Lotus Elise 111S
Convertible, on the road from 1999 to 2005.
- 1999–2005
- Registered
- 3 countries
- On the road in
- Top 50%
- Worldwide popularity
- #1140
- in Spain
Popular in
Rank in each official register
Canonical id car/lotus/elise-111s ·
dataset 2026.11.9, CC-BY 4.0,
from real registration and fleet counts.
On the record
Where the Lotus Elise 111S is on the road, and since when, from each country's official register.
Where it's been spotted
Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register, with the model's rank there where the register counts it. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.
Years on record
The first and last year each official register has the Lotus Elise 111S on record. A last year of 2026 is the newest year in the data, not the year the model ended.
- Netherlands
- 1999–2005
- Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Registration history
From official registers, as of 2026.11.9. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.
Powertrains on record
1 register with powertrain counts
Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.
Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/lotus/elise-111s/full
Generations, engines and specs
Coming. Not in the record yet.
Today the Lotus Elise 111S record holds its make, model, kind, body type, registration years, popularity and countries. We are building generations, engines and trims, and specs next, sourced and cited like everything else. Parts fitment and listing sites asked first.
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Try the API
The Lotus Elise 111S as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.
GET /api/v1/vehicles/car/lotus/elise-111s/full
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{
"id": "car/lotus/elise-111s",
"name": "Elise 111S",
"make": {
"id": "lotus",
"name": "Lotus"
},
"kind": "car",
"body_type": "convertible",
"availability": [
"ch",
"es",
"nl"
],
"regions": [
"eu"
],
"popularity": {
"global_decile": 6,
"mass_decile": 5,
"rarity": "average"
},
"aliases": [],
"former_ids": [],
"years": null,
"registration_years": {
"first": 1999,
"last": 2005
},
"era": null,
"enrichment": null,
"enrichment_gated": true,
"dataset_version": "2026.11.9",
"upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
"attribution": {
"source": "VehiclesDB",
"url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
"license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
"dataset_version": "2026.11.9"
}
}
On Business
and up, enrichment carries production runs, variants, related models, powertrain counts, reference links and make facts.
One row of vehicles.csv
The open dataset (release 2026.11.9, CC-BY 4.0) holds the
Lotus Elise 111S as this row. Free with an account: download it, store it, show it, with a credit line.
- kind
- car
- make_slug
- lotus
- make_name
- Lotus
- model_slug
- elise-111s
- model_name
- Elise 111S
- body_types
- convertible
- countries
- ch|es|nl
- regions
- eu
- global_popularity_decile
- 6
- mass_popularity_decile
- 5
- aliases
- ∅
- former_ids
- ∅
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The plate next to it
A Lotus Elise 111S owner in Spain types a plate like this into your form. Check it is a valid format in Spain, get it back as issued, and draw it on its real design.
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