Jim Clark’s remarkable 1965 season was an anniversary that had to be marked, and the hard working folks at The Jim Clark Trust did just that… Continue reading Jim Clark’s stellar 1965 season celebrated in Duns
We’re at East Carleton Manor, the home built by Colin and Hazel Chapman, for the third Classic Team Lotus Garden Party. The theme this year is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Esprit. S1 designer Giugiaro has flown in from Italy… Continue reading Giugiaro heads special guests at Classic Team Lotus Garden Party
The Lotus Emira has received a refresh that also brings with it the new V6 SE to replace the existing V6 model… Continue reading Lotus Emira updates bring in a new flagship
A teatray front splitter, an enormous rear wing and a twin-turbocharged V8 engine from a Ferrari 488 GTB. Welcome to the Lotari, a purpose-built Lotus Exige hillclimb Continue reading Video: Wild Ferrari-engined Exige hillclimb car
This year marks a big anniversary for Jim Clark and Team Lotus. Sixty years ago, the Scot won his second Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500. He remains the only driver… Continue reading Jim Clark commemorated with limited edition Emira
1979 – (Edition No. 61 of 100) – Mileage 26,000. Very original, excellent condition. Featured in magazines and in Omologato watch advert. Current ownership 15 years. Price £45,000. Private sale. For further information contact us on 01245 36013 or email a.h.clements138@gmail.com Continue reading JPS Lotus Esprit
Ronnie Peterson’s Elan Plus 2 1972 – As you may have read in the article in Absolute Lotus, the car was given to Ronnie by Colin Chapman when he drove for Team Lotus and was built to his specification, the first ever Lotus with a 5-speed gearbox. It was the car Ronnie raced Dave Brodie, at a rapid pace, back from Mallory Park (see … Continue reading Lotus Elan Plus 2
FIA papers until December 2025. In excellent condition. It was all checked over last year, but has not been raced for more than 10 years. Last year spent several months in the Jim Clark Motorsport Museum. Photographed with Stirling Moss in driver’s seat when raced by my son who won loads of trophies, £53,000. T: 01361 883246. E: grant@cropservices.co.uk (Scottish Borders) Continue reading Lotus 23B
Only 196 GT3s produced. Owned by me for 15 years, garaged. 94,000 Miles , Current MOT. Service history and original handbook. Location Buckinghamshire. Serious offers over £25,000 Contact Peter evenings after 7pm on 0044 7770 993128 Continue reading Lotus Esprit GT3
1978 JPS black & gold livery. This car has been in the family since 1989 and has been in dry storage, on jacks in my father’s garage for the last 20yrs. The car is in remarkably good condition both inside and out but will need the usual work to get it recommissioned and back on the road. The car is now standing on its own wheels … Continue reading Lotus Eclat
1998 Lotus Elise S1; full service history since new, with minor modifications fromstandard; 60,000 miles, ex Paul Matty car owned since 2006. Mot through to January 2026. £16,495. Phone 07940 591680 E Mail nigelb1432@yahoo.com Continue reading Elise S1
The Jim Clark Trust is planning a big celebration in June to mark the 60th anniversary of Jim Clark’s second Formula One World Championship win and his victory at the Indianapolis 500… Continue reading Clark celebration weekend
The Team Lotus name returns as a cover-all term for global Lotus motorsport activity… Continue reading Team Lotus name returns for the modern era
Denis Jenkinson’s attempt to drive the Lotus Type 12 on 180 miles of public roads was probably the most unusual and illicit of his life Continue reading Long read: Jenks’ illegal Christmas day road test
Director Lewis Gilbert gives reporter Tony Bastable some behind-the-scenes insight into its creation and why they used real cars for most of the stunts Continue reading Video: Bond’s Esprit before the big screen
Lotus had plans to sell hybrid tech to other OEMs in 2009… Continue reading Lotus hybrid? We’ve been here before
Lotus removed the roof and windscreen from the Elan to create the M200 concept Continue reading Elan M200 Speedster sells for $62,500
Ex-Jim Clark Lotus 25 battles for victory in the Glover Trophy at the Goodwood Revival Continue reading Video: Ex-Jim Cark Lotus battling for Goodwood victory
Photos from the 2024 Lotus Renuion at Hethel Continue reading Lotus luminaries reunited at Hethel
Lotus pondered its first saloon car in the late 1970s. It has taken until the Emeya for that ambition to be fulfilled Continue reading Video: The Lotus saloon that never was
The Theory 1 is Lotus’s greatest indication so far of its future electric sports cars… Continue reading Theory 1: Lotus’s ‘new design manifesto’
This is a new one on us. The Starley Lotus Sprite is a mash-up of the Austin-Healey ‘Frogeye’ Sprite Mk1 and a Lotus Elan, combining the modified shell of the former with the underpinnings of the latter. The story goes like this. The Sprite’s original owner, a Mr Starley, had been using the car on the road and in sprints and hillclimbs in the early … Continue reading If you can’t beat them, join them: The ‘Frogeye’ Sprite with a Lotus Elan heart
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