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1997 KIA ELAN
Estimate: £10,000 - £14,000
ORIGINAL SOURCE & more images
https://www.essexclassiccarauctions.co.uk/catalogue/kia-elan-as-new-1997/
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ESSEX CLASSIC CAR AUCTIONS
SUNDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2017
Five Lakes Crowne Plaza Resort and Spa, Colchester
Estimate: £10,000 - £14,000
A what? You ask. This Kia Elan is probably one of the rarest “Mass Produced” sports cars you will see!
Back in 1995 when Lotus stopped production of their popular “M100 Elan” Kia Motor Co. who at the time were planning to launch a sports car to enhance their growing range, purchased the rights to produce the Lotus Elan. Now knowing the Elan was already a successful car, they basically changed the rear light units and a few parts of the interior, dropped in a more powerful 150HP 1800cc naturally aspirated engine, then left the rest more or less alone, sensible!
With a production run of only 820 cars, to find one that is effective as new in condition and with only 9000 warranted miles on the clock would be “Un-usual” to say the least, but that is what we have here.
Specially imported by Kia UK in 1997 as a marketing tool, it sat on display until it was transferred to Kia of Maidstone and then in turn to one of their heads of department, the whole time not seeing the rain and covering just very low miles between services.
The brilliant red exterior is blemish free and after the years of cleaning has what is probably more gleam to it than when new. Inside you get a very well appointed interior with half leather seating, air con, electric Windows and exterior mirrors, Immobilizer and a “Digitally Synthesized Stereo”.
The 1.8 Litre engine is now more or less run in and gives excellent performance, while not being such hard work as the original 1.6 Litre, less powerful but turbocharged engine. Matched to a short shift 5-speed gearbox and running on 15-inch Mini-Lite alloy wheels there are not many sports cars that will match it through the twisty bits.
So this is a one-off opportunity to own a very rare car that if you wanted one new in 1997 would have cost you £39,000 at less than half that price.
ORIGINAL SOURCE & more images
https://www.essexclassiccarauctions.co.uk/catalogue/kia-elan-as-new-1997/
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