Me neither, but it remains one of my favourite cars. Right at the end of its production run, in the early 70s, Lotus produced a version called the Sprint with an uprated engine and several other modifications, and these are very much sought after nowadays.6502coder wrote:I'm with you! That Colin Chapman beauty with the stainless-steel backbone and minimal weight is very much like a classic Puppy! My first dream car...never did own one of course.Colonel Panic wrote:Puppy as a Trabant? Quite good, except that Puppy is one of the fastest distros out there, whereas a Trabant is, er... slow.
I think if Puppy was a car it would be something like an old Lotus Elan;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT7bAd9Pra0
Here's a video which shows why (if you want to skip to the bit where the car is actually being driven, it starts at 6:50);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3KWU1qlfIM