Julian Thomson Revisits The Elise S1

[hedgerley]

Ooo, this looks tasty. Hope he gets to build it.

 

[j2 lot]

That looks like a true progression of the S1 - would love to see that being produced.

[a7esk]

Ooo, this looks tasty. Hope he gets to build it.

Jag SJ 14 ???

Looks nice .

[The Pits]

Scrap the SUV and make this instead please Lotus.

[Bazza 907]

Should the S2 Elise have looked like this?

 

Looks wonderful 

[auRouge]

Elise S1 and S2 are perfect the way they are.

This should be the S3.

If Lotus could make this with a decent transmission, slight power upgrade (20bhp) and a decent infotainment hub...

Stunning.

[Arregueti]

It is a reinterpretation of the Elise but also reminds me of the Alpine A110. It is really very nice. Go for it!

[Loose Cannon]

Is he still at Jaguar? Grill looks Jag-esque rather than the Lotus "smiley mouth", plus styling details like monster tyres are again more in keeping with a Jaguar and would never appear on a Lotus. Personally I prefer the styling direction taken on the Exige S, but even that seems to have been abandoned in favour of "flame surfacing" like on the Evora 400

[hedgerley]

To be clear this was Autocar asking 3 designers to re-interpret a classic but not of their own, current, brand. As Thomson is at Jaguar he was allowed to pen a new Elise. He says its not that radical design wise - lower, wider, better aero, more power yes but not too far removed from his original. Reason being he actually wants to build it, a one-off carbon fibre creation for his own use. And that would be cool.

 

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[Jacques]

That is a very very nice sportscar.

I'd say build it, and forget about copying other brands 10 years after, with their suv idea.

 

I seem to remember, that Esprit's often had really wide tires. 245 rear springs to mind. As do 285, and finally 315.

 

Kind regeards,

Jacques.

[CaptainSlow]

Quite nice, especially the rear end. Given the current design confusion Lotus could pick this up as well.

[jep]

My Life & Cars – Julian Thomson, Automotive designer | evo

Rather than start a new thread, I was not sure where to put this. Julian is now head of GM design in UK (which is not Vauxhall, that is French now. Chevvy, Pontiac etc...)

Justin

 

[jonwat]

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