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Geometry specification - Sport option:Mid-laden ride height (reference height for geometry check)
- front 130 mm below front end
of chassis siderail
- rear 130 mm below rear end
of chassis siderail
Castor - optimum + 3.8°
- tolerance range + 3.5° to + 4.1°;
max. side/side 0.35°
Camber - optimum - 0.3°
- tolerance range - 0.1° to - 0.5°
max. side/side 0.2°
Alignment - optimum Zero - tolerance range 0.5 mm toe-out, to
0.5 mm toe-in overall
Rear Suspension
Type Independent. Upper and
lower wishbone; co-axial
coil spring/telescopic
damper.
Geometry specification - Standard: Mid-laden ride height (reference height for geometry check)
- front 135 mm below front end
of chassis siderail
- rear 135 mm below rear end
of chassis siderail
Camber - optimum - 1.8°
- tolerance range - 1.6° to - 2.0°
max.side/side 0.2°
Alignment - optimum 1.2 mm toe-in each side - tolerance range 1.2 to 1.8mm toe-in each
side
max.side/side 0.3 mm
Geometry specification - Sport option: Mid-laden ride height (reference height for geometry check)
- front 130 mm below front end
of chassis siderail
- rear 130 mm below rear end
of chassis siderail
Technical Data
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lision, fire, theft or climatic conditions are not covered under
this warranty.
(f) ODOMETER ALTERATION.
Warranty coverages do not apply if the odometer has stopped,
been altered or the car’s correct mileage cannot accurately
and easily be determined.
(g) This Limited Warranty excludes
the emission control
system, the Federal and California warranties for which are
detailed on pages 171 through 187.
(h) Malfunctions, defects or damage caused by
any non-
Lotus part or accessory
are not covered by this warranty. If
a part which is covered by the Limited Warranty fails during
the warranty period and in turn this failure causes a failure of
a non-warranted part, then Lotus will consider replacing the
non-warranted part.
(j) If any after-market sport parts are fitted to your car, such parts are not covered by the Limited Warranty. Such parts
are covered by any warranty which accompanies the sale of
that particular part. Defects arising from track use will not be covered by your Limited Warranty. Any original part affected
or damaged by the fitment of any off road or track part may
not be covered by your Limited Warranty.
k) Minor wind noise and minor water ingress from the hard or
soft top roofs.
NOTICE: The car is a speciality sports car not intended to go
through automatic car washes. If the car is taken through a
car wash any damage is not covered by the warranty.
l) If it is determined that paint on the car must be repaired because of an item covered under warranty the paint colour
matching of repaired or replaced body panels will be achieved
within practicable limits as determined by the Company. Paint
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ing of the entire car solely for the purpose of paint colour matching will not be covered under the warranty.
m) Noise and vibration are a normal and necessary feature of a mechanical device such as a motor car. The nature and
Limited Warranty
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The Queen’s Award for Enterprise
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the highest honour that
can be bestowed upon a British company and is the UK’s top award for business performance. The award is given annually
by Her Majesty The Queen and the winning companies hold it
for five years.
Group Lotus PLC and its staff were awarded The Queen’s
Award for Enterprise 2002 for the whole group’s outstanding achievement in international trade. Lotus Cars has sold its prestigious sports car models into over 30 countries around the
world and Lotus Engineering, which has been investing heavily in engine and chassis research, is regarded as one of the world’s
leading engineering consultancy groups.
The Lotus Elise now proudly displays The Queen’s Award
logo on the rear window. This logo symbolises the achieve
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ments of Group Lotus over the last few years culminating in the company being given the Award in 2002 – the year of The
Queen’s Golden Jubilee.
The Queen’s Award scheme was introduced in 1966, originally
as The Queen’s Award to Industry before becoming known as
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 1999.
Her Majesty The Queen makes the Awards on the advice of
the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an Advisory Committee
that includes representatives of Government, industry and com
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merce, and the trade unions. They are announced on 21 April,
The Queen’s personal birthday.
For more information about The Queen’s Awards, please see
www.queensawards.org.uk
The Queen’s Award
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