Lotus Eclat (1975–1993) — every.autos

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Background

The Lotus Éclat is a sports car built from 1975 to 1982 by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. It was based on the Elite but had a fastback body style which offered more practicality with storage in the boot, albeit with less headroom above the rear seats. The car was initially to be called the "Elite Coupe". The lower half of the fibreglass bodywork was identical to that of the Elite.

Text adapted from “Lotus Éclat” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Specification

Weight: 1,055 kg
Dimensions: 4,458 × 1,816 × 1,194 mm

Still on UK roads

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Production years

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Sources

Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗ WIKIDATA · DVLA

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