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Bad thing about elise/exige is the bodywork is fragile and expensive otherwise they are solid cars and easy to work on. Ive had my exige for 8 years and had an elise before that for a few years.

They are a good blend of modern reliability with the toyota/yamaha drive train and lightweight simplicity. I can't image getting an sc to exige performance without getting really drastic. Love older porsches but my 930 might as well be a Tahoe compared to the exige.

Lotus are also starting to creep up substantially in price. Not sure you can get a really nice elise under mid 30s these days. The majority of them I see for sale are heavily tracked and modified as the cars appeal to car nerds.