In 2009, the Lotus Elise lineup remained largely consistent with previous years, maintaining its core design and performance attributes. A notable addition was the limited-edition Jim Clark Type ...

By this stage in the Elise’s evolution, Lotus had completed the transition ... If we designed the structure in a certain way, the interior could be the structure. It was a technology we wanted ...

The supercharger conversion in the Elise is in fact not the same one found in the Exige but Lotus’s own conversion ... leather or microfibre suede-effect interior, carpets, padded door panels ...