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The Lotus 63 was an experimental F1 design, designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe for the 1969 season. Chapman's reasoning behind the car was that the 3 litre engines introduced in 1966 would be better served by building a car that could take full advantage of it's power while retaining the Lotus 49's simplicity. Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...
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The Lotus 49 was designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe for the 1967 F1 season. ...
 The chassis was designed around a four wheel drive system, a revolution at the time, as four wheel drive had only been used on military vehicles and had not even been used on ordinary road cars at that time. The car was an evolution of the 49, but featured wedge shaped rear bodywork and integrated wings, which would be used to great effect in the Lotus 72. Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ...
The Lotus 72 was a Formula 1 car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe of Lotus for the 1970 season. ...
John Miles, Lotus' third driver was entrusted the task of developing the car, while Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt used the 49 in the early races of 1969. The car proved extremely difficult to drive and set up, and the four wheel drive system was especially problematic. After a single test run, Hill flatly refused to drive the car again stating it was a 'deathtrap,' as did Rindt. This infuriated Chapman as he saw the 63 as another quantum leap ahead of it's rivals, just as it's predecessors had been. People whose name is John Miles: John Miles (musician) John Miles (auto racer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Norman Graham Hill, known as Graham Hill, was an English motor racing champion (born February 15, 1929 in Hampstead, London - died November 29, 1975 near Arkley, North London) He is the only driver to win the so-called Triple Crown of motor racing: the Indianapolis 500 (1966) the 24 Hours...
Jochen Rindt Karl Jochen Rindt (April 18, 1942 - September 5, 1970) was a racing driver. ...
The car was entered at the 1969 British Grand Prix as a test run. Whilst Rindt finished second to Jackie Stewart in the older 49, Miles could only bring the 63 home in 10th place, confirming the car's uncompetitiveness. After several other fruitless outings, the 63 and it's four wheel drive technology was abandoned, but parts of the chassis design were worked into the brilliant Lotus 72, which debuted in 1970. Results from the 1969 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on July 19, 1969 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Jackie Stewart 121. ...
Jackie Stewart talks with fans at the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis Sir John Young Stewart, OBE (born 11 June 1939 in Milton, West Dunbartonshire), better known as Jackie Stewart, and nicknamed The Flying Scot, is a three-time Scottish Formula One racing champion. ...
Like the Lotus 88, the car proved to be a huge white elephant for Lotus, but it paved the way for better models to follow.
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Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, England. ...
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Europa S | Elise | Exige New 2006 Lotus Europa S New 2006 Lotus Europa S Side view New 2006 Lotus Europa S Front view New 2006 Lotus Europa S Rear view Lotus Cars Europa S is a GT type two seater automobile designed to complement the very successful Lotus Elise sports car and its derivative...
The Lotus Elise The Lotus Elise is a roadster conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1995 by the English manufacturer Lotus Car. ...
UK-spec Lotus Exige The Lotus Exige is a two-door, two-seat sports car made by Lotus Cars. ...
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 20B | 25 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 88 | 97T | 107 | 112 Lotus Mk1 was poriduced in a single copy as a trials car based on the Austin 7. ...
Lotus Mk2 was a trials car. ...
Lotus Mk3 was a single seated sports car built by Colin Chapman as a 750 Racer. ...
Lotus Mk4 was a trials car by Colin Chapman built on a Austin 7 chassis. ...
Lotus Mk5 was a prototype single seater sports car by Colin Chapman that was never built. ...
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Lotus Super Seven The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car from Lotus, which has been called a motorcycle on four wheels. It is the most successful inexpensive exotic sports car. ...
The Lotus 17 was built in responce to the Lola Mk1 which was dominat against the previous Lotus model,the 16. ...
The Lotus 18 was designed by Colin Chapman for use by Lotus in F1 and F2. ...
Same as the Lotus 20, but with rear sway bar and in-board Alfin drum brakes in the rear. ...
The Lotus 25, or Type 25, was the Formula One racing car, powered by a 1500 cc Coventry Climax engine, which took Team Lotus driver Jim Clark to his first F1 World Championship in 1963. ...
F2 version of the Lotus 25 F1 car. ...
Colin Chapmans first and only attempt at a Group Seven /Can Am racing machine. ...
The Lotus 31 was a purpose-built driver training car for the Jim Russell school. ...
Developed from the fragile Lotus 27, the 32 had steel monocoque and re-located upper rear suspention pickups on the tub. ...
The Lotus 33 was a development of the earlier 25 model, which was also based on the 1500cc Climax engine. ...
Lotus 38 The Lotus 38 was designed by Colin Chapman as Lotus 1965 entry for the Indianapolis 500. ...
Lotus 43 The Lotus 43 was designed for the 1966 season by Colin Chapman. ...
The Lotus 48 was a Formula 2 car based on a 1600cc Ford FVA-engine that was run around 1967. ...
The Lotus 49 was designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe for the 1967 F1 season. ...
The Lotus 56 was designed by Maurice Phillipe as Lotus 1968 entry in the Indianapolis 500, replacing the successful Lotus 38. ...
The Lotus 72 was a Formula 1 car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe of Lotus for the 1970 season. ...
The Lotus 78 wing car was the car that started the ground effect revolution in Formula 1, in the 1977 racing season. ...
Mario Andretti in the Lotus 79 The Lotus 79 was a Formula 1 car designed in late 1977 by Colin Chapman, Martin Ogilvie and Peter Wright of Lotus. ...
The Lotus 107 brought in a final, frustratingly limited and short-lived period of competitiveness for the legendary Team Lotus in Formula 1. ...
The Lotus 112 was to be the type designation for the model that became the Lotus Elise. ...
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Excel | Eclat | Elite | Elan | Esprit | Europa The Type 89 Lotus Excel, built from 1982 to 1992, was a front engine rear drive car based on the earlier Lotus Eclat, which itself was based on the earlier Lotus Elite II. Toyota engaged Lotus to assist with engineering work on the Supra. ...
The Lotus Eclat, built from 1975 to 1982, was a front engine rear drive coupe. ...
The Lotus Elite name was used for two vehicles from Lotus Cars. ...
1966 Lotus Elan 1990 Lotus Elan SE Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible automobiles and one fixed head coupe produced by Lotus Cars. ...
Lotus Esprit Turbo 1981-1986 1993 Lotus Esprit S4 The back of a 1993 Lotus Esprit S4 1987 Lotus Turbo Esprit HC The Lotus Esprit was a sports car built by Lotus from 1976 to 2004. ...
Lotus Europa (S2 Federal) The Lotus Europa, built by Lotus Cars from 1966 to 1975, was among the first production road cars to feature a mid-engine rear wheel drive design. ...
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APX | M90 The Lotus APX The Lotus APX (APX stands for Aluminum Performance Crossover) is a concept car created by the British automobile marque, Lotus. ...
The Lotus M90 or sometimes referred to as the Lotus X100 is a concept car that was developed by Lotus using many Toyota parts. ...
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Carlton | Cortina | Zytek Elise // Lotus Carlton The Lotus Carlton was a Vauxhall Carlton saloon which had been majorly tweaked by Lotus to go a record 176mph. ...
not A standard Lotus Cortina A GT Cortina The Lotus-Cortina was high-performance car, the result of collaboration between Ford and Lotus. ...
The Zytek Lotus Elise is an electric sports car jointly produced by Lotus and Zytek, from 1998 and continuing as of 2003. ...
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