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1999 Lotus Elise (S1 111S, blue, classic)

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Make: Lotus
Model: Elise
Variant: S1 111S
Year: 1999
Decade: 1990s
Colour: Blue
Types: Classic Sports car

This catalogue entry records a 1999 Lotus Elise S1 111S in blue, a sports car, from the 1990s.

The 1999 Lotus Elise S1 111S in blue is filed under Classic and Sports car, within the 1990s picture cars.

1990s on screen

For a rear-facing departure shot, registration details should agree with the story year instead of using any plate that simply looks older than current traffic. Street signs and advertising can be strong date clues, so they need reviewing even when an exterior location has changed very little since the nineties. Nineties journeys outside a city should be researched locally, giving the background traffic a reason to belong to the place as well as to the decade.

Possible roles in a production

Access for performers should be tried with the exact sports car, especially when bags or formal costume have to be managed during an entrance. Visible badges and registration details deserve review in a close sports-car shot, particularly where the production needs fictional plate treatment or cleared branding. For a leisure-location scene, greetings and waiting can explain why a sports car is present without inventing a racing background or previous use.

About this listing

Catalogue details identify a 1999 Lotus Elise S1 111S in blue in the Classic and Sports car categories. You can find 3 Lotus Elises through the model selection. Year records in the model selection begin at 1999 and end at 2021. Colour details elsewhere in this selection mention yellow. For a broader search, the make collection covers 27 Lotus vehicles and the period collection 371 cars from the 1990s.

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