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Donnelly reunited with Type 102 for Goodwood Festival of Speed

May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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At this year’s Festival of Speed (28 June – 1 July) the only V12-powered Lotus Formula 1 car – the 102 - will be driven in anger by its 1990-season driver Martin Donnelly for 1.16 miles up the challenging Goodwood hillclimb, whilst the car’s owner – Andrew Morris – is busy rowing 2,587 miles across the even more challenging North Atlantic Ocean! Entrepreneur, Icon Sheene motorcycle creator and owner of the Lotus 102 Andrew Morris will be rowing the Atlantic with adventurer Roz Savage, leaving dry land in 12 days time (13 May) and rowing from the East coast … [Read more...]

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The Dawn of a New Era – One year on…

June 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
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It's been 365 days since Lotus announced to the world's press that there were 6 new cars in the pipeline, there was a new board of Directors and the company was making a transition from a niche sports car manufacturer to high end super car territory. Have they been successful so far? What's been achieved, what's to come? Lotus CEO Dany Bahar tells us that the company are confident that they are on track with his ambitious 5 year plan, put into place 17 months ago. They have ticked all of the expected economic and technological boxes and reached all milestones which … [Read more...]

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3 Type 79′s on track at Snetterton

May 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
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  In what is a once in a lifetime event, 3 Lotus Type 79's took to the track at Snetterton to celebrate the completion of the restoration of Chassis 1 for it's new Dallas, USA based owner, Paul Rego. Paul is a life long Lotus fan and jumped at the opportunity to purchase the car when it became available.  After he saw a well restored Type 49 he enquired as to where the work had been carried out, hence it returned to CTL in Hethel.  Nick Yallop was lead mechanic, overseen by Chris Dinnage. 79/1 completed a few laps at Hethel on Tuesday before going to … [Read more...]

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Classic Team Lotus Festival – An Appeal From Clive Chapman

March 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Classic Team Lotus Festival 2010 was an extraordinary occasion for the Lotus marque.  One of every Team Lotus Formula 1 design gathered together for the first time and on the eve of the 500th Grand Prix for a Lotus Formula 1 car. Classic Team Lotus would like to create a record of this special event, in a large format album style book, which captures all aspects of the occasion, both for those who were there and those who wish they had been. It is anticipated that 1,000 copies of  this book, ‘The Album’ will be created, with 491 numbered editions – one … [Read more...]

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The Chapman Family and Lotus

December 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
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In consultation with the Chapman Family, the following statement has been written by Clive Chapman, Managing Director of Classic Team Lotus: 23rd December 2010 The Chapman Family is impressed by the exciting developments underway at Group Lotus, and it is very grateful to Proton for the significant investment that is being made, to secure a strong future for the excellent workforce at the Hethel factory. In 2010 the Chapman Family and Classic Team Lotus have been pleased to support Group Lotus in many ways.  In consultation with Proton, … [Read more...]

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