A contemporary incarnation of the legendary, vintage Lotus 7, Elise SC is a light-weight performance car owing most of its considerable prowess to intelligent design and low-weight engineering principles. Lotus founder Colin Chapman was an engineering maverick. The Elise continues the tradition of Chapman’s vision: performance by virtue of lightness – not power. Although the Elise appears cheap and tinny – especially if you rap the plastic body panels with your knuckles – this is an extraord