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Lotus news, club reports and buying guides, in date order.
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 […]
Article: Maidstone Sports Cars in 2013
Ahead of this weekends opening round of the 2013 LoTRDC Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup UK season we took the opportunity to put a few questions to Andrew Marsh of Maidstone Sports Cars, who returned to the LoTRDC series in 2012 with their Honda powered S1 Exige. The team impressed on its return, with not […]
Driven: Lotus Exige S Track Test
Our write up of last weeks Lotus Exige S Track Test is online now, where three SELOCers of mixed abilities took to the Lotus test track at Hethel to try out the new V6 engined Exige and see how it performed. Be sure to check out our video of the day as well. Discussion: SELOC […]
Video: Lotus Exige S Track Test
When we were offered the chance to drive the new Exige V6 on Lotus’ private test track we knew it was an opportunity too good to miss. We took along a track novice, a long term Elise owner and a race driver to see what people across a range of experience levels made of Lotus’ […]
SELOC Sun Strips on sale now
The first batch of SELOC Sun Strips are available now in the SELOC Shoppe. Priced at just £12 including postage, these sun strips can be fitted to all the current Elise variant and should begin shipping next week. Discussion: SELOC Chat – SELOC Sun Strip – Now available to buy Link: SELOC Shoppe
Event: Bell & Colvill VIP Weekend Event – 15th-17th March
Bell & Colvill are holding a VIP weekend next month, giving people a chance to see the full 2013 Lotus range, get your car booked in for a half price valet or free vehicle health check, and check out a display of Lotus Motorsport car with former Lotus F1 driver Martin Donnelly. You can find […]
SELOCFest 13 Tickets now on sale
Tickets for SELOCFest ’13 at the Lotus Festival this coming August are now on sale. The years Lotus Festival is once again being held at Brands Hatch between 23-25th August 2013, and as always they’ll be plenty on track action with the LoTRDC Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup series, Lotus Cortina racing, displays and demonstrations […]
On the line with the Exige V6
It’s been no secret that 2012 was a tough year for Lotus, with the excitement and enthusiasm for the new Exige S tempered by the take-over of Proton by DRB-Hicom and the delays and uncertainty that followed. It’s with this in mind that we made the trip up to Hethel to take a look how […]
Owners Review – Lotus Elise S
We had plenty positive to say when we drove the Elise S last year, it’s combination of power and lower emissions making it a great replacement for the previous Elise SC. But it’s one thing to enjoy a car you’ve been lent for a few hours and quite another to put the money down and […]
SELOCFest ’13 at the Lotus Festival
SELOC is once again heading to Brands Hatch this years Lotus Festival on the 23-25th of August for a great weekend of motorsport and activities with fellow SELOC’ers. As always they’ll be plenty on track action with the LoTRDC Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup UK series, Lotus Cortina racing, displays and demonstrations by Lotus Racing […]
Early Exige S customer cars begin to arrive
Exige S customer cars were expected to begin delivery towards the end of January, but for one SELOC member their car came through a little early! ‘Harleston‘ was the lucky person who picked up the UK’s first customer Exige S, collecting the car on Friday 4th of January from Lotus Silverstone and bringing to an […]
Winter Warmer 2013
Couldn’t make the Winter Warmer? Fatwomble has put together a short video of this morning run down from Ockham Common to Hayling Island. Watch the original video on YouTube We also have a few photos from the run below. Discussion: Events – Winter Warmer 2013 – 6th.Jan.13 (Sun)