Which vintage lightweight ELNA sewing machine Model is TOP of the Range?

Question

I want to buy a lightweight portable vintage Elna...so Im wondering which one is the premium model...I thought it might be a Lotus SP but not sure...can anyone help? thanks! :)

Answer 1

That's a very nice little machine... all of the Lotus models were slightly different, but the SP is quite useful.

The TSP had 8 stitches, so some might call it top of the range.

http://www.ismacs.net/elna/lotus.html

Answer 2

The Elna Lotus TSP Stella Air Electronic...  This one:

http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk/K...

http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk/K...

(I gave this to a friend.  It has a pneumatic foot control and electronic speed control.)

The TSP is the next one down:

http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk/K...

(I kept this one, and the ZZ )

They also did a ZZ model: http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk/K...

   ...And a straight stitch one, but I don't have one of those...