06/06/2008 10:35. HETHEL, England — Lotus will honor Jim Clark, the Scottish F1 driver and winner of the Indianapolis 500, on June 8 with the formal debut of the Clark Type 25 Elise SC at the Scottish Classic SpeedFair. The special-edition model is priced at the equivalent of $70,580 and is only available in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, says Lotus.

The special-edition Elise will be limited to just 25 units and coincides with the 40th anniversary of Clark's death in a Lotus 48 at Hockenheim, Germany, in 1968. According to Lotus, the car uses historic styling cues drawn from the Type 25 Formula 1 car that Clark raced to win the F1 world championship in 1963.

The special-edition Elise gets a British racing green exterior with a yellow stripe in the center, along with Lotus Sport wheels... // Edmunds.com/Inside Line