Highlights Remarkably, one owner from new Maintained by the same garage over its 27 years with its owner Used regularly throughout its life Proactively maintained Comprehensive history file Interior refurbished in the last couple of years Overview When Lotus unveiled the Elise in 1995, the world got a sharp reminder that sheer driving pleasure needn't come with a hefty price tag or a German badge.

Built around a bonded aluminium chassis weighing just 67kg and wrapped in composite bodywork, the S1 Elise tipped the scales at 755kg, a figure that made its 120bhp Rover K-Series feel more than adequate.

Zero to 60mph arrived in around five and a half seconds, but raw numbers never told the full story.

This was a car designed to make B-roads feel like Spa, to reward smooth inputs and punish sloppiness, and to put a grin on the driver's face every single time.

The owner of this car must never have stopped smiling.

For he’s owned it from new and has used it regularly throughout his tenure...