Emission laws I think. It's the same deal with TVR's too (I think).
As for the Elise, it's not a Lotus made engine but a Rover engine. Still that car could be powered by a Kenwood mixer and still be fast.
Anybody heard of Caterham? They make excellent track day cars, some of them bike-engined!
I've set a budget of about £12-15k.
Does anybody know much about the new Integra Type-R/RSX?
www.litimports.co.uk
Check out this web-site, they have imported Type-R's for the track at a very tempting price but I don't know much about this car.