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14th August 2019. Seloc Visit – Colchester Lotus
July 2019 – Central Southern to SELOC Tent Off – Brittany, France
Write up from the Tent Off weekend, from a Central Southern perspective. We had been looking forward to this all year and finally it was time to squeeze everything into the Lotus and head off to France. Idiot sign fitted ready To make the most of the short break, Mrs FW and I left home […]
Burger (also Fish and Chip and Curry) Run – 28th.Jun.19
This historic run, originally from Bournemouth to Swanage, can trace its roots back to the early part of the century, and was a ritual originally carried out by a group of Bournemouth Lotus Owners (BoLOCs). The route has been changed over time, this iteration being suggested by Ginnders, who suspiciously wasn’t joining us. Keen to […]
Ypres Lotus Day 30th May 2019
Ypres Lotus Day This annual event is always organised on Ascension day and is definitely not to be missed. Seloc were well represented with approximately 10 cars travelling over from the UK to take part and thoroughly enjoy a great day out. For some of us the journey commenced on the Wednesday catching the Eurotunnel […]
Lotus Elise is Crowned “Icon of Icons” at Autocar Awards 2019
LOTUS ELISE IS CROWNED “ICON OF ICONS” AT AUTOCAR AWARDS 2019 Elise named overall winner out of 17 automotive icons including Porsche 911, Land Rover, Ford Mustang, Mini and VW Beetle Elise took more than a quarter of the total vote from tens of thousands of Autocar readers around the world The Lotus Elise has […]
Central Southern go to Brooklands British Marques Day
Sunday 28th April saw the Central Southern area of Seloc attend the British Marques day at Brooklands Museum. Meeting up in Winchester at a pretty respectable time of 9am, a small group of us set off for Brooklands via the A272 and A32. As we had a British car, we were allowed into the circuit […]
Classic Team Lotus Type 49 in China
Historic Moment for a Historic Car Classic Team Lotus are proud to announce Classic Team Lotus’s Type 49 was selected to appear in China, in celebration of the 1000th GP. Our very own Chris Dinnage is also there, overseeing preparation of the car, for parade laps driven by Damon Hill. Watch Damon drive the same […]
Seloc Visit to Classic Team Lotus. 23rd March 2019
When I arranged for a return visit to Classic Team Lotus at their new Workshop and storage facility for Saturday 23rd March I had no idea how popular this would prove. With 25 places on offer to attend, within two days of the event being posted it was fully subscribed plus an increasing reserve list. […]
Lotus Cars – The New Lotus Evora GT410 Sport
Out with the old and in with the new – with the Evora Sport 410 being replaced by the Evora GT410 Sport, featuring the revised look of the GT430 Sport moving the standard Ohlin and titanium exhaust to the option list. Forum: SELOC Chat » Evora GT410 Sport New, aerodynamically optimised GT series model Succeeds […]
New additions to the SELOC Shop
Just in time for Christmas, the SELOC Shop has just been updated with a new range of SELOC club hats, along with our redesigned polo shirt and the 2018 SELOC Calendar. Not only that, but we’re also pleased to offer Coterie Press’ excellent book, Lotus the Marque, for a SELOC special discount price of £39.95 […]
Race of Remembrance
“We will be back next year and we will win.” That defiant assertion is issued by an exhausted Dan Jude whose Lotus Exige has just staggered across the finish line at Anglesey after a torrid weekend of endurance racing in the bleakest corner of North Wales. Race of Remembrance has rapidly ascended to a position […]
Lotus expand Evora GT430 line-up with GT430 Sport
If you loved the sound of the GT430, but hated the spoiler and splitter, then good news! The Evora GT430 Sport has been announced. Dropping £8k from the asking the price whilst ditching the aero accessories (along with 10kg of weight) and bring the top-speed up to 196mph, the GT430 Sport does still retain […]