Born of an agreement between Ford, Cosworth and Team Lotus, the Lotus 49 embodied Colin Chapman's philosophies of simplicity and lightness in an elegant form. In a single leap the Lotus 49, the first car to be powered by the brilliant new Ford Cosworth DFV engine, moved Formula One technology severa..
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 Lotus Elan is one of the greatest sports cars of recent decades and is today one of the most collectable and admired classic cars in the world. The company which produced it, Colin Chapman's Lotus Cars, grew from humble beginnings, overcoming the problems of money and space to produce other famo..
The Lotus Elite was first introduced to a startled public at the Earls Court Motor Show in October 1957. Show goers were amazed to see a beautiful streamlined coupe that no one, outside the tiny Lotus works in north London, knew was coming. The car's fluid and almost delicate shape concealed an all ..
The Lotus Elite was first introduced to a startled public at the Earls Court Motor Show in October 1957. Show goers were amazed to see a beautiful streamlined coupe that no one, outside the tiny Lotus works in north London, knew was coming. The car's fluid and almost delicate shape concealed an all ..
A gruff Derbyshire pig farmer, Reg Parnell cut a distinctive figure in motorsport circles. His early wild driving style and a serious accident at Brooklands with a K3 MG led to the withdrawal of his racing licence by the RAC from 1937 to 1939. But, nothing daunted him, and ever the wheeler dealer , ..
Colin Chapman's Lotus Elite is considered by many to be the most beautiful design ever to emerge from a British car-maker. It was also extremely advanced for 1957, and its then unique fibreglass monocoque construction and Coventry Climax engines, set new standards in design and performance. As at ho..
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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