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[VIDEO] Lotus Exige R-GT at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed

July 1, 2012 by Editor 1 Comment

Join Portuguese rally driver Bernardo Sousa on board the Exige R-GT at the Goodwood Festival of Speed where we clock him doing the run in 1:03.09. The Exige followed a huge number of classic Lotus racers and current road cars on the course and in the video you'll also see the $1m T125 set off up the hill with Johnny Mowlem at the wheel. I'm sure you'll join us in wishing the Lotus International Rally Team, Bernardo Sousa and the Exige R-GT good luck in their inaugural rally on the island of Madeira later this month. Photo: GKP … [Read more...]

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[PICS] Lotus at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed

June 28, 2012 by Editor Leave a Comment

Lotus are this year's main sponsor of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and for the deal they get to design the sculpture outside Goodwood House and take up somewhere around 500m2 of stand space. Classic Team Lotus are also at the festival in force with 40 classic F1 cars and the F1 team plus Lotus International Rally team are on display with the E20 and Exige R-GT respectively. Lotus have focussed this event on cars which are current or soon to be in production plus a celebration of 50th birthday of the Lotus Elan with Evo editor Harry Metcalfe's Elan Sprint and … [Read more...]

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Lotus CEO Dany Bahar on this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed

May 24, 2012 by Editor Leave a Comment

What’s the strategy behind the Goodwood partnership? Goodwood has become the most important car culture event in the world. It’s set in such a beautiful environment, complimenting these wonderful automobiles, and attracts hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. The similarities between what Goodwood is trying to do and what we would like to communicate are clear. It’s about showcasing the past, present and future of sports cars and motor racing. We’ll be in Goodwood to show what we’ve done over the last three years, as well as the last 60 years. What … [Read more...]

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Significant historic Lotus collection up for auction at Goodwood

March 16, 2012 by Editor Leave a Comment

The Lotus collection of Olav Glasius, a world renowned collector and lifetime Lotus fan will be sold on Friday the 29th June 2012 at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale and is expected to realise in excess of £1.5million. As a young motor racing enthusiast watching the legendary Jim Clark dominate the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort in a Lotus 25, Olav Glasius became a lifelong fan of this legendary British marque. As a Dutch textile industrialist, Olav’s lifetime of work and passion for race cars has allowed him to accumulate probably the world’s … [Read more...]

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[PICS] Goodwood Media Day – FoS & Revival Preview

March 15, 2012 by Editor 1 Comment

Wednesday the 14th March is a day when Goodwood hosts a smaller and more intimate event, a combination of a mini Festival of Speed and Revival to give the media a glimpse of what to expect at this year's events. 2012 is a special year for Lotus as they are the main sponsor of the Festival of Speed and as such will be designing the sculpture which forms the centerpiece of the event on the lawn in front of Goodwood House. No details of this are forthcoming, even after Lotus were lubricated with a glass of champagne so we'll have to wait like everyone else to see what … [Read more...]

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Goodwood FoS 2012: Lotus take centre stage

December 21, 2011 by Editor Leave a Comment

Lotus have been chosen to be the marque of honour at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed. As main sponsor of the event Lotus will be able to use their imagination to create a distinctive centre-piece outside of Lord March's home, a feature which sets the manufacturer apart from others at the event and offers a chance to showcase the brand to an audience of over 150,000 at the 4 day event. A full six months ahead of next summer’s Festival of Speed (28 June - 1 July 2012), Goodwood is excited to reveal that it will be honouring the pioneering Lotus marque with the … [Read more...]

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[PICS] Lotus at the 2011 Festival of Speed

July 4, 2011 by Editor Leave a Comment

With a record crowd and scorching hot weather Lotus had their biggest showing yet at the Festival of Speed and had the UK premier of the 2013 Esprit, it's first public outing on home ground. Around 180,000 people are attended the show over the 3 public days making it the biggest attendance in the event's 19 year history showing that the FoS is now a firm favourite garden party and one of the UK's biggest car shows. 'King of the Hill' this year with the fastest time up the Goodwood Hill Climb was Dan Collins in the Classic Team Lotus 88B/1, well done Dan! Lotus Cars … [Read more...]

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Lotus at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed

June 27, 2011 by Editor Leave a Comment

Lotus are looking to build on their exciting year with a huge showing at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed and will have the 2013 Lotus Esprit on display for the first time in the UK. Lotus are one of the headline sponsors of the event and if you're a Lotus fan, a real treat is in store with the line-up of green and yellow badged cars to include: Lotus Renault GP F1 Car Lotus Type 97T (Ayrton Senna's first GP winning car - very significant, famous, legendary car) 1100hp+!! Elise Club Racer Evora S Evora with IPS option 2002 … [Read more...]