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Lotus news, club reports and buying guides, in date order.
Gallery – Lotus Festival 2012
This years Lotus Festival was a resounding success, with fantastic entertainment both on and off the track, particularly in the SELOC ‘Down the Hatch’ campsite and in the Lotus races out on track. You can find our full gallery from the weekends activities below, along with members photos in our forum thread. SELOC would like […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nitron SELOC Speed Championship 2013
There may be another 3 rounds remaining of this years SELOC Speed Championship 2012, but today we’re pleased to announce that not only will the series be continuing for 2013, but that Nitron will be joining us as series sponsors for the ‘Nitron SELOC Speed Championship 2013‘. Along with helping ensure the series can continue […]
Lotus Festival – Provisional Site Map Available
With just over a month to go before this years Lotus Festival at Brands Hatch the guys over at LoTRDC have released a provisional copy of the site map, showing how the site may be laid out, including where the SELOC ‘Down The Hatch’ camp-site will be located. LoTRDC are also looking for any owners […]
S1 Seats Retrimmed in a Club Racer Style
When forum member ‘sascha28’ wanted to freshen up his S1 interior he took inspiration from the latest Elise Club Racer models, stripping the tired old S1 seats back to the fibreglass, repainting them and getting them custom trimmed in coal black alcantara. With matching sill pads and door cards we think he’s created one of […]
Event Focus – SELOC ‘Down The Hatch’ Lotus Festival Camping – August 18th & 19th
It’s nearly that time again, as the great and the good converge to celebrate all things Lotus at the Lotus Festival, and once again SELOC are there all weekend with exclusive on-site camping, which you can buy now through the SELOC shop. This year the show has moved from Snetterton to Brands Hatch, and with […]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012 – Gallery
The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012 is almost over and Lotus made a fantastic showing as this years featured marque, with Group Lotus, Lotus F1 Team and Classic Team Lotus all present and putting on great show in with a mixture of road cars, classic F1, rally, touring and sports cars, and modern racers all […]
Lotus Festival Site Updated
The Lotus Festival website has been given a redesign ahead of this years gathering at Brands Hatch in August. Last year at Snetterton was great and this year promises to be even better, with rally demonstrations around the Brands Hatch tarmac rally stage and air acrobatic displays along with the usual racing from the LoTRDC […]
Test Driven: Exige S
With the dealer demos beginning at Lotus Silverstone last week, we took a trip up to experience the new 345bhp, V6 engined Exige S. You can read our thoughts on this hotly anticipated new model from Lotus in our Test Drive report, or see what the press made of it in our review roundup… Don’t […]
Competition – Win a Weekend Camping Ticket For This Years Lotus Festival
If you haven’t already got your tickets for this years SELOC Down The Hatch gathering at Brands Hatch for the Lotus Festival then you’ll want to keep reading. We’ve got 3 weekend camping tickets up for grabs with for SELOC readers, giving access to the circuit and campsite for August 16th-19th. To enter all you […]
Elise S Review Day – Review Roundup
Following on from last weeks pieces on the Exige S it’s now time for the Elise to get some attention. So now the reviews are starting to trickle through for the latest Elise, the 2ZR-FE engined Elise S, which replaces the Elise SC which was killed off last year as the engine did not meet […]