This Lotus Elise Costs $472,500 And Puts The Driver In The Center

• Analogue Automotive turns a Series 1 Elise into the VHPK with a full rework and a central driving position.
• The car weighs under 600 kilograms (1,323 pounds) and uses a tuned 1.9-liter K-Series with 250 horsepower.
• Only 35 cars will be built, each starting at £350,000 (about $472,500) before tax, donor Lotus included.

Analogue Automotive has just handed over the first Lotus Elise VHPK, a car that costs 17 times more than a clean Series 1 donor yet keeps the same aluminum chassis underneath. It weighs under 600 kilograms (1,323 pounds) and puts the driver dead center of the cabin.