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The Elise is an insanely well handling car, and weighing less than 2000lbs, it's supposed to be incredibly nimble. Rear engine, rear drive, nearly perfect weight balance... by all accounts, it's like driving a kart.
However, with just 190hp, it doesn't quite hit 10lbs/hp, which is really a minimum in my book. The US version uses the same Toyota engine that's in the MR2, and there are tuners producing 260-280hp with reliability on that motor, so an engine swap would be a necessity day one.
All that said, if you want one next year, better go plunk a deposit today. They're only importing 2000 of them a year, and my understanding is that there's roughly a one year wait right now.
Cheers
-b
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