Lotus Elise to Hit the U.S. Market in 2020 - Insider Car News
Lotus has had a rough go of it lately thanks to mismanagement by its former CEO and the expiration of its safety exemptions that resulted in the elimination of the Elise and Exige from the U. S. market in 2011. Since Jean-Marc Gales took over the... » Related: Lotus Reveals the Limited-Edition Exige 360 Cup While it is great that the Elise will return to the U. S. , I need to temper my excitement a bit because this will not happen until 2020. Regardless of the date, the reintroduction of the... Instead of giving up and just keeping the Elise in Europe for the rest of its days, Lotus decided to look forward to the next generation and design it with U. S. safety bits in place. Back in 2011, when Lotus pulled the Elise from the American market, the automaker debated retrofitting the Elise with the smart airbags and additional crash protection needed to meet U. S. safety requirements, but that would have added a lot of... Source: www.insidercarnews.com
