Every fascinating stage of the development of the Elise, Lotus Type 111, is explored in this fully comprehensive book. From the Elise’s conception, through production, and all the way to it’s marketing, every part of the story is covered in depth. In addition to all this, the Second Edition of ‘The Official Story’ has a new 16 page chapter covering the development of the Toyota engined Federal and European spec cars, as well as the latest S2 Exige model. Produced with the full co-operation of Lotus Cars, who again gave access to the company’s archives as well as their employees, this book contains the reminisces of virtually everyone involved in the concept and design of the Elise. Through it’s production and subsequent development into the Series 2 model of 2001 and the Federal car in 2004, every variation of the Elise is described by Jeremy Walton, the only journalist invited to attend the the project 111 development meetings back in 1994. Jeremy’s close involvement and obvious enthusiasm for the Elise project is reflected by the openness of all involved, to tell us the real stories behind the car.