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" It&amp;#039;s hard to watch our European counterparts play with the ever-improving versions of the Lotus Elise knowing we won&amp;#039;t get our hands on any. Yes, Lotus plans on bringing the next-generation Elise to the States, but that won&amp;#039;t be until 2020, nine years after the current car left this market. The Elise Cup 250 only serves to make things more difficult for the U.S.&amp;#039;s small, but passionate base of Lotus freaks. Why? Well, it has 243 horsepower at the ready and weighs just over a ton. Take into account its ultra-sticky tires and its glorious aero kit, and the Cup 250 pretty much speaks for itself. Carfection&amp;#039;s Alex Goy has a go in the Cup 250 at Lotus&amp;#039;s Hethel test track and concludes that it&amp;#039;s just about the best Elise ever made. Thankfully we can get the Lotus Evora Sport 410 in the U.S., because otherwise, the mere existence of the Elise Cup 250 would be pretty much unbearable. To say we&amp;#039;re impatient for the Elise&amp;#039;s return would be a large understatement.        "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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