Elise Christie DISQUALIFIED from Winter Olympics: Team GB star vows NOT to quit

Christie was left crumpled up against the barriers, holding her troublesome right ankle and staring down the barrel of a sixth consecutive unfortunate exit from an Olympic skating event. However, since she had crashed in the very early stages, the race was restarted and Christie appeared fit enough to continue despite what she later revealed […]

Winter Olympics 2018: When is Elise Christie racing? Start time, live stream and more

The short track speed skater has crashed out of two events already in this Olympiad, missing out on medals in the 500m and 1500m, something she did in all three events four years ago. Christie has spoken publicly about the challenges of that triple disappointment but returned to her second Winter Olympics this year as […]

Lotus Elise Cup 260 celebrates the automaker's 70th anniversary

Lotusrides the special edition train nearly as often as Jeep. When you only sell a few models, you need to make the most of what you have. Today, Lotus announced a new very-limited-edition variant, the Elise Cup 260. Just 30 examples will be built and, based on pricing, it doesn’t look like it will be […]

Toyota Goes GRMN, Gives a Yaris the Heart of a Lotus Elise

– As the pioneer of hybrids, Toyota is the quintessential “green” brand. It’s a nice reputation to coast on; once established, it gives the company leeway to get away with a bit more than the competition. Case in point: the Europe-only Toyota Yaris GRMN. No, they didn’t leave the vowels out of “German”; the letters […]

Lotus Elise Sprint: Because You Can Always Go a Little Lighter

– The most revolutionary thing about the Lotus Elise Sprint is its dashboard, which functions in the year 2017 with but a single dot-matrix readout under the tachometer. That’s as refreshingly old-school as any brand-new sports car can possibly get. – By Lotus standards, backlit color screens and multicore processors are not only heavy, they aren’t worth […]

Lotus Elise Sprint adds lightness to lightness

Lotus announced the introduction of a new Elise trim level that exemplifies founder Colin Chapman’s famous phrase of “simplify and add lightness.” The new Elise Sprint combines the weight savings of the current standard Elise, along with a number of Sprint-exclusive parts for what Lotus claims is the model’s most significant weight loss yet of […]