- See also: Caterham Cars
The Lotus Seven was a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars (initially called Lotus Engineering)[1] between 1957 and 1972. It was designed by Lotus founder Colin Chapman and has been considered the embodiment of the Lotus philosophy of performance through low weight and simplicity. The original model was highly successful with more than 2,500 cars sold[2], due to its attraction as a road legal car that could be used for clubman racing[3]. After Lotus ended production of the Seven, Caterham bought the rights to it, and today make both kits and fully assembled cars. Lotus Logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ...
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The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car, which have been called a motorcycle on four wheels. It is characterised by very good acceleration but a low top speed, handling is lively and the ride is uncompromising. The drag coefficient is around 0. ...
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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. ...
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Lotus Logo with monogram of its founder, Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. ...
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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. ...
Clubmans is a variety of sports car racing that originated in Britain in 1965. ...
2007 50th Anniversary 7 logo Caterham Cars is a manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars based in Caterham, Surrey, England and part of the British motor industry. ...
History
 Lotus 7 Series 1, 1957 to 1960 The Lotus Seven was launched in 1957, after the Lotus Eleven was in limited production. The Seven name was left over, due to a model that was abandoned by Lotus; a car that would have seen Lotus entering Formula Two with a Riley-engined single-seater in 1952 or 1953. However, the car was completed around Chapman's chassis as a sports car by its backers and christened the Clairmonte Special. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1632 × 1224 pixel, file size: 621 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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The Lotus Eleven on the cover of Road and Track Magazine The Lotus Eleven was a racing car built in various versions by Lotus from 1956 until 1958. ...
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Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Based on Chapman's first series-produced Lotus 6, the Seven was powered by a 40 bhp Ford Side-valve 1,172 cc engine. It was mainly for lower budget club racing on short tracks (750 motor club). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
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The Lotus Seven Series 2 (S2) followed in 1960, and the Series 3 (S3) in 1968. In 1970, Lotus radically changed the shape of the car to create the slightly more conventional sized Series 4 (S4), with a squarer fibreglass shell replacing most of the aluminium bodywork. It also offered some "luxuries" as standard, such as an internal heater matrix. The S4 model was not widely welcomed, and Lotus sold few cars. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ...
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The British tax system of the time (Purchase Tax) meant that the car could be supplied as a kit (known as "completely knocked down" or CKD) without attracting the tax surcharge that would apply if sold in assembled form. Tax rules specified that assembly instructions could not be included, but in a typical Chapman-inspired piece of lateral thinking, there was no rule covering the inclusion of disassembly instructions. Hence all the enthusiast had to do was to follow these in reverse.
In 1973, Lotus decided to shed fully its "British tax system"-inspired partial kit car image and concentrate on limited series motor racing cars. As part of this plan, it sold the rights to the Seven to its only remaining agents Caterham Cars. After a brief period producing the Series 4, including assembly of the last "kits" supplied by Lotus, Caterham introduced their version of the Series 3, and have been manufacturing and refining this car ever since as the Caterham Seven. Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ...
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2007 50th Anniversary 7 logo Caterham Cars is a manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars based in Caterham, Surrey, England and part of the British motor industry. ...
Replicas Since the design of the Lotus Seven is so simple, over 90 companies have offered replicas or Seven-type cars over the years. Such cars are often referred to as "sevenesque"[4] or simply a "seven" or "se7en". Sometimes they are also called clubmans. Some examples are : Clubmans is a variety of sports car racing that originated in Britain in 1965. ...
Also see Category:Lotus Seven replicas Marc Nordon Racing (MNR Ltd) is a kit car manufacturer specialising in Bike Engined Cars or BECs and in particular, Lotus Seven Replicas. ...
2007 50th Anniversary 7 logo Caterham Cars is a manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars based in Caterham, Surrey, England and part of the British motor industry. ...
Deman Motorsport SR7 (A Lotus 7 Replicar Manufacturer) [1] The Deman Motorsport SR7 is a sevenesque roadster manufactured in Glencairn, Ontario (Canada) and sold in kit form. ...
Westfield Sportscars are manufacturers of both factory built and kit versions of several two-seater, open top sportscars. ...
Stalker V6 Clubman The Stalker V6 Clubman is a facsimili/replica of a Lotus Seven. ...
Donkervoort Automobielen is a producer of sports cars based in Lelystad in The Netherlands. ...
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The MK Indy is a Lotus 7 replica based on the Locost principle, built by MK Engineering in Langold, Nottinghamshire. ...
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ESTfield is a Lotus Seven-style car manufactured by RaceTech in Estonia either as a kit car or in key ready form. ...
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Esther is a Lotus 7 type car made in Ugglerum, Sweden. ...
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A few Gregory cars were produced of different shapes and varietys one was a Lotus 6/7 replica based on a Ford Popular with a Ford Sidevalve engine. ...
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The Leitch Super Sprint is a quality Lotus Seven replica made by Leitch Industries in Invercargill, New Zealand. ...
Fraser Clubman is a high quility component based car similar to a Lotus Seven Series 3, built in Auckland, New Zealand by Fraser Cars Ltd. ...
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Analysis of the Seven's performance
Top speed A Seven's top speed greatly depends upon the body configuration, engine power and gearing. Early models with low-powered engines had difficulty exceeding 90 mph, although a race-prepared Seven was clocked at 127 mph by Brausch Niemann through a speed-trap at the 1962 Natal Grand Prix[5]. In addition, clamshell style wings tend to create drag and generate lift at higher speeds. Cycle guards help alleviate this tendency, and low height Brookland aeroscreens that replace the windscreen help improve top end speed. Brausch Niemann was a Formula One driver from South Africa. ...
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The drag coefficient (Cd, Cx or Cw, depending on the country) is a dimensionless quantity that describes a characteristic amount of aerodynamic drag caused by fluid flow, used in the drag equation. ...
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Low speed acceleration Nearly all Sevens, due to their extremely light weight (around 10cwt / 500 kg) have excellent acceleration, especially up to 70 mph, depending on power. For their time, the original late 1950s Sevens could beat most contemporary saloon cars—and by the early 1960s, with improved Ford-Cosworth engines could take on most high performance sports cars with 0–60 mph time in the low 7 seconds.
Braking The choice of brakes vary considerably between models and over the evolution of the car. The less powerful early models had drum brakes all round, while more powerful and later models had drums at the rear only (especially on live axle cars from the early 1960s) or discs all round. With the popularity of semi-independent (DeDion) or fully independent Rear suspension most manufacturers have opted for discs all round, as is current common practice in the automotive industry.
Physics favours small cars in braking and Sevens have excellent stopping distances, but one of the effects of light weight and powerful (non ABS) brakes is the tendency to lock up, especially at the front under strong braking. The cooling surface-to-weight ratio improves with reduced scale, while the light weight makes vacuum assistance unnecessary. An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a system on motor vehicles which prevents the wheels from locking while braking. ...
Handling The highest part of the car is about three feet from the road and it has a cloth top and side curtains with plastic back and side windows. The supports for the top and the windshield frame are aluminium. The lower chassis tubes are five inches from the road, while the wet sump, bell housing and one chassis tube are lower, meaning the centre of gravity is very low.
The front/rear centre of gravity is nearly equal and the lack of a boot and small petrol tank assure that it remains fairly constant. It is, however, more front-heavy than more modern high performance cars.
Suspension In the original Seven, the front lower A-arm (or "wishbone") of the double wishbone suspension is traditional, but for the purpose of reducing cost, the upper suspension integrated an anti-roll (anti-sway) bar into a horizontal suspension arm. This approach formed a pseudo-wishbone which was semi-independent in nature. This approach worked well with early crossply tyres, but with later radials, the configuration seriously affected its adjustability.[citation needed] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
A double wishbone suspension is an automobile independent suspension design using two parallel wishbone-shaped arms to locate the wheel. ...
The front suspension components of a Ford Model T. Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. ...
A number of changes to the front suspension were tried in racing circles in the 1970-80s mostly involving using a full upper wishbone and a separate anti-rollbar, and this approach was finally adopted by most manufacturers by the early 1990s. This approach has much greater allowance for adjustment in suspension settings, especially camber. A wheel with a negative camber angle Camber angle is the angle made by the wheel of an automobile; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheel and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear. ...
For the rear suspension - Lotus originally used a live axle (or solid axle) rear suspension. This approach was very cost effective since most production saloon cars up to the 1980s used these components. A mixture of Ford, Austin (Rover) components were used. The disadvantage of live axles is higher unsprung weight since the springs (and shock absorber) have to carry the weight of the axle and differential, affecting handling response. A live axle is a type of beam axle suspension system that uses the driveshafts that transmit power to the wheels to connect the wheels laterally so that they move together as a unit. ...
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Aerodynamics In general, un-aerodynamic cars tend to be free of adverse aerodynamic effects on handling, but the front wheel arches, of all but the Series I, cause lift at high speeds. Like the good straight line performance, the car's nimble handling is limited in speed range. It can be argued that this is not usually important in a car intended for public roads. Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of gas flows, first analysed by George Cayley in the 1800s. ...
While the car's frontal area is small, the Lotus Seven has the highest drag coefficient of any known production car--ranging from 0.65 to 0.75, depending on bodywork. The introduction of the Series IV Seven improved the car's Cd. The drag coefficient (Cd, Cx or Cw, depending on the country) is a dimensionless quantity that describes a characteristic amount of aerodynamic drag caused by fluid flow, used in the drag equation. ...
Additionally, the clamshell front fenders, or "wings," develop lift. This lift creates a high-speed understeer tendency.
Steering The rack and pinion steering provides a minimum of play and friction. The light weight assures light steering without power assistance, even with very large tyres. The ratio is quick.
Rigidity of the frame Like racing cars of the time and the equally respected and more expensive Mercedes-Benz 300SL coupe, it had a multi-tube space frame with high sides to allow a stiffer frame (longer lever arm). However, the Series II and other road versions had simpler frames than the more race oriented Series I. 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe from the Ralph Lauren collection 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe from the Ralph Lauren collection Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe The Mercedes-Benz 300SL was available as a two-seat closed sports car with characteristic...
It is a stressed skin [[9]] construction, in which the flat aluminium body panels, and especially the floor, triangulate the largely rectangular steel tubular frame structure. This gives a rigid frame with few tubes and very little body weight that does not contribute to the frame stiffness. The flat panels avoid difficulties in shaping aluminum sheet into smooth compound curves. On the down side, it does not allow "sexy" curves or streamlining. In mechanical engineering, stressed skin is a type of rigid construction, intermediate between monocoque and a rigid frame with a non-loaded covering. ...
Mechanical details
Engines After the English Ford flathead (L head or side valve) with 49 hp (37 kW), a BMC series A was used, then push rod overhead valve Fords of 1,340 cc and 1,500 cc with the intake and exhaust on the same side of the head. These were often Cosworth modified ; the Cosworth 1,340 cc "Super Seven" delivered 85 bhp and the 1,500 cc "Super Seven 1500" 105 bhp. These were later replaced by the Ford Kent engine, better known as the Ford crossflow, in 1,600 cc and 1,700 cc models designated SuperSprints; in their 1,700 cc guise, a crossflow delivers up to 135 bhp. The acceleration finally caught up to the handling when the Cosworth/Ford twin cam 1,600, as in the Lotus Elan, was used. There was also a model, sold in the US with a Coventry Climax engine and independent rear suspension. Ford flathead V8 engine, modified for power, depicted on cover of Hot Rod magazine. ...
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Frame and body The Lotus Seven was designed with racing in mind, and lightness was of primary concern to Chapman. A front mounted engine driving the rear wheels (a similar layout to most cars of the day) and a very lightweight steel spaceframe was covered with unstressed aluminium panel bodywork. The body panels were mainly flat to avoid the expense of more elaborate curved bodywork, and the simple cloth lined plastic doors were hinged from the windscreen. The nose-cone and wheel arches were originally aluminium parts, but these were replaced in the later S2 and S3 models with painted or self-coloured fibreglass.
Weight Early Lotus Sevens weighed around 1,100 lb (10cwt/500 kg). Although the weight crept upward as production progressed, it remained remarkably low for a production car of over a litre displacement.
Suspension The front was by "A" arms and coil springs with an anti-roll bar serving as the front half of the top A arm. The rear had trailing arms, a triangular centre locating member and solid rear axle.
The geometry and high (relative to total) unsprung weight gave it some bump steer, which owners sometimes treated by moving the supports forward and lengthening the trailing arms.
A model that was sold in the US had independent rear suspension and a Coventry Climax engine. Coventry Climax was a British specialty engine manufacturer. ...
 Broken off splines from the Standard Companion estate car (station wagon) half axles of a Lotus Seven series II Image File history File links Standard_Companion_splines. ...
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Problem areas The series II had problems with its Standard Companion estate car (station wagon) rear axle and differential. This was later solved on the Series III with a Ford Cortina rear end. 1927 Standard Nine Selby Tourer 1933 Standard Ten. ...
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The tubular spaceframe chassis suffered from rust, especially from the inside which would lead to its sudden and unexpected collapse.
Trivia An S2 Lotus 7 (registration KAR 120C) driven by star Patrick McGoohan was featured in the 1967–1968 television series The Prisoner. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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References - Jeremy Coulter. The Lotus and Caterham Sevens. Croydon: Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 1986. ISBN 0-947981-06-3
- Review of Lotus & Caterham Sevens: Racers for the Road by John Tipler
- Lotus Super Seven Series II owner's manual, Lotus Components.
- Lotus Seven Register [10]
- Peter Ross "Lotus - The Early Years 1951-54". Coterie Press, 2004. ISBN 1-902351-12-6 describes the original Lotus Mk VII single seater.
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The Lotus Esprit was a sports car built by Lotus from 1976 to 2004. ...
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Race Cars: Mk1 | Mk2 | Mk3 | Mk4 | Mk5 | 6 | 7 | Mk8 | Mk9 | Mk10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20B | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 93T | 94T | 95T | 96T | 97T | 98T | 99T | 100T | 101 | 102 | 107 | 109 | 112 | 115 | 119 Lotus Mk1 was poriduced in a single copy as a trials car based on the Austin 7. ...
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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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The Lotus Mark 8 Colin Chapman’s first fully enclosed aerodynamic design was the Mark 8. ...
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The Lotus 18 was designed by Colin Chapman for use by Lotus in F1 and F2. ...
The Lotus 19 or Monte Carlo was a racing car built by Lotus from 1960 until 1962. ...
Lotus 20 was a Formula Junior car built by Lotus for the 1962 season as a successor to the Lotus 18. ...
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The Lotus 23 was designed by Colin Chapman as a small-displacement sports racing car. ...
The Lotus 25 was designed by Colin Chapman for the 1962 Formula 1 season. ...
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. ...
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Lotus 38 The Lotus 38 was designed by Colin Chapman as Lotus 1965 entry for the Indianapolis 500. ...
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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 a Formula One racing car 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 63 was an experimental F1 design, designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe for the 1969 season. ...
The Lotus 72 was a Formula 1 car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillipe of Lotus for the 1970 season. ...
The Lotus 76 was a Formula 1 car designed by Colin Chapman, Tony Rudd and Ralph Bellamy for the 1974 F1 season. ...
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The Lotus type 96T was Team Lotuss last Indycar. ...
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The Lotus 98T was a development of the Lotus 97T of 1985. ...
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The Lotus Elise GT1 (also known as the Lotus GT1 and known internally as Type-115) was a race car developed for grand tourer-style sports car racing starting in 1997. ...
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