Lotus Mk3 was a single seated sports car built by Colin Chapman as a 750 Racer. Honda NSX sports car A sports car is a type of automobile designed for sporting performance. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Colin Chapman Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (born 9 May 1928 in London - died 16 December 1982) was an influential designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry. ...
Lotus was active and competitive in Formula One racing from 1958 to 1994.
Lotus Elite - The Lotus Elite was an ultra-light 2-seater coupe, produced from 1958 to 1963.
Lotus Elan - The second Elan, released in 1989, was a technical tour de force but one that also defied Lotus 'performance through light weight' tradition, to its detriment.
The first generation of cars now known as the mk1 was built between 1962 and 1966 it was replaced by the mk2, both of which had great racing and rally success, with both marks having full ford support.
The mk3 was the first collaboration between Ford of Britain and Ford of Germany, the mk3 and the Ford Taunus were developed together under the umbrella of Ford of Europe sharing the same platform and inner structure.
In 1976 the mk3 was replaced with the mk4 a lot boxier design drawing on all that was good from the old model and restyling the bad.