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Lotus Elise Lotus Elise Series 1

Lotus Elise Lotus Elise Series 1 (September 1996 – 2001) has 2 published engines in the catalogue, and 225 cars in our dataset. Engine ranges cover the trims and gearboxes stored for that engine.

Engines

Combined mpg and CO₂ are the ranges stored for the engine. The official test cycle is shown on each variant.

EngineFuelPowerCombined mpg rangeCO₂ rangeDataset
1.8 petrol 124PSPetrol123.7 PS38.7 mpg177 g/km56
1.8 petrol 158PSPetrol157.8 PS40.9 mpg163 g/km33

Trims

Trim names stored for this generation.

  • 111S
  • 16V

Variants

Filters apply to the published variants. The engine and trim lists above stay in the page HTML.

VariantFuelGearboxBodyPowerCombined mpgDataset
16V 1.8 petrol 124PSPetrolManualConvertible123.7 PS (122 bhp)38.7 mpg (NEDC)56
111S 1.8 petrol 158PSPetrolManualConvertible157.8 PS (155.6 bhp)40.9 mpg (NEDC)33
2 variants

Specifications

Recorded dates
September 1996 – 2001
Engines
2
Power
123.7–157.8 PS
Fuels
Petrol
Gearboxes
Manual
Body styles
Convertible
UK dataset
225 cars in our dataset

Performance

Highest power

Published variants in this generation with a stored PS figure, highest first.

Bar length is the stored PS figure. Brake horsepower is a different unit and is not plotted here.
VariantPowerGearboxBody
111S 1.8 petrol 158PS157.8 PS (155.6 bhp)ManualConvertible
16V 1.8 petrol 124PS123.7 PS (122 bhp)ManualConvertible

Fastest 0–60

Published variants with a stored 0–60 time, quickest first.

Bar length is the stored 0–60 time. A longer bar is a slower time.
Variant0–60 mphGearboxBody
111S 1.8 petrol 158PS5.1 secondsManualConvertible
16V 1.8 petrol 124PS5.7 secondsManualConvertible

Fuel economy

NEDC combined mpg

These variants share the NEDC test. They are not compared with figures from another cycle.

Combined mpg on the NEDC test only. A different official cycle is not on this chart.
VariantCombinedCO₂Fuel
111S 1.8 petrol 158PS40.9 mpg (NEDC)163 g/kmPetrol
16V 1.8 petrol 124PS38.7 mpg (NEDC)177 g/kmPetrol

Registration statistics

225 cars in our dataset. Shares below are calculated inside that dataset.

Fuel type

  • Petrol225 · 100%
Counted inside this dataset. The shares are not UK sales.

Body style

  • Convertible225 · 100%
Counted inside this dataset. The shares are not UK sales.

Transmission

  • Manual225 · 100%
Counted inside this dataset. The shares are not UK sales.

Colour

  • Blue66 · 29.3%
  • Silver45 · 20%
  • Red38 · 16.9%
  • Yellow18 · 8%
  • Grey16 · 7.1%
  • Green14 · 6.2%
  • Black12 · 5.4%
  • Other16 · 7.1%
Counted inside this dataset. The shares are not UK sales.

Registration year

  • 111997
  • 491998
  • 291999
  • 362000
  • 222001
  • 382002
  • 212003
Cars in the VehicleScore dataset by registration year. This is not a sales chart.

Other generations

111
  • Recorded datesJanuary 1996 – January 2021
  • Dataset0 cars in our dataset
Series 2
  • Recorded datesDecember 2003 – November 2010
  • Dataset91 cars in our dataset
Series 3
  • Recorded datesMarch 2010 – January 2022
  • Dataset74 cars in our dataset

Length, width, height, and wheelbase are listed on each variant page, where the catalogue stores them for one configuration.

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Questions

Which engines are listed for the Lotus Elise Lotus Elise Series 1?

1.8 petrol 124PS, 1.8 petrol 158PS

How many Lotus Elise Lotus Elise Series 1 cars are in the dataset?

225 cars in our dataset. Registration-year, fuel, body, and gearbox shares on this page are counted inside that sample.

How these figures are produced

Specifications and counts come from the VehicleScore UK vehicle catalogue. A count of cars is the number of records in that dataset. It is not UK production, not sales, and not the number of cars currently on the road.

Power is shown in PS where the catalogue stores PS, and in bhp only where bhp is stored separately. Official fuel economy is labelled NEDC or WLTP when the test cycle is known. Figures from different cycles are not ranked together. Empty values are left blank.

The catalogue does not store a revision date, so these pages do not show a last-updated day.