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I hate to say it, but wasn't the Rover-K engine a bit unreliable, as well as the 1-Series? I remember an old TopGear episode reviewing it. I think top-speed and acceleration was pretty poor, especially compared to the Series-2.
My British friends from the RAF said it was a real lemon. (albeit a collectible lemon IMHO)
You can lighten the Elise using the "diet" search on this forum if one is inclined. There's plenty of lightening still available to bring down the 1984 pounds, such as ultra-light rims, removing the AC, passenger seat, draining the washer-fluid, removing the entire wiper configuration, removing the side-mirrors and rear-view mirror, running no more than 1/3 tank of gas, removing the stereo and speakers, removing the rear plastic interior wall. You could really strip-down the whole ensemble and lose at least 200 pounds I suspect, and probably gain 2 tenths. If you have $$$ you could even replace everything plausible with CF and lose perhaps another 100 pounds or more.
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