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Lotus Festival – Lotus Rally Demonstrations
With just over a week to go before this years Lotus Festival we’ve got more news of the cars which will be taking to the Brands Hatch Tarmac Rally Stage. A pair of Talbot Lotus Sunbeams, an awesome Banks Europa – complete with 2 litre Ford Duratec engine – and a Honda powered S2 Exige […]
Lotus show off 2013 LMP2 challenger – ‘T128’
Lotus LMP2 have shown the first photo of their 2013 LMP2 challenger. The 50% scale model of the car is pictured in the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 teams wind tunnel the car is being designed by the Lotus LMP2 team as a replacement for the Lola B12/80 chassis’s the team raced this year in the […]
Lotus Cars – Something from the weekend – 31/07/12
Lotus Cars have sent out their latest motor-sport round-up, looking back at this weekends outings in F1, GP2, GP3 and rallying. Formula One – Hungarian Grand Prix Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean both reach the podium at the Hungarian Grand Prix and challenged Lewis Hamilton for victory throughout. It was Lotus’ second double-podium of the […]
Assetto Corsa Developer Q&A
If you’re a sim-racing and a Lotus fan then you won’t want to miss out on this one. Developed by the creators of netKar Pro and Ferrari Virtual Academy, Assetto Corsa – due out later this year – has the official Lotus Cars license and will feature a wide range of Lotus and Classic Team […]
LoTRDC – Oulton Park – Praise for Deacon as Bentley is made in Cheshire
Another eventful weekend for the LoTRDC as the Lotus Cup UK and Elise Trophy series headed to Oulton Park. Simon Deacon made the most of a safety car period during the Oulton Park round of Lotus Cup UK, whilst problems for the GWS Exige and championship leader Steve Train helped him to take victory in […]
Sousa and Exige R-GT crash out of Madeira debut
Having only passed FIA homologation days before the event, Bernardo Sousa’s debut in the new Exige R-GT rally car in the Madeira round of the European Rally Championship was cut short on just the 3rd stage as electronic issues resulted in a crash which took the car out of the event. Discussion: SELOC Chat – […]
Lotus F1 Team – Hungarian GP – Race Report
It looked today that the Lotus F1 Team could be in the running for their first race victory of the year, with Grosjean holding on to 2nd off the line and keeping within a couple seconds of pole sitter Lewis Hamilton through the opening two stints. It was Kimi Raikkonen however who came through to […]
Lotus F1 Team – Hungarian GP – Saturday Qualifying
Lotus F1 improved on their recent qualifying form, with Romain Grosjean putting in a great lap to line up on the front row of the grid alongside pole sitter Lewis Hamilton for tomorrows Hungarian GP. Team mate Kimi Raikkonen qualified 5th. The Lotus’s looked good through all 3 sessions, with both cars making it through […]
Lotus Cars – First Production Exige S comes off the Assembly Line
For years people said it would never happen, and even since it’s announcement some doubted it would make it through to customer deliveries, but the first production Exige S came off the assembly line today! Discussion: SELOC Chat – New Exige S Begins Production The first production Exige S came off the assembly line today […]
Lotus Cars – Lotus Exige R-GT Gains FIA Homologation
Good news for fans of rallying today, as Lotus announce that the Exige R-GT, which is heavily based on the new Exige S road car, is the first car to complete homologation for the new FIA R-GT class and will make it’s competitive debut in Madeira, Portugal, for Round 7 of the European Rally Championship this […]
Lotus Cars – Lotus Evora GX fires-up for GRAND-AM Road Racing Rolex Series debut
Lotus have released more information and photos today of the Evora GX, which is set to race in the American Grand-Am series next year in the new GX class. You can find the full press release and gallery below. Later in the 2012 season the Evora will race under the Rolex Series’ GT rules as […]
Driven: Elise S vs. Elise SC
For over a year we’ve been without a high-end Elise in the European market, so when Bell and Colvill gave us the chance to try their new Elise S demonstrator head to head with it’s predecessor, the Elise SC, it was an opportunity too good to miss. Read our full review to find out what […]