Lotus Elan

Lotus Elan is the name of two separate ranges of automobiles produced by Lotus Cars. The first series of cars was produced between 1962 and 1975 as a rear-wheel drive vehicle. The second series was produced between 1989 and 1995 as a front-wheel drive vehicle co-developed with Isuzu and entirely decoupled from the 1962-75 cars from an engineering perspective.
After the S2 was released the original Elan 1500 and Elan 1600 models were typically referred to as the S1 although the car was never explicitly marketed as such. Today, all models are often cited collectively as the 1960s Elans....