The Lotus Exige Sprint honours the colour arrangement of the allegorical Elan Sprint, which entered assembly in aboriginal 1971, 37 years ago. The architecture was acclimatized from the red and gold and white colour arrangement of the Team Lotus Formula One sponsors at the time: Gold Leaf Tobacco. Other colours were additionally alien including the blue, gold and white and yellow, gold and white, both of which are honoured on the Lotus Exige Sprint.
