Spotted lotus elan in "heartbeat"

[LaikaTheDog]

LAJ 250F
Blue Lotus elan coupe
Versus
Triumph TR4
857 ELX

Racing before they got arrested by a policeman from the woods

Not a show I watch, just happened to spot it while channel surfing

Episode is called "speed" s13e1 (season 13, episode 1)

[Spyder fan]

Interesting street race, the Triumph with 105 bhp versus the Lotus with virtually the same bhp. 1558cc versus 2100cc. torque higher on the Triumph than the Lotus but weight lower on the Lotus.
If it was an early TR4 with trailing arm suspension then the Lotus would run rings round it, if a later Tr4A with IRS then maybe a more interesting match, although my money would still be on the Lotus providing the owner followed the maintenance program