Single-Seat Lotus Elise Restomod Costs $470,000Analogue AutomotiveAnalogue Automotive surprised the world last year with an ultra-light Elise restomod weighing in at less than 1400 pounds. As of Thursday, however, the company has now revealed its first customer version of the car, dubbed the VHPK, and its eye-popping price may replace that impressive lightness as the car's headlining statistic.Yes, according to Top Gear and PistonHeads, the Analogue Automotive VHPK comes in at the equivalent of £350,000, or around $473,000, to start. Given how plentiful and affordable representative examples of the Series 1 Elise are in the United Kingdom, that comes out to about $440,000 more than what a representative example of the original car would cost in its home country. (The sum does include the donor car, thankfully.)Analogue AutomotiveThe number may be shocking, but it does get you some pretty comprehensive lightness-focused engineering. The cabin is complete with Analogue Automotive's now-signature central seating position, and the body around that McLaren F1-like driver's-eye view is fully redone in carbon fiber. Those are big-ticket costs, and likely the two biggest reasons that this particular Elise-based build comes so close to a cool half-million-dollar starting cost.The plans for an ultra-limited production run of just 35 cars surely plays a part in that base price, too.AdvertisementAdvertisementThat number does not, however, get the buyer an engine swap. The name VHPK is a reference to a designation on the Rover K-Series engines originally shipped in these cars, and that four-cylinder remains behind the driver in this form. Analogue Automotive has modified the engine to a healthy 250-horsepower output, however, a number that should go pretty far in a car about as close in weight to the Honda Goldwing motorcycle as it is to any car sold new in the U.S. today.You Might Also LikeIf You Can Only Own One Car, Make It One of TheseThese Are the Most Popular Cars by State