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 31,181,931 cars & other vehicles with valid MOTs.

There are 1,139 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	1,074 (94.3%)
ELAN 2	13 (1.1%)
ELAN 2S 130	11 (1.0%)

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

MOST POPULAR LOTUS ELAN COLOUR

Colour	Total
Red	419 (36.8%)
Blue	241 (21.2%)
Green	172 (15.1%)

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	1,074 (94.3%)
ELAN 2	13 (1.1%)
ELAN 2S 130	11 (1.0%)
ELAN DHC SPRINT	9 (0.8%)
ELAN 2S1305	6 (0.5%)
ELAN 2S	5 (0.4%)
ELAN FHC SPRINT	4 (0.4%)
ELAN SPRINT	3 (0.3%)
ELAN S1	2 (0.2%)
ELAN S2	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	1,074 (94.3%)	36 yrs	75,006 mi
ELAN 2	1 (0.1%)	55 yrs	29,311 mi
ELAN 2S 130	11 (1.0%)	52 yrs	43,337 mi
ELAN 2	13 (1.1%)	52 yrs	41,047 mi
ELAN 2PLUS 2	1 (0.1%)	51 yrs	17,984 mi
ELAN 2S	5 (0.4%)	53 yrs	27,520 mi
ELAN 2S1305	6 (0.5%)	51 yrs	61,709 mi
ELAN DHC SPRINT	9 (0.8%)	52 yrs	34,443 mi
ELAN FHC SPRINT	4 (0.4%)	51 yrs	44,128 mi
ELAN PLUS 2	1 (0.1%)	51 yrs	68,717 mi
ELAN S1	2 (0.2%)	9 yrs	12,894 mi
ELAN S2	2 (0.2%)	29 yrs	45,605 mi
ELAN S4	2 (0.2%)	54 yrs	40,194 mi
ELAN S4 SE	1 (0.1%)	55 yrs	4,211 mi
ELAN S4SE	1 (0.1%)	54 yrs	13,164 mi
ELAN SE	1 (0.1%)	55 yrs	10,451 mi
ELAN SE TURBO	2 (0.2%)	33 yrs	64,417 mi
ELAN SPRINT	3 (0.3%)	53 yrs	21,874 mi

MOST COMMON LOTUS ELAN COLOURS

Colour	Total
Red	419 (36.8%)
Blue	241 (21.2%)
Green	172 (15.1%)
Yellow	144 (12.6%)
White	67 (5.9%)
Silver	36 (3.2%)
Black	34 (3.0%)
Purple	15 (1.3%)
Grey	4 (0.4%)
Brown	3 (0.3%)
Gold	1 (0.1%)
Maroon	1 (0.1%)
Beige	1 (0.1%)
Bronze	1 (0.1%)

MOST COMMON LOTUS ELAN ENGINES

Engine	Total
1588cc Petrol	878 (77.1%)
1558cc Petrol	225 (19.8%)
1998cc Petrol	10 (0.9%)
1600cc Petrol	8 (0.7%)
Petrol	5 (0.4%)
1598cc Petrol	3 (0.3%)
1997cc Petrol	3 (0.3%)
Electric	2 (0.2%)
1580cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1988cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1989cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
1597cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)
4200cc Petrol	1 (0.1%)