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You have to admire the ambition of Dany Bahar and his team at Lotus, despite doubts over the scale and achievability of their New Era strategy, they've certainly raised the brand's profile during the two months since their Paris Motorshow bombshell.

Turning the small Norfolk car maker into a worthy Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche rival is on a par with Red Bull winning the F1 World Championship - an unlikely ambition and yet we've just witnessed the Austrian drinks company achieving just that.

Lotus' revised Elise harks back to the 1996 original in more ways than just its mustard paint finish.