More Elans were built than any other Lotus car. A total of 8610 cars were built (comprised of four types: 26, 26R, 36 & 45, roughly equivalent to 4 series: S1 - S4). The basic car may be described as being a; front engine, rear wheel drive sports coupe. They came equipped with four wheel disk brakes, fully independent suspension, power windows and retractable headlights as standard equipment. They are powered by the four cylinder Twin Cam (TC) engine.

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The Lotus Elan, known as the M100 amongst Lotus enthusiast to differentiate it from the early Elans, was built to "Allow 100 per cent of its owners to use 90 per cent of its performance 90 per cent of the time." Introduced in 1989, the Elan was the first all-new Lotus since 1975. The Elan M100 has made its mark in history as arguably the finest handling front wheel drive car ever. Making use of a 1600cc four cylinder engine from Isuzu may not have had much cachet but it was a sensible choice in terms of reliability.



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