When Colin Chapman launched a new Lotus it was invariably exciting and usually surprising. The low budget Seven was launched in 1957 and is still in production today, as the Caterham Seven. It has proved to be one of the longest selling sports cars ever. The same year saw the introduction of the hig..
Low to the ground and satisfyingly noisy, the Lotus Seven comes as close to fulfilling the sports car fantasy as any vehicle before or since. This kit-car phenomenon has been in continuous production for over 25 years, inspiring irrational fondness among even the most jaded enthusiasts. Just how the..
Everyone knows the name of Lotus. Not many know of those special cars that made the name. This publication concentrates on the 'other' cars and ignores the single-seaters racing cars covered well in other books. Here there are those beautiful 'streamliners', the utilitarian 'mud ..
The story of Lotus is one of the great success stories of the automotive industry in the second half of the twentieth century. The early days of this story are covered in a companion volume, The Story of Lotus 1947-1960 - Birth of a Legend, by Ian H. Smith, and this book sets out to record and pay t..
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