After a few days at the other thread, it would appear that the overwhelming majority of folks here wouldn't have bought their Elise/Exige if it were somehow a FWD car (
I think this is indicative of what happened to the M100):
http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32285
89.90% so far say nope, wouldn't buy a Lotus today if it were FWD.