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Wasn't it that GM paid for the development of the elise/vx220 and built the production line in Hemel Hempstead. Did the elise have the toyota 1.8 celica engine, while the vx had a production gm 2.2 and 2.2 turbo with different engine management that the standard? Trying to remember off the top of my head. Friend has a VX and it is a bit spartan as a passenger, the passenger seat is fixed in place.
There was a daewoo version that didn't sell at all and got hold of some of the badges and changed friends car to a daewoo. Didn't notice till we told him.
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I can't remember the details to be honest. The Elise S2 had a few different engines, basic one was still 1.8 K series, then one with the toyota 1zz and then the Elise 111R had the Toyota 2zz.
I really wanted an S2 111R but couldn't find a good one, then almost bought a VX220 on a couple of occasions but then decided i'd buy a house and then didn't do that in the end either.
mcmyk
I remember talking to a guy at work who worked at lotus about the VX220, he said vauxhall / Opel had a much bigger budget than the original Elise S2 and hence it was actually quite a bit quicker, esp the Z20LET powered one