[Termin8r]

Maybe because it is a Lotus Elise and will continue to be one until they run out of the Lotus Elise bodies they bought from Lotus sometime this year.

It's not a Lotus Elise. It uses the same technology for the chassis (extruded aluminium sections bonded and riveted together), but the dimensions are different. Especially the rear section, behind the passenger compartment, is longer to accommodate the battery pack. The body is completely different. Tesla did not buy bodies from Lotus - Lotus built complete gliders for Tesla, which were then fitted with drive unit and battery pack by Tesla. Only six percent of parts are shared between Lotus Elise and Tesla Roadster.

See also Wikipedia.

 

[Termin8r]

Oh Please! The body is NOT completely different! If it were, so many people wouldn't be saying they look just alike.

I see. So because so many people say they look alike, they are the same? I suggest you try to hang some Elise body panels on a Tesla Roadster. I can guarantee you none of them will fit. So much for 'NOT completely different'.

And as for citing Wikipedia, wait a while and when I get some spare time I will fix that article or write a different one saying whatever I want it to say.

Go ahead. But be prepared for Wikipedians to change it back to facts, not opinions.