Lotus · 1975–1982
Lotus Eclat
The Lotus Éclat (Type 76 and Type 84) is a sports car built from 1975 to 1982 by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. It was based on the Elite but had a fastback body style which offered more practicality with storage in the boot, albeit with less headroom above the rear seats. The car was initially to be called the "Elite Coupe". The lower half of the fibreglass bodywork was identical to that of the Elite.
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Successor: Lotus Excel
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Specifications
- sp
- uk
- name
- Lotus Éclat
- aka
- Lotus Sprint (US)
- Related
- Lotus Elite
- Manufacturer
- Lotus Cars
- Production
- 1975–1982
- Assembly
- United Kingdom: Hethel, Norfolk
- Designer
- Oliver Winterbottom
- Class
- Sports car (S)
- Successor
- Lotus Excel
- Body style
- 2-door 2+2 coupé
- Layout
- Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- Engine
- 2.0 L Lotus 907 I4, 2.2 L Lotus 912 I4
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual, 5-speed manual, 3-speed automatic
- Length
- 4458 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2438 mm
- Height
- 1194 mm
- Width
- 1816 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1055 kg
Specification summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Measured facts from Wikidata (CC0). Check the linked sources for citations.
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871280CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_%C3%89clatCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1349339294 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_Eclat_(1979)_1X7A0069.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo: Alexander Migl · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.