of the enthusiast car buyers, so he requested Ernest Henry to design a model with much less elaborate features, which, by being cheaper, could reach a relatively wider market.<\/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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