Introduced in 1962 as a replacement for the Elite, the Elan was the first Lotus road car to use a steel backbone chassis with a fiberglass body. Yet another embodiment of Colin Chapman's ...

Chapman also breaks with past Lotus practice in the Elan suspension, and relies on Ford for the complete engine and drive train. Backbone frames have almost disappeared since unit-construction ...

Though the Lotus Elan was introduced at the London Motor Show in 1962 and has made several competition appearances in England and on the Continent, it has remained a stranger to these shores until ...

This 1971 Lotus Elan S4 sold online through Bonhams for £31,707 (approximately $42,000) in February. Bonhams Apart from being functional art, what makes the Elan interesting is its novel ...

This week, the Lotus Elan turned 60 years old. There wasn't a ton of fanfare. Just a press release from Lotus, and not much else. Strange, given that the Elan is one of the greatest sports cars ...

Looking at the specifications of the Lotus Elan brought it all back ... over the Elan roadster we last tested (C/D, February '64); the fiberglass body was much better finished and the overall ...

The all-new Elan, launched in 1962, would be the first Lotus to use a steel backbone chassis lending some stiffness to the fiberglass body. Front suspension was twin A-arm style with coil springs ...

The original Elan is a legend, but in the late '80s, Elan was a flop. Lotus then sold the rights to the name to Kia, who came up with a weird Elan-like clone.

The Lotus Elan, one of the automaker's most iconic nameplates, turns 50 this year. Lotus will be in attendance at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed to celebrate the Elan's birthday.