#Lotus cars

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1955 Lotus IX, S/N 089

This Lotus IX, one of approximately twenty five built and the eighty ninth Lotus built overall, was delivered to Len Bastrup of Wilton, CT during June 1955. Over the next five years Bastrup had substantial success with the car even as it was later succeeded by new models.

For its first race Bastrup took the car to the SCCA National at Beverly Farms, MA and won two events over the weekend. For its second race weekend Bastrup brought the car to Thompson for the first time to compete in the Labor Day SCCA National. Bastrup again finished first and broke the existing class lap record by an impressive two seconds. Over the next four year the car had approximately thirty outings with roughly half of these at THompson. During this period, it also won races at Watkins Glen, Montgomery and Lime Rock Part including a victory on the opening day at Lime Rock in 1957. While the car won a number of races at Thompson, including its last race in Bastrup's hands in 1959, not every day was a success. While running near the front at the 1956 National Bastrup rolled the car in the downhill section. The damage was not too severe and they were back a month later to achieve a second in class. Source: A sign at Thompson Motor Speedway, June 2014.

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2005 Lotus Elise. Quite the looker.

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Kia Elan 1996-1999: A Suprise Entry Into The Sports Car World

Surprising to some, the Stinger wasn't Kia's first endeavour in the sports car department the Elan was created using the M100 Lotus Elan platform purchased from Lotus In 1995 after they were forced to axe the front drive sports car due to low sales. This was also around the time Lotus was shifting ownership from GM to Bugatti and later the group responisble for Proton, the folks that made the mighty Iswara! Due to Korean laws surrounding the protection of jobs, the Elan's original 1.6 turbo four cylinder Isuzu motor was swapped out for a home grown Kia T8D 1.8 petrol producing 135 BHP allowing the Kia variant to reach 60 in 8.8 seconds and soldier on to 128 mph. The revised Elan also featured altered suspension which raised the ride hight as well as a revised Interior and steering wheel pulled out of Kia's more mundane cars like the Sephia, Sportage and Credos just given a red stripe. The Elan over the course of those 3 years old sold between 792 and 1056 cars worldwide (though 99% percent were sold In Korea) It was sold In Japan as the Kia Vigato and In Germany as the Kia Roadster and was only sold In Left Hand Drive.

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Lotus Elise

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Chilling out at Aso.

And this is the first time I drew an OC I made.

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Great day out with members of the historic Lotus register

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Lotus Dug Up Its Archives, Built The Type 66, A ‘Lost Lotus’ Track Car

Thinking of racing in Can-Am? This could be the car for you.

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UNFORGETTABLE CARS #2: LOTUS 23

who doesn't love an old Lotus?

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Unveiling the Lotus Eletre S: The Future of Hyper SUVs !

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2005 Lotus Elise. Just having some fun with video.

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Taken at revscene spring meet in 2012 on a blackberry

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Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 Active Suspension Prototype, 1990. Developed at a time when General Motors had a shareholding in Lotus, the active suspension C4 ZR-1 used hydraulic-controlled dampers and a Delco computer system. It firmed up the suspension in corners using lateral g-meters to counteract body roll while it could also react to bumps in the road instantaneously, providing as smooth ride. In all 25 of the Lotus-engineered prototypes were built and evaluated for production as a limited edition model. General Motors reportedly spent $27 million on the Active Suspension program before scrapping it. The main reason was cost per car which was something between $35,000 and $100,000. Also the technology to make the system work reliably wasn't fully on stream. Many of the prototypes were destroyed when the program was abandoned but several have found their way to the open market.