LOTUS

LOTUS ELAN S 2

· Generation

Source and record

Swiss Typenschein type approval (pre-1985)

Official source: ASTRA (Federal Roads Office), type-approval overview table (pre-1985)

: Brand and model come from the official catalogue.

Data as of: 2026-08-01

This page describes a vehicle configuration (type/variant/version), not an individual vehicle.

Original document

Open PDF in a new tab · Official scan of the type approval. Source: FEDRO (Federal Roads Office), served from our archive holdings.

Vehicle stock in Switzerland

17 actively registered

Colours

  • Red6
  • Yellow4
  • Green3
  • White2
  • Blue1
  • Orange1

Cantons

  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1

First registration by year

  • 19655
  • 19666
  • 19672
  • 19682
  • 19691
  • 19701

Vehicle category

Most common value in Swiss registrations

  • Passenger car

Fuel

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Petrol

Body form

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Limousine · No official English label

Drivetrain

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Rear-wheel drive

Gearbox

  • Manual

Axles

  • 2

Cylinders

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • 4

Postcodes

  • 11..
  • 82..
  • 10..
  • 12..
  • 18..
  • 33..
  • 56..
  • 57..
  • 72..
  • 80..
  • 81..
  • 83..
  • 88..
  • 90..
  • 92..

VIN prefixes

  • 264...
  • 265...
  • 456...
  • 263...
  • 365...
  • 458...

Key data

Marke
LOTUS
Marke und Typ
LOTUS ELAN S 2
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Hubraum
1559
Zylinder
4
Leistung kW
0
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
163
Antrieb
H
Bestand in Verkehr
17
Bestand ausser Verkehr
44

Field labels are the German originals of ASTRA's overview table (pre-1985); no official translations exist for this corpus ("Lien RT" is the official French label of the French scan).

Typenschein – all fields

TG
5082
Link TG
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Lien RT
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Erstellung
vor / avant 10.03.2004
TG-Format
1. Generation
Marke
LOTUS
Marke und Typ
LOTUS ELAN S 2
Markencode
5156
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
163
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Leistung kW
0
Hubraum
1559
Zylinder
4
Antrieb
H
Sitze von
2
Bestand in Verkehr
17
Bestand ausser Verkehr
44