Speaking of Lotus's penchant for small and light, candidate for best line in an automotive article for 2008:

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Originally Posted by New York Times
In another couple of decades, you might expect the Lotus flagship to be an electron with a steering wheel.
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Wonder if the guy has heard of the Ariel Atom?
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Originally Posted by Monsi
Lol @ the guy talking about when GM owned lotus the VX220 and the opel speedster ARE still being made cause its a contract deal...
did GM ever own lotus? I can't remember cause they are kind of the village bicycle if you know what I mean 
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Yes, from '88 into the early '90s. The VX220 and Speedster were a limited run, no longer produced. The Federal Elise comes from that production facility.