Classic Car Weekly: 13/11/08

[GeoffSmith]

Are these additional articles to those that Sy has already scanned?

[Jackonicko]

I beg your pardon, Gareth, I was getting you muddled with Ailwyn....

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Geoff,

Who knows. I'm not psychic, and since Mr V is not answering either e-mails or PMs from me there's little chance of me finding out what he has scanned....

They do include the following:


21 October 1987 Autocar ‘Brains over Brawn’ discussion with Mike Kimberley 1 pp
‘Hethel’s Heroes Decide’ 1 pp

March 1988 Car coverline ‘All You Need to know about Next Year’s Lotus Elan’
‘Wraps off the ’89 Lotus Elan’ 6 pp + cover
NB: with spy shots

14 September 1988 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘Elan Lotus reinvents the affordable sportscar
‘Great Elan’ 4 pp + cover
Artist’s impressions

8 March 1989 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘Gotcha! Lotus’ make-or-break Elan’
‘Lotus’ Sports Car Stunner’ 5 pp + cover
D517TYF + another photographed at docks

March 1989 Fast Lane ‘Lotus Elan’ 4 pp
Artist’s impressions plus disguised car picture

4 October 1989 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘Lotus Elan, Panther Solo’
Lotus Elan and Solo are go!

18 October 1989 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘Elan! Britain’s New Sensation’
‘Britain’s Beautiful Baby’ 8 pp + cover

November 1989 Performance Car coverline ‘Lotus Elan’
‘Leading From the Front’ 4 pp + cover
‘The Long Awaited Lotus Elan’ Red SE with ELAN plates

November 1989 Fast Lane coverline ‘Lotus Elan – Full details’

10 January 1990 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘Lotus Elan The First Front-Drive Supercar’
‘The Elan GM wanted to build’ 1 pp
‘Duel of the Decade’ 8 pp +cover
G396KEX

31st January 1990 Autocar & Motor ‘Design – the third dimension’ 4 pp including Elan Club Sport
‘A Lotus, Porsche or Quattro for the price of a Rover, Vauxhall or Ford’

February 1990 Car coverline ‘Win a lotus Elan - We Drive Britain’s Great New Sports car’
‘Fabulous! Gavin Green drives the invigorating new Lotus Elan’ 8 pp + cover
‘Third Time Right’ development of the new Elan 6 pp
G396KEX

February 1990 Performance Car coverline ‘Lotus Get It Right – we drive the sensational new Elan’
‘Elan Setting the Pace’ 6 pp + editorial page + cover
G397KEX

February 1990 Motor Trend coverline ‘All-New Lotus Elan – Beyond Miata’
‘Lotus Elan – return of a legend’ 7 pp + cover

28 February 1990 AutoCar & Motor coverline ‘Hard Charging in Elan’
‘Sports Car redefined’ 4 pp + cover
‘Raft craft’ 2 pp w John Miles
G483KVG

April 1990 Car coverline ‘BMW Z1 v Mazda Miata v Lotus Elan v TVR S’
‘Losing our heads’ 14 pp + editorial + letter + cover
G397KEX

June 1990 Performance Car Coverline ‘Sports Cars You Can Afford’
‘New Wave’ 16 pp
MR2 v Elan v MX-5 v Reliant v Ginetta v TVR S G487KVG

4 July 1990 Autocar & Motor Coverline ‘First Full Test’
Road Test Lotus Elan SE 8 pp + cover
G255MEX

25 July 1990 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘Ten Great Handling Cars’
Ten Great Handling Cars ... but only one winner –
Caterham 7, Porsche 944, Panther Solo, Sierra Cosworth 4x4,
Mazda MX-5, Rover Metro GTi, Peugeot 309GTi, Toyota MR2GT,
BMW M5, Lotus Elan

September 1990 Fast Lane Coverline ‘Is Britain’s Best good enough? We test Aston Virage, Lotus Elan’
Lotus Elan SE V's Evante 140 TC 7 pp G235MEX

October 1990 Road and Track coverline ‘First Drive Lotus Elan in England’
‘Lotus Elan SE Well-designed, well-engineered excitement’ 7 pp + cover
G484KVG

2 January 1991 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘The cars in Britain’s Future’
‘Elan 2+2’
‘Elan SE vs Mazda MX-5’ 6pp G245MEX

January 1991 Performance Car coverline ‘Election Fever – we vote for the performance car of the year’

March 1991 Car coverline ‘Mercedes SL v Lotus Elan – We pick the World’s Best Roadster’
‘Tourers de Force’ 8 pp +cover H463TCL

February 1992 Car coverline ‘New Integrale v 911 v Elan – We pick the World’s fastest car’
‘Point to Point’ 12 pp + cover H988UNG

February 1992 World Sports Car Lotus Elan SE V's Toyota MR2 Turbo (7 pages)

11 March 1992 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘By Lotus Elan to Jim Clark country’
‘Homage to a Hero’ 5pp H989UNG

17 June 1992 Autocar & Motor ‘Lotus Set to Kill the Elan’
‘We should never have built the Elan’
‘The American Nightmare – High prices, low quality killed Elan in the US’

22 July 1992 Autocar & Motor ‘Secondhand spotlight - Me and my Lotus Elan’ 2pp G868UPN

August 1992 Fast Lane coverline ‘Lotus Elan and Esprit’


March 1993 Popular Classics coverline ‘Lotus Elan supplement’
‘New Elans for Old’ G674ECF 6 pp

September 1993 Bugatti sale stuff

13 October 1993 Autocar & Motor ‘Lotus mulls over rush of bids for Elan’

SECOND VOLUME

19 January 1994 Autocar & Motor ‘M-reg Elan to cost £24,500’

26 January 1994 Autocar & Motor ‘First official picture’

May 1994 Car coverline ‘Just what makes a British Car British?’

22 June 1994 Autocar & Motor coverline ‘New Lotus Elan, it’s back and it’s better than ever’
‘The Comeback kid’ 8 pp, L822SVF

August 1994 Car coverline ‘Back from the Dead – Does the new Elan have a ghost of a chance
against the TVR Chimaera’
‘Ghost buster’ 8 pp L822SVF
‘Price Buster’ 2 pp H731***, H18REX, G251WPJ, RXi7464

17 September 1994 Daily Telegraph Accountants in Lotus Driving Seat

September 1994 Performance Car ‘England Expects’ (Elan S2 v TVR v Caterham) 10 pp L822SVF NB OVERSIZE

September 1994 Top Gear First Steers, Lotus Elan S2

26 October 1994 Autocar coverline ‘Handling Day 94’
Elan S2

November 1994 Performance Car coverline ‘Used Lotus Bargains’
‘Budget Badges – Lotus. In a Field of their own’ 6 pp
H189GEC

8 November 1995 Autocar Kia KMS-II Elan

October 1996 Classic Cars coverline ‘Elan – Dainty original and front drive successor’

2 July 1997 Autocar ‘Seoul Survivor’ NB OVERSIZE

September 1997 Performance Car Kia Elan

October 1999 Classic & Sports Car coverline ‘Lotus Elan vs Mazda MX-5’
‘Keepers of the Flame’ 5 pp H790KGS

July 2000 Top Gear coverline ‘Buy a TVR for £12k – or a Lotus’
BMW Z1 V's Lotus Elan, Porsche 944, TVR V8S & Mazda MX-5 ( 8 pages )

August 2000 Classic Cars Lotus Elan vs Honda S800

August 2001 Evo ‘Lotus Elan buying guide’ 6 pp H604XYL, J915XHE, N758FLT

7 November 2001 Autocar buying a £10k Fantasy car

December 2001 Classic Cars ‘The Best Lotuses track tested’ 9 pp J595WOC

January 2005 Retro Cars ‘Buying Lotus Elan’

May 2005 Classic & Sports Car ‘Which Lotus? Elan Sprint vs Elan S2: the winner may surprise you.
‘Fast and Bulbous’ 5 pp M435SGS

September 2006 Evo 095 Collector’s The Greatest Front wheel Drive Car ... Ever!

September 2008 Classic & Sports Car ‘Lotus Elan M100 Starter Classic’. 4 pp K914UBA

October 2008 Octane coverline ‘Lotus The Road Cars: Seven to Evora’
2 pp C4GJH


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[martin_bailey_1]

All,

Well, I've had a bash at scanning in the article......hopefully the results should be attached below......

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Jackonicko....... if you'd still like the original paper, just let me know where to send it ( and I don't wish to offend by refusing your offer, but I wouldn't dream of taking any money for postage etc.)

Cheers,

Martin.

[GeoffSmith]

Jon,

Don't forget Sy's sister-in-law is undergoing chemo, so cut him some slack.

Latest copies I got from him were:
Autocar & Motor 08 March 1989
Autocar & Motor 10 January 1990
Car Magazine February 1990
Performance Car February 1990
Wheels February 1990
Autocar & Motor 28 February 1990
Car Magazine April 1990
Performance Car June 1990
Autocar & Motor 04 July 1990
Car Magazine March 1991
Car Magazine February 1992
Wheels March 1992
Autocar & Motor 11 March 1992
Esquire June 1992
FT 16 June 1992
Autocar & Motor 22 July 1992
Performance Car September 1992
Popular Classics March 1993
Car Magazine August 1994
Performance Car September 1994
Performance Car November 1994
European Car September 1995
Car Magazine March 1998
Top Gear May 1998
Classic Cars February 2000
Evo Magazine August 2001
Classic & Sports Car December 2001 (Lotus Handling Test)
Classic & Sports Car April 2003
Classic & Sports Car May 2005
Classic & Sports car 1st Article
Classic & Sports car 2nd Article
Classic & Sports car 3rd Article
Lotus flyer
The Encyclopedia of Super Cars Vol 3 Issue 2

They're going to be archived on my server along with some others (like Phil's brochure) but it's not a high priority I'm afraid.

[Jackonicko]

Geoffers,

Slack cut.

I could do with a little slack from some directions myself, rather than having the worst motives automatically assumed.

I don't know if Gareth or Ailwyn wants to scan those of my articles that you don't have - (I don't own a scanner!) but whoever wants to is of course welcome.




Martin,

Yes please! Many thanks. I'll pop my details in a PM.

[theelanman]

Jon
in my current predicament I seem to have a little time on my hands if you need any help...
cheers
G

[Jackonicko]

That sounds suspiciously like a volunteer......

I'll PM you for your postal address.

J

[hoblands]

Hi,

For anyone that may be interested, I am the proud new owner of this motor. The £3500 price tag was reflecting the fact that the car has some cat C accident damage on its history, Lotus dealer wanted £4100 to replace 1 back wing, off side rear lights and bumper - the Billingshurst dealership mentioned in the classic car weekly report specialise in buying repossessed / cat C written off vehicles and putting them back on the road a lot cheaper than a main dealer. As for my Lotus, you wouldn't know by looking that it had ever been damaged, they did a superb job and supplied me with photos of before, during and after the repair. The only other expenses I have had since buying her in December was to replace the hood as the original had seen better days, and I had some spray work done to the front end to get rid of stone chips and a small section of damaged lacquer. The car now looks in A1 condition and with just 65000 miles on the clock it still drives like a dream and the engine looks brand new, if the history isn't a concern (as it's not to me) then I feel I've got a bargain, similar condition and mileage cars are selling on Ebay for £6000+ !

I have printed the scanned photos (many thanks Martin) but would love to get hold of the original copy of Classic Car Weekly if anyone still has it.

I've only been a member of this superb site for a few days and already finding it invaluable, many thanks to all.

Cheers

Paul

[Specky]

http://www.salvagesparefinder.co.uk/LOT ... E-9076.htm

TTFN

[Jackonicko]

Welcome, Hoblands,

As long as you're not planning to sell, and as long as you have a good insurer, Cat C shouldn't matter.

[hoblands]

VERY interesting to see the photos of the car before it was repaired, many thanks, just out of interest, is there a way of finding out what was paid for it?

Cheers

Paul

(I was going to upload a couple of pics to show the cars condition now but keep getting told the files are too big - any ideas?)

[martin_bailey_1]

Hi Paul,

Great to hear that the Elan has passed into the ownership of an enthusiast, and is now receiving the TLC that it deserves

As you've discovered, there are restrictions on both the physical size and pixel dimensions that apply when you try to load images/files onto the forum.

Here's a link to the page where these limits are specified.........

http://www.lotuselancentral.com/gallery/attach.htm

Cheers,

Martin.