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New Lotus Type 66 Is a Track-Only Toy for the Rich That Looks at the Brand's Racing Past
New Lotus Type 66 Is a Track-Only Toy for the Rich That Looks at the Brand's Racing Past

19 Aug 2023, 07:25 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Part of Lotus' 75th-anniversary celebrations, the Type 66 was Colin Chapman's pet project and will be made with modern know-how in only ten copies

 
Lotus 25: The Legendary Race Car That Changed Formula 1 Forever
Lotus 25: The Legendary Race Car That Changed Formula 1 Forever

9 Aug 2023, 12:47 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / The 25 gave Lotus its first Formula 1 title, but more importantly, it introduced the concept of a monocoque chassis, which revolutionized the sport

 
1957 Lotus Eleven Driven by Colin Chapman Surfaces in Maine, It's a Rare Time Capsule
1957 Lotus Eleven Driven by Colin Chapman Surfaces in Maine, It's a Rare Time Capsule

4 Apr 2023, 15:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Built from 1956 to 1958, the Lotus Eleven tipped the scales at only 1,000 pounds and won its class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice.

 
Vanwall Vandervell S Gives New Life to Defunct F1 Team, Honors Colin Chapman
Vanwall Vandervell S Gives New Life to Defunct F1 Team, Honors Colin Chapman

18 Jan 2023, 12:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The team was founded by Tony Vandervell, and it won the first F1 constructor championship with a car designed by Colin Chapman

 
2002 Lotus Esprit V8 25th Anniversary Edition Is a British Sportscar Icon Up for Auction
2002 Lotus Esprit V8 25th Anniversary Edition Is a British Sportscar Icon Up for Auction

11 Nov 2022, 16:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / 2002 Lotus Esprit V8 25th Anniversary Edition shows what can be achieved when Italian design meets Colin Chapman's engineering genius

 
Lotus Opens the Chapman Production Centre Where the Emira Is Made
Lotus Opens the Chapman Production Centre Where the Emira Is Made

4 May 2022, 20:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The buildings which housed Lotus' previous assembly lines have been converted to sub-assembly, namely the framing line which builds the Emira's body

 
Graham Hill’s Lotus Elan +2 Up For Auction at No Reserve
Graham Hill’s Lotus Elan +2 Up For Auction at No Reserve

16 Oct 2016, 08:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Curious what the late Graham Hill used to drive on a daily basis when he was in the hot seat at Lotus? Well, he used to drive this particular Elan Plus 2

 
Team Lotus Confirms Purchase of Caterham Cars
Team Lotus Confirms Purchase of Caterham Cars

27 Apr 2011, 11:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As expected, Team Lotus Enterprise has today confirmed the acquisition of British sportscar maker Caterham Cars. According to the official press release from Team Lotus, Tony Fernandes, Kamarudin Me...

 
Nigel Mansell Backs Lotus Renault F1 Project
Nigel Mansell Backs Lotus Renault F1 Project

27 Dec 2010, 15:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's quite interesting to see that once Group Lotus decided to team up with Renault for a return to Formula One racing, the majority of the high-ranked F1 figures enthusiastically saluted the m...

 
Heikki Kovalainen Powerslides the Lotus Evora
Heikki Kovalainen Powerslides the Lotus Evora

1 Feb 2010, 13:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Lotus’s new worker bee, the Evora, has spent a wonderful trackday under F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen’s foot on Lotus Cars’s private test track located at the company headquarters in...

 
Ground Effects in Formula 1
Ground Effects in Formula 1

14 May 2009, 16:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ground effects were first implemented in Formula One by Lotus designer Colin Chapman. In a time when equalizing the performances of F1 engines was not an option – in the 1970s that is – ...