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Benji & Freddie Hetherington team up with Maidstone Sports Cars
Brothers Benji and Freddie Hetherington have teamed up with Maidstone Sports Cars for the remainder of 2013 to run their Honda powered Exige S1 alongside the teams existing car in the Lotus Cup UK series. The pairing performed strongly in their second outing in the series at Silverstone, finishing 2nd in the Open class, and […]
Video: Exige S around Spa
What do you do if you’re in Belgium and have a new, just run in, Exige S at your disposal? You take it around Spa of course! Watch the original video on YouTube SELOC member ‘jokke_vlo‘ had previously tried out the Exige V6 Cup R around the Hethel test track and now his own Exige […]
LoTRDC – V6-powered Bentley denies Jewell’s crown at Silverstone
It was a packed grid at Silverstone when Lotus Cup UK and the Elise Trophy combined for an hour long race around the full GP circuit. After a long battle it was Andrew Bentley who took overall victory in the Evora GTN ahead of the 2-Eleven of Marcus Jewell, while in the Production class it […]
SELOC Calendar 2014 Competition
This years SELOC Calendar competition is now open for submissions. For 2014 we’re looking to feature as many models as possible, with a different one for each month and the cover. The categories are as follows: Classic Elan Elan M100 Esprit Excel/Eclat Elise S1 Elise S2 340R S1 Exige S2 Exige Evora Exige V6 Europa […]
LoTRDC – New era for Lotus Cup Europe as inaugural championship kicks off at the Nürburgring
It was a great weekend for the V6 powered cars in the opening round of this years Lotus Cup Europe on the Nurburgring GP circuit, with Greg Rasse winning Race 1 in his Evora GT4 and Jon Walker repeating his Lotus Cup UK performance taking the Exige V6 Cup R to victory in Race 2. […]
Lotus F1 Team – Bahrain GP – Race Report
It was a repeat of last years result for the Lotus F1 Team in Bahrain today, with a double podium seeing the team move up to second in the constructors championship. Raikkonen was one of the few drivers to run a two stop strategy and was able to make up for a poor qualifying and […]
Article: Best of British – Exige photo shoot
Last week we shared Andrew Swift’s thoughts on his day with the Exige S, but not one to rest on his laurels Andrew hatched a plan with photographer and SELOC member Martyn Lewis to gather together three generations of Exige for a unique photo-shoot… Article: Best of British – Exige photo shoot Discussion: SELOC Chat – […]
Lotus Cars – Lotus wins 2013 SAE World Congress Tech Award
Lotus are currently showing their range-extender hybrid version of the Evora, the 414e, at the SAE World Congress show in Detroit and have picked the AEI SAE 2013 Tech Award. Although not currently destined for production the Evora 414E Hybrid concept is used as a test bed and showcase for a wide range of Lotus […]
Lotus F1 Team 2013 clothing range launches ahead of Regent Street store event
Lotus Originals have launched the first of their range of replica Lotus F1 Team wear for 2013, and are offering an introductory 10% discount to celebrate Kimi Raikkonen’s podium finish in the Chinese GP at the weekend. You can buy from the Lotus Originals range online now, but on April 24th between 4-7pm Team Principle […]
Article – A day with the Exige S
In the last year we’ve had the chance drive the new Exige S both on road and track, but when lucky forum member Andrew Swift (chevronb37) was offered a chance to try the car for 24 hours we couldn’t wait to hear what it was like to use in the real world…. Article: A day […]
SelocFest’13 at the Lotus Festival Ticket Update
Tickets for this years SelocFest’13 at the Lotus Festival at Brands Hatch, August 23rd-25th, have now arrived and have been sent out to those who’ve already placed their orders. The tickets are being sent out 2nd Class Recorded Delivery and so will need to be signed for. If you haven’t already then you can find […]
LoTRDC – V6-powered Exige wins its debut race
It was a perfect result for the new Exige V6 Cup R as it took victory around the Snetterton 300 circuit in the hands of Jon Walker this weekend on its racing debut. Walker could only manage 4th on the grid, but a combination of faultless reliability over the 90 minutes as several of it’s […]