Lotus Elan F1 supercar, reportedly said that his only disappointment with the McLaren F1 was that he could not give it the perfect steering of the Lotus Elan. In 2004, "Sports Car International" named the Elan number six on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s. The original version of the car was designed by Ron Hickman who also designed the first Lotus Europa as part of Lotus' GT40 project bid and made his fortune having designed the Black & Decker Workmate. Because of its successful design and rigorous attention to cost control on the body, chassis, engine and the
Lotus Europa S M32 6-speed manual transmission. This allows the car to accelerate from in around 5.5 seconds, and in around 13.8 seconds. The Europa S can attain a maximum speed of . The Europa S model was not a sales success. Due to this reason, Lotus engineering director Roger Becker took charge of the car’s development programme and the Europa SE variant was launched replacing the Europa S. It was an improved version of the Europa S with an improved engine and other driving amenities. The Europa SE utilises the same engine as the Europa S, but is fitted with a revised