HOW MANY LOTUS ELAN ARE LEFT?

HOW RARE IS MY LOTUS ELAN?

These stats won't show how many LOTUS ELAN were made or sold but they do show how many LOTUS ELAN are left on the road.

There are 33,905,896 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 1,269 LOTUS ELAN left in the UK with an MOT. 0.0037% of all UK vehicles are LOTUS ELAN. Vehicle data is updated in near real-time as they pass & fail MOT tests.

MOST POPULAR LOTUS ELAN MODEL

MODEL	HOW MANY?
ELAN	1,187 (93.5%)
ELAN 2	18 (1.4%)
ELAN 2S 130	14 (1.1%)

Tap the Models tab above to view all LOTUS ELAN model variants.

MOST POPULAR LOTUS ELAN COLOUR

Colour	Total
Red	466 (36.7%)
Blue	264 (20.8%)
Green	185 (14.6%)

Tap the Colours tab above to view all LOTUS ELAN colours.

HOW RELIABLE ARE LOTUS ELAN?

This chart shows how many LOTUS ELAN are left from each year (green) along with their average mileage (black).

MOST COMMON LOTUS ELAN MODEL VARIANTS

MODEL VARIANT	HOW MANY?
ELAN	1,187 (93.5%)
ELAN 2	18 (1.4%)
ELAN 2S 130	14 (1.1%)
ELAN DHC SPRINT	11 (0.9%)
ELAN 2S1305	8 (0.6%)
ELAN SPRINT	7 (0.6%)
ELAN 2S	6 (0.5%)
ELAN FHC SPRINT	3 (0.2%)
ELAN S2	3 (0.2%)
ELAN PLUS 2	2 (0.2%)

LIST OF LOTUS ELAN MODEL VARIANTS

The LOTUS ELAN model variants are as they are on the V5C Car Logbook; there are typos & mistakes.

MODEL VARIANT	HOW MANY?	AVG AGE	AVG MILEAGE
ELAN	1,187 (93.5%)	36 yrs	73,106 mi
ELAN 2	1 (0.1%)	55 yrs	29,311 mi
ELAN 2S	1 (0.1%)	53 yrs	96,092 mi
ELAN 2S 130	14 (1.1%)	52 yrs	53,761 mi
ELAN 2	18 (1.4%)	52 yrs	47,867 mi
ELAN 2 1305	1 (0.1%)	52 yrs	69,014 mi
ELAN 2S	6 (0.5%)	51 yrs	25,803 mi
ELAN 2S1305	8 (0.6%)	50 yrs	55,837 mi
ELAN DHC SPRINT	11 (0.9%)	52 yrs	35,083 mi
ELAN FHC SPRINT	3 (0.2%)	51 yrs	39,564 mi
ELAN PLUS 2	2 (0.2%)	51 yrs	83,300 mi
ELAN S1	1 (0.1%)	55 yrs	53,109 mi
ELAN S2	3 (0.2%)	29 yrs	45,417 mi
ELAN S4	2 (0.2%)	54 yrs	39,780 mi
ELAN S4SE	1 (0.1%)	54 yrs	13,164 mi
ELAN SE	1 (0.1%)	55 yrs	8,972 mi
ELAN SE TURBO	2 (0.2%)	34 yrs	90,779 mi
ELAN SPRINT	7 (0.6%)	46 yrs	28,754 mi

MOST COMMON LOTUS ELAN COLOURS

Colour	Total
Red	466 (36.7%)
Blue	264 (20.8%)
Green	185 (14.6%)
Yellow	163 (12.8%)
White	80 (6.3%)
Silver	45 (3.5%)
Black	36 (2.8%)
Purple	14 (1.1%)
Grey	6 (0.5%)
Brown	3 (0.2%)
Gold	2 (0.2%)
Maroon	2 (0.2%)
Orange	2 (0.2%)
Bronze	1 (0.1%)

MOST COMMON LOTUS ELAN ENGINES

Engine	Total
1588cc Petrol	747 (58.9%)
Petrol	266 (21.0%)
1558cc Petrol	224 (17.7%)
1600cc Petrol	8 (0.6%)
1998cc Petrol	7 (0.6%)
1598cc Petrol	5 (0.4%)
Electric	2 (0.2%)
2000cc Petrol	2 (0.2%)
1650cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1988cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1989cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1997cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1597cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1580cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1586cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1557cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)