The Lotus Elan is a British lightweight sports car produced from 1962 to 1975, built around a steel backbone chassis carrying a fiberglass body, a construction method that became a hallmark of founder Colin Chapman's design philosophy of minimizing weight for performance. Its combination of light weight, sharp handling and compact proportions was a direct influence on later small roadsters, most notably the Mazda MX-5 Miata.
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The first series of cars was produced between 1962 and 1975 as a rear-wheel drive vehicle.
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Lotus Elan is the name of two separate ranges of automobiles produced by Lotus Cars.
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