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Production chronology1989–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
popular_cohort_family_projection1 year
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Lotus / Model record
LotusELAN
Production1989 – present
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
ClassTwo Seaters
The Lotus ELAN is catalogued as a two seaters from the United Kingdom-origin Lotus marque. Recorded powertrain evidence includes gasoline. This entry summarizes the Lotus ELAN nameplate from the catalog's observed regulatory and technical records.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1991–1993
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1962–1991
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗30 years