And now Lotus appears to be testing another one. Spotted lapping the Nürburgring, what we're looking at here appears to be the track-bound Elise S Cup R, but our intrepid paparazzi by the side of ...

and with modest boot space and no storage under the nose, the Emira looks like continuing that reputation. What it loses compared to the Lotus Evora though, it gains in a more welcoming cabin ...