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Lotus Elan Sprint DHC

1972 · Manual · Team Lotus Gold Leaf

£39,995

Listed today at UK Sports Cars, Wingham. Last checked today.

£5,000 below the median asking price

Compared with 3 other Lotus Elan Sprint DHC for sale on Vertar (1971 to 1972). Median £44,995.

£40k£45k

See all 4 for sale

Key facts

Year: 1972
Gearbox: Manual
Fuel: Petrol
Drive: RWD
Body: Convertible
Colour: Team Lotus Gold Leaf
Generation: Elan Sprint (Type 45 DHC, 1971–1973)

About this car

The Elan Sprint was the last and quickest of the original Lotus Elan line, and this 1972 drophead is finished in the Gold Leaf Team Lotus colours that suit the car so well.

It has a Lotus galvanised chassis-up rebuild, carried out before the selling dealer first sold it. The dealer has looked after it for the same owner, a helicopter pilot, for the 14 years since. A new Everflex soft-top has been fitted and has seen little use.

The dealer describes it as driving as a well set up Sprint should. Mileage and registration aren't given on the page.

Written by Vertar from UK Sports Cars’s listing. Check the details with the dealer before you buy.

Performance

The maker’s official figures for this model, not measurements of this car (Lotus published figures for the 1558cc Big Valve Twin Cam (126 bhp gross). Weight, top speed and 0-60 left null because the commonly quoted values come from period road tests, not Lotus.).

Power: 126 bhp
Engine: 1,558 cc, 4 cylinders
Engine position: Front-engined
Induction: Naturally aspirated