2006 Lotus Elise Road Test

I'd thought I'd driven a true purists' sports car before, having piloted everything from Mazda's pesky little MX-5 Miata to Ferrari's superbly crafted F430, and most everything in between on the street and around race tracks, but while each has been wonderful in its own way, nothing could have prepared me for the ultra-light Elise. In North America, anyway, nothing as inherently visceral exists. No car connects as intuitively to its