The DMC-12 and the Lotus Elan/Esprit shared many similarities. The Lotus guys say the DMC-12 chassis is the Lotus Esprit S 3 chassis. Colin Chapman said the Elan chassis is the classis Lotus design and incorporated into the DMC. There is a 1965 Lotus Elan on Ebay...the cars were offered at one time in several boxes, as the new owner assembled the car in his garage or workshop. The interesting aspect of this chassis is its' red coating. Anyone know about this? http://listings.ebaymotors.com/aw/listings/list/category6307/index.html Best Wishes, Michael Pack