Monday, July 25, 2005

Lotus Europa



    I'll start of by saying that every Lotus is an engineering marvel and handles better than most cars. Colin Chapman knew what he was doing and most all his cars set a bar higher in handling. Most of them were also beautiful. The Europa was fugly.

    Strangely, the newer (and beautiful) Lotus Elise seemed to draw inspiration from the Europa's face. I say this is strange as why would they want to remind people they sold a sports car that looked like a milk van. I have no idea why they ended up making the car look like this - it's like they started at the front and got "designer's block" and drew a box at the end. Also - the side windows curve down strangely, making it look like a badly made kit car.

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