I chose Lotus for my first real sports car as:
1. It's built in a field in England by a bunch of turnip scarecrows
2. It has the feel (some would say build quality) of a car that was handmade by a time served engineer in his shed - the cars I swear are alive and breathing
3. When I bought the Evora, NONE of my friends, neighbours etc knew what it was - I liked the feeling of being different. Of being an individual
4. On my first test drive (which was after I had decided to buy it and placed a deposit) I just giggled like a kid
5. When I'm out driving it, people shout, stare and point - but not in a bad way
6. Women come up to me in the supermarket car park and compliment me on my choice of car (it has happened several times since I bought the Sport 410 new - it's the colour!)
7. I don't feel like a prick when I say i drive a Lotus - I would, if I said I drove a Porsche
8. When I'm out in the mountains and glens up here in Scotland, driving on my own, I just feel like I'm blessed - the noise (oh my god the noise), the steering, the scenery. Nothing beats it.
9. I love the history and the motorsport endeavours. The backwater upstart, taking it to the mighty Ferrari's, Fords, etc and using ingenuity and good old british inventiveness to get ahead