Back in 2001, the Elise and its stripped-down 340R cousin were tearing up track days in Europe but hadn't yet crossed the pond. Read what we thought of the 340R years before the Elise was federalized.

Today we’re used to seeing completely stripped and caged Ariel Atoms, Exocets and Vette Karts, but it’s still refeshing to see the so-millenial-it-hurts 2000 Lotus 340R, one of the most ...

These days most of the news out of Lotus comes when it releases a lighter or faster version of the Elise, Exige or Evora. However, the stripped-out, Elise-based 340R might already show the logical ...

Okay, we’ll get the obligatory Colin Chapman reference in nice and early. We all know the Lotus recipe is to “simplify, then add lightness”, but the 340R took that adage and pushed it to the ...

Admittedly, we're not quite sure why it has taken nearly five years for aftermarketer ReVerie to figure out how to build a hardtop for the Lotus 340R. That said, given the British sportscar's ...

Back when Lotus wasn't interested in bringing an SUV to market, the British sports car company used to do wacky lightweight machines such as the 340R ...

The 2012 Lotus 340R lacks many of the common necessities we think of when we think about automobiles -- including windows and doors.

The last time the 340R appeared in these pages was in October 2005. Back then the front radiator had just split, which meant the body would have to come off. The result was that the car went into ...

Rare LHD Lotus 340R Track Special Will Set You Back At Least £55,000 With just 351 miles on the odometer, this Elise-based track toy is basically brand new ...

But it did have a much wilder brother. A car that made even the Elise-based Exige coupe seem sane. Called the 340R, it was limited to, you guessed it, just 340 units, and one of those rare ...

Our lesser-spotted 340R came out of hiding this month for a guest appearance at the opening of a new Lotus showroom at Dick Lovett's in Swindon (it's directly next door to Lovett's plush Ferrari ...