Richard Hammond Test Drives The Lotus Elise & Exige (2001)

Richard Hammond takes the Lotus Elise and the Exige for a test drive and finds out if one of the best cars from the 90's can still prove to be impressive into the next millennium.
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[@michaelinfante587]

And 17 years on - these are great classics

[@julianarmani3104]

Dont know if you guys cares but if you are stoned like me atm then you can watch pretty much all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last couple of weeks =)

[@holdenbarrett6621]

@Julian Armani Yup, been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :)

[@landroverlover1662]

Watching 20 years later

[@tolga1cool]

And still wanting one too

[@sebastianh-man1879]

I just bought a '03 111S and it was the best choice of my life.

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

Still waiting until 2021 so I can import a 1996 Elise.

[@pbfloyd13]

Or just buy an MR2 like a sane person.

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

No lol

[@pbfloyd13]

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

I love MR2 but it's not a Lotus.

[@Little6]

I have owned both Exige and SW20 at the same time. They are very different.

[@AB-uw3os]

Oh! The flapping roof at 3:47 😅

[@gjbspark]

' idiots who drive without a roof in the winter'.....the roof is for when it rains....so if no rain..then no roof reqd.

[@detective3728]

Does it run on Lucas oil?

[@pbfloyd13]

The British shouldn't be allowed to build anything that uses a fluid more viscous than chilled mango chutney...

[@rscosworthfan]

@@pbfloyd13 britain does actually build a few good engines some bmw engines are actually built in britain the i8 engine is one of them

[@pbfloyd13]

_BMW engines_
*the pinnacles of reliability...*

[@user-eb6bz2vt8x]

wwooooou

[@matsclaes6136]

flat bill tragedy abortion convinced cancer heat should struggle beside edition.

[@pbfloyd13]

Mx5 or Mr2 is better...

[@rscosworthfan]

mr2s are shit they burn oil for fun went through two engines in mine ended up scrapping it

[@pbfloyd13]

How many engines have you gone through in your Elise?

[@SubaruWRXspdManual]

pbfloyd13 lol. Both of those are not even close to the Elise in terms of a sports car. I think you might be trolling. If not, you're mistaken.

[@pbfloyd13]

One is based on the classic British sports car layout. The other is almost ecactly the same. Both came before the elise, and if not for the Mx5 reviving the 2 seater sports car market the elise wouldn't even have existed. Before that lotus was going to a FWD IZUZU POWERED 2 seater sports car with the elan .

[@greathey1234]

pbfloyd13 K series Rover engines suffer from overheating and the gasket go wrong all the time.