I'll start of by saying that every Lotus is an engineering marvel and handles better than most cars. Colin Chapman knew what he was doing and most all his cars set a bar higher in handling. Most of them were also beautiful. The Europa was fugly.
Strangely, the newer (and beautiful) Lotus Elise seemed to draw inspiration from the Europa's face. I say this is strange as why would they want to remind people they sold a sports car that looked like a milk van. I have no idea why they ended up making the car look like this - it's like they started at the front and got "designer's block" and drew a box at the end. Also - the side windows curve down strangely, making it look like a badly made kit car.
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Yeah! Preach the word, Brother Bean! Let's hear it for the VW Bus-engined Poooorsche 914! At least it had a BIT more function to it! But, hey, it was 70s Euro. Maybe THEIR bean-counters were wreaking havoc, too!
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