The Lotus Elan is one of those classic race cars ... Jaguar E-Type in historic racing events to this day. That's how the 26R, the racing variant of the little Elan, earned the nickname "Mongoose ...

On the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage the guest’s are both from inside the garage: the man they call Professor Jim Hall, Leno’s master fabricator, and the 1966 Lotus 26R that he spent ...

Not only fast and extremely nimble, but the Elan 26R also sounds surprisingly aggressive for a four-cylinder racer. While the regular Elan remained in production from 1962 to 1973, Lotus also ...

But it wasn't just used in Toyota and Lexus products. The Lotus Evora was originally powered by a modified 26R-FE, and later versions got a supercharged version of the Camry engine. So in a ...

The Mazda MX-5 Miata is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, but there wouldn't be a Miata without the Lotus Elan ... started with an original Elan 26R body and went from there.

We're talking about the Lotus Elan 26R. Developed using Colin Chapman's "simplify, then add lightness" design, the featherweight Elan didn't need more than a 1.6-liter, inline-four engine and 105 ...

as it's just commissioned a recreation Lotus 26R Elan Le Mans coupe. The cars will be built to the same specification as the ones initially designed to sit on the Le Mans grid in 1964.