Hi all..
Wanna ask a few things bout the lotus elise.
Whats the current price on the market for new and used.
Preferably the S2 model.
Cant seem to find much info over the net. Not even in motortrader..haihz..
anyone has any expereince with lotus?
Wanna ask how is the maintainence also. Expensive?

engine parts are quite cheap..... normal mantainnence also cheap........

how do u know their household income only rm4k? MLM are everywhere now

This post has been edited by xeratos_85: May 4 2010, 10:07 AM

O found a few S1 model about 100k, just wondering how much a used S2 would cost. I have a budget of about 150k. Wonder if the S2 would fall near those budget
and yes, i want the toyota VVTI engine for better parts and maintainence

Err... ya la.. you are right.. LOL..

The husband is a new fresh-grad teacher with salary about RM2000. The wife is a teacher as well with price range I believe to be RM2000 something.

That's why I said Rm4000..

Dunno if they are doing MLM though.. they never try to push anything under my throat yet.. but at night they really save a lot of money.. never ever switch on the lights except for the main bedroom. That's why I said pity them family.. no life.. huhu..


Congratz to TS.. just go for it if you really want the car...

This post has been edited by Dominant Star: May 4 2010, 10:43 AM

i also know a husband n wife who is a teacher. but they own 2 BMW , a merc, and a caldina. and yeah, they doing MLM. in MLM, car is more important than a house . that why i expect ur neighbor doing MLM too

Actually teachers do make a lot of money nowadays. Remember they work only half day. During the evening or at noght, most open private classes or tuitions, they can make a lot of money by doing this. No kidding.
They also have the free time to do side business some more. Dont underestimate people's wealth by just judging from their main occupation ler. Hardwork pays off no matter what job u do.

the S2 should be outside your budget of rm150k.

The entry level S2 (new) with 1zz engine is a shade >200k
the lotus elise S2 with 2zz ge engine was launched at >rm400 then, i suppose they are rare thus "willing buyer, willing seller" comes into consideration. However all is not lost, Lotus malaysia brought in a few special model (Exige with supercharger) to be be sold in malaysia >RM350k +- (new). This may force the "earlier 2zz elise" to be sold lower to the marketplace. but its so few in the market, it will be waiting forever in the hope to spot one in the classifieds.

The possibility of seeing any S2 models (1zz) in the range of RM170-180k is a higher chance. 2zz elise S2? doubt it.

I know you are gutted knowing how & why prices seem high, again the rarity of such made the owners who know value.

however, you never know. I was once offered a lotus S1 10 years ago with only 4000km on the clock ! the owner had over 10 plus cars & the lotus is hardly driven.
Large size person & a bit not quite youthful to get in & out of the lotus.

sometimes, you might get just jet a "hailey's" shot, & these are usually snapped up quickly.

oh ok.. but i'll still to try to look for 1, if not i might just have to save some more

ppl got new account pumping posts...good thing FnF post count has been stopped
belittling ppl all around LYN...
just click ignore user to ignore any post of some ppl to avoid eye sore
darn cocky tot he knows a stranger's financial background based on just some words

cheers~

Ignore that troll. He's not worth your time arguing. Have you considered other alternative like an 2nd gen Miata/MX-5?. Apparently British considered as spiritual successor of Lotus Elan.

For the time being i got my eyes on the elise lol.
I test drove a friend's and felt COMPLETELY in love with the handling OMG.
Its sooo much fun to drive in! Havent tested the miata,its kinda rare also here. I need to get my hands on one to judge for myself
Still working with the goverment hospital so im not that high on the budget.
Hey even doctors need sometime off and have fun with his car right?

I wish I could say the same but I can't fit in the Elise...

reward urself mate...jez dun run to another country lol

How u know their income about 4k ? Might be 4k per person....kikiki

Yeah..my father desperate on getting that car too..
Use to own a s1 elise..but sold it 3 year ago..
Sick of the manual operating soft top
The s2 price is about 238k if i not mistaken..
u can found out the info on Proton Shop..

Pandankia has been suspended for 3 days and his post removed. All replies to his post is also removed.

New car is RM240k or so
If i am not mistaken,there are one elise s2 rover listed on mudah for RM140k or so not too long ago
Or,you can buy this:http://www.mudah.my/Lotus+elise-5691797.htm?last=1
Probably one of a very few Elise with a very special powerplant
http://www.mudah.my/Lotus+elise-5691797.htm?last=1

ya..teacher starting salary at least 2.5k..morning teacher works from 7.30 til 3pm like that. doing private classes or tuition can get them more money.

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Added on May 4, 2010, 9:26 pmyeap..proton cose at subang got lotus showroom. i'm one of the lucky person who get to see and touch latest Lotus Evora at their parking lot. hehehe.

This post has been edited by theanswer: May 4 2010, 09:26 PM

this is the elise from RS Impressive... last time transplant GSR turbo inside...
duno now still using same engine anot...

but i prefer stock engine since all handling tuned accordingly...

FrostLance, since my post in reply to pandankia was inevitably removed bcause of his suspension. I wanted to add that the toyota engine in the lotus isnt as expensive as some claimed. yes upgrade aftermarket mods are, (so does any prestige marques) but the oil filter isnt rm280. (it shouldn't be & while i can understand lotus malaysia makes up a little then what you can get outside...a normal oil service is not rm5k & should not be. I cannot claim otherwise if the other supercar marques are so.

the elise S2 is a good choise. the new Lotus S (1zz fe) that replaces all the S1 lotus as the entry lotus (with rover engine). it can get a little confusing with all the lotus abbreviation n noughts.

go > www.lotustalk.com

This post has been edited by koolspyda: May 5 2010, 06:57 PM

did an engine swap got the s1 earlier. Lotus was kind enuf to assist with the engine mounting positions. I still have the drawings somewhere....... Get the s1, use a b18c engine and u will have a rocket that will have the s2 for breakfast......

wo maddriver, ur post sounds attractive,
but i dont really get it.
what did u actually do to boost the perf?
enlighten me please~~~ normal eng.

so, frost, do roger me if uve found something unresistable.
i also wanna buy this car.
maybe if we buy 2 (u 1, me 1) can get cheaper.


i went to the proton R3 division and have a look at the cars there.
they are selling 2nd hand elise s1 (rover eng) with proper service history around rm105K.

im more attracted to elise s2 (with the chrome plating at the rear exhaust channel) (i think, they call it mach 2) but, it is around >RM200K.
so, for a weekend fun car, i havent reach that level la..

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Added on May 5, 2010, 1:02 pmtrack this topic!

This post has been edited by WisePrince: May 5 2010, 01:02 PM

where can we buy a new one?

bro, when u went to r3 division?
the s1 is wat color?

told ya b4..proton cose subang got showroom.

wah i tak tao lotus elise pakai toyota engine
hmm...
my friend a lawyer pakai lotus elise for almost 7-8 years
he said the car maintenance is cheap
go to mudah.my to check on used prices

s2 facelift is coming out. just wait for the facelift and i think by then the s2 prefacelift price could drop more significant and if u are lucky some owners might sell of theirs to upgrade to facelifted s2

face lift is already out but dont think much will find their way here.
(launched in europe auto show few months back)

best it verify with mr Ong kah beng (lotus malaysia).

yea, ive done a lot of research on this car, and i could say that its one of the best sport car to own in malaysia. Im kinda in love with it actually.

The reason for that :
1) The Price. Even for the new one, the price is just superb! Even tho its specs on paper isnt as impresive as say a GTR or a Ferrari, but ive seen on videos,even on top gear where on track, given the high power to weight ratios, could easily catch up to cars 10 times as expensive on track!

2)For a sport car, The Fuel Consumption is AMAZING. 30 miles per gallon on highway, and one of my frens that owns this, well he actually uses it as a daily car , well he said if ur careful enough and drive smart enough u could get in the high 30s MPG. An FQ400 Misubishi EVO is 15 MPG on highway. Insane.

3) Handling. As most car reviewers said, its ONE OF THE BEST HANDLING CAR in the world. nuff said.

4)Maintainence - Most people claim its very cheap given the toyota engine. Still need to do some research on this

5)Good Reliability. Unlike most Continental cars.

6) Road Tax - LOL. Its a 1.8L sports car. What more could i say. Only beaten by Mazda RX-8 (but FC-wise, Elise pwnd rx8 kaw kaw)


Is there such a facelift? S1to S2? I know my friend converted his S2 into Exige!! Very Nice. If there are such facelift from S1- S2 plz inform me!!! S1 can easily be bought about 100k! With about 50k Mileage!

This post has been edited by FrostLance: May 5 2010, 06:18 PM

S2-S2 not sure but S1 is excellent car to mod
You can drop a K20A in and get a killer car
And as for maintenance,it is same as Toyota 1ZZ/2ZZ
Aka it is not high at all
This is very excellent car,it is probably one of the fastest real world condition car

I thought the S2 also use the 1zz/2ZZ engine

Series 2

Production 2002–present
Engine(s) 1.8 L Rover K-Series I4
1.8 L Toyota 1ZZ-FE I4[6]
1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elise

check out the new facelifted elise

yeah..prolly coming here next year?
If so will the S2 price reduce? lol.

No no,Series 2 use both Rover K engine and Toyota 1ZZ/2ZZ engine
The earlier one with Rover K and later one with Toyota 1ZZ/2ZZ
As for exact model year,i have no idea
Perhaps pay lotus malaysia a visit

wow....TS do list out wat price u get and wat model...thx alot!

really interesting car...

i went there like 3-4weeks ago
its yellow color.

they also offer me 2-eleven, haha, make fun of me.. damn!
other car i saw there is ALOT of evora (newly purchased, bring in by lotus malaysia to the malaysian buyer)
exige, exige 260 cup.

btw, they said that the rover engine is more RAW compared to toyota because its lotus who made the rover engine for rover company.
they sell their engineering.

so, simply said, lotus cars with rover engine is purely lotus!
idk if they said this because they wanna clear up their elise s1 edition

maddriver, frostlance and lilfreak, thx for info!

if you guys plan to do a lil visit for further research/study, please do update here beforehand k.
maybe we can go there together.

p/s: have u guys have a peek at Tesla Roadster and Model S?

the rover engine is 'lighter' but its 1.6L. engine mechanical parts were very cheap & easily available in UK. ONe of the better solution to weekend track day enthusiast in UK. (U Play & U pay - easy on your pocket)

The toyota engines are a lot more durable, newer in design (over the rover)
both the 1zz & 2zz > K series rover engines. do a bit of massage on the engine, they are livelier & just as fun. its just that most malaysian S2 elise dont get enough access to those juicy bits as easily as the overseas chaps with the exception to tengku djan's elise S2.

Evora? man they get the new toyota 2GR engines. (goggle them).

I know one reason Lotus chose Toyota engine is to pass US emission regulation to sell it there after the demise of Rover. Lotus Europa on the other hand uses GM engine.

you right there, lotus europa began as a proton's concept/possible entry into "sports car"

But it ended up in Norfolk with a Lotus badge instead.

I know. So?

lotus elise on sale recently...

http://www.mudah.my/Lotus+elise+1+8+manual-6050596.htm

i want that esprit beside it

Espirit next to it:

http://www.mudah.my/Lotus+Esprit+Turbo+S4-6127740.htm

price?

hey guys,
the new 5 lotus babies have born..

so how? still going for 2nd hand?

so, who in this thread is actually already own a lotus?
maybe we can pay them a visit.

=)

we create lowyat lotus club lah

lol i gave up on trying a used s2 elise.. so damn hard to find le

http://www.mudah.my/li?ca=9_s&th=1&q=LOTUS...ps=&pe=&rs=&re=

those are S1 elise..looking for s2

lotus S (1zz in S2 shape) 2nd hand is still holding price well cause it's so few. there is someone thinking of selling it, friend of mine considering it. Even the Lotus Elise S2 (non supercharged) is harder to source.

if you really want a used one. best is to approach OKB (lotus msia). he usually has the tabs of owners buying/selling.

This post has been edited by koolspyda: Oct 15 2010, 09:47 AM

http://www.carsifu.my/cars/926/lotus-elise...others-by-emily

yup, seriously, maybe you can ask okb.
or just go to lotus r3 division. they might have the car in stock

try calling mr oh kah beng...