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In 1989, Lotus, recovering from its near collapse in the wake of the DeLorean scandal, revived its age old Elan range of small sports cars with the M100, a nippy machine that provided among the most sure-footed handling available for a diminutive front-wheel drive roadster.
However, the launch of the M100 was one mired in exceptional bad timing, as within the same year, the Mazda MX-5 was released onto the global market, that flooded the streets of the world with cars that successfully resurrected the formula for lightweight but fun classic British roadsters, leaving the Lotus Elan M100 as a car completely left behind in the market and seldom remembered.
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This is a reworked and reuploaded version of the original video.
Good Day! :D
In 1989, Lotus, recovering from its near collapse in the wake of the DeLorean scandal, revived its age old Elan range of small sports cars with the M100, a nippy machine that provided among the most sure-footed handling available for a diminutive front-wheel drive roadster.
However, the launch of the M100 was one mired in exceptional bad timing, as within the same year, the Mazda MX-5 was released onto the global market, that flooded the streets of the world with cars that successfully resurrected the formula for lightweight but fun classic British roadsters, leaving the Lotus Elan M100 as a car completely left behind in the market and seldom remembered.
All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): rorymacveigh@gmail.com
The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images.
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References:
- AROnline (and their respective sources)
- Wikipedia (and its respective references)
