Car and Driver has a write up about the Elise in December's issue. They say the U.S. spec version is up 450lbs. on the original, and thats with the AC and ABS installed. They claim its the best Elise yet. But the thing I worry about is that it uses the Celica tranny as well, and Ive heard that thing is a piece of shit. I guess we'll all have to wait and see on this one...