Lotus Clark Type 25 Elise SC 2008 Pictures 
Lotus Clark Type 25 Elise SC 2008
Lotus Launches Clark Type 25 Elise SC
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Type 25 celebrates the life of Jim Clark
Jim Clark is considered by many as the finest and most naturally gifted racing driver of all time.
He won the F1 World Championship twice for Team Lotus in 1963 and in 1965.
In total, he won 25 Grand Prix races and was the first Briton to win the Indianapolis 500. Clark
won a third of all the F1 races he entered, as well as racing in other formulae such as F2, F3
and Touring Cars. Typically he would race in as many as three different categories per race
meeting! How many of the current crop of F1 drivers would do that?
In tribute to Jim Clark’s achievements, Lotus, in association with Classic Team Lotus, is
producing the Clark Type 25 Elise SC, with a donation for each of these special cars sold
going to the Jim Clark memorial fund. This Elise, limited to just 25 cars in the UK (25 being the
Type number of his 1963 Lotus F1 car and his number of F1 wins) has been authorised by the
Clark family and coincides with the 40th anniversary of Jim Clark’s death at Hockenheim in
1968.
The Clark Type 25 Elise SC will be launched at The Scottish Classic SpeedFair at Knockhill on
the 8th of June 2008 and will form part of a weekend long tribute to Jim Clark. The Club Lotus
Jim Clark Remembrance Weekend will take place over the 7th and 8th of June and promises to
be a fantastic celebration of the life of Jim Clark.
Mike Kimberley, CEO of Group Lotus Plc comments, “It is fitting that the latest version of our
award winning Elise, the Clark Type 25 Elise SC, should celebrate the life of Jim Clark. It is
also an honour to be able to unveil the car at Knockhill this weekend. Each owner of the Clark
Type 25 Elise SC will be joining an unrivalled heritage that recognises motorsport’s greatest
partnership, that of Lotus and Jim Clark.”
The Clark Type 25 Elise SC draws upon many styling cues from the Type 25 Formula 1 car
that Jim Clark raced to win the World Championship in 1963. The car, with a removable hard
top as standard, is finished in British Racing Green with a yellow stripe along the centre and
features high performance Lotus Sport wheels, finished in an historic black and silver design.
The interior is inspired by the Team Lotus Formula 1 cars of the era, with black leather sports
seats, trimmed with red leather and all finished off with a fantastic retro wooden gear knob.
The Elise SC is the most powerful production Elise ever produced and offers stunning
performance. Power comes from a 1.8 litre non-intercooled, supercharged engine and uses
intelligent cam switching technology, enabling the engine to switch to the high performance
cam anywhere between 4000 and 6200 rpm. This clever feature gives the engine two
characters, allowing the car to be driven economically or giving maximum performance for
spirited driving.
The Elise’s light weight gives low CO2 emissions, great handling and affords phenomenal
braking. Another benefit of the low weight is incredible acceleration, with the sprint to 60 mph
taking just 4.3 seconds and with 100 km/h despatched in 4.6 seconds. The Elise SC
accelerates on to a top speed of 148 mph, which is 238 km/h.
All Lotus cars offer exceptional handling and the Elise is no exception. The chassis has a
seriously light, stiff structure. Combining this technology with the fantastic Lotus ride and
handling gives an inspiring driving experience and the mid-engined layout of the Lotus Elise
offers fantastic balance and agility.
The Elise SC offers a few technological advances that Jim Clark may have found helpful in his
Type 25. Coming as standard on the Elise is traction control, ABS and sequential shift lights,
however all the driver aids are included to improve the driving experience and do not intervene
unless really called upon.
The Clark Type 25 Elise SC is currently only available in the UK and Republic of Ireland and is
on sale now. Price: £35,995 MSRP, and includes £5,750 worth of options for just £3,445. On
the Road costs are £950 MSRP
Notes:
Lotus Clark Type 25 Elise SC
CO2 emissions – 202 g/km. Combined fuel consumption - 33.23 mpg (8.5 l/100 km)
The main operating subsidiary of Group Lotus plc is Lotus Cars Ltd, which has two operating divisions -
Lotus Engineering and Lotus Cars. Lotus Engineering is an internationally recognised automotive
engineering consultancy based in Norfolk, UK. Global facilities include those in Michigan (USA), Kuala
Lumpur (Malaysia), China and offices in Germany and Japan, with rapid expansion in new territories
such as South East Asia and the Gulf States.
Lotus Engineering provides comprehensive and versatile consultancy services to many of the world`s
OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, offering a full engineering service from initial concept and project design
through development and integration of the complete vehicle to meet all worldwide markets and
customers to full production. This includes third party `niche vehicle` engineering and manufacture
worldwide.
Lotus Cars builds world class, prestige, high performance sports cars for sale in 37 countries. These
include the iconic Lotus Elise, and the Exige and Europa. Lotus is a global high-tech company,
expanding and committed to driving forward technology for both Lotus Cars and its Engineering clients,
spearheading research into such areas as hybrids, electric vehicles and renewable fuels.
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