Lotus has built no-nonsense, enthusiast-focused sports cars for decades, prioritizing lightness and efficiency over creature comforts, complicated tech and large-displacement engines. The Emira is the ...

The defining character of the Lotus brand in the late 1990s and 2000s was its obsession with creating "pure drivers' cars". During this time, the brand's mainstays – the Lotus Elise and Lotus Exige – ...