The Iconic Sale at Silverstone Festival 23rd - 25th August 2024
The Iconic Sale at Silverstone Festival 2024 Collectors’ Cars 80 Registration: T391 SBD Chassis No.: SCCGA111XXHE34044 Estimate: £30,000 - £35,000 Specialist: Joseph Watts Telephone No: 07779 082707 Lot 381 1999 Lotus Sport Elise (190) by SVO - #50 of 59 Examples The car presented here is a 1999 Lotus Sport Elise (190), ratified by its accompanying Certificate of Provenance and a letter from Lotus (see images). It confirms that this car was built in April 1999 in left-hand drive configuration for the USA, left the production line in the April and was upgraded by the Special Vehicle Operations to the Sport 190 specification, including a race fuel-filter for the US- market cars. It is the 50th example, out of 59, the 16th out of 21 cars for the USA, and the 18th out of 20 cars in Mustard Yellow Spice Metallic worldwide. It was imported to the UK in 2018 by our vendor, who is a real Lotus enthusiast, being an ex-Lotus employee and member of The Lotus Motor Club. He wanted the best possible Sport Elise 190 he could find and knew immediately that this car was in fantastic original condition (see images of underside), with low mileage, service history and paperwork from the US and had obviously led a cosseted life. For peace of mind, in September 2018, he oversaw the most thorough of recommissioning programs and then fastidiously documented the car’s continued maintenance carried out over his six year ownership by himself and a Lotus-trained technician. Our vendor, the car’s third owner, states: ’When I got it from America my main aim was to get it back to stock 190 spec; it wasn’t far off, the window tint was removed, various bits were refreshed (as per summary of ownership document; see images), the ride height and alignment were sorted at Hethel and some mods to the fan circuit were rectified. I am fortunate to know a highly-experienced vehicle and powertrain technician from the Lotus factory at Hethel who has worked there since before the Elise was built, and still does. He and another did the ride height and alignment at Hethel, and he also did other work as detailed in the summary of ownership document (see images).’ The car is accompanied by an MOT until 23rd June 2025, two keys, its original LHD lights (RHD are fitted), a ‘race’ ECU (never used by current owner; increases the RPM limit to 8,000rpm, and is referred to in the Lotus Elise S1 Service Notes), a CAT bypass pipe (CAT is on car for MOT) and its bag for the roof components. This is an extremely rare car with interesting provenance and is remarkably versatile, being comfortable on both road and track with some serious performance available and who knows when a similar opportunity will come around again. The ‘unicorn’ of Elise S1 models, the Sport 190 featured a more powerful engine and competition-grade suspension, gearbox, brakes, roll-cage, and seats with 6-point harnesses. Just 19,000 miles, on offer from diligent ownership and with a documented maintenance history. More Details Lot 381 Bid On Lot 381
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