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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.

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Happy Taillight Tuesday!

My desire for an S2 Elise grows every day…

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Lotus Exige

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Benedict Redgrove / The Road Rat / Edition 16 – Lotus Esprit S1 / Photography / 2024

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kid tony handing jarvis a little metal man he built: this is jarvis jr, he's a good listener and the greatest friend. you can tell him anything and he'll keep your secrets. he'll make sure you get a good night of sleep, maybe he'll tell you a story too. he'll be there for you no matter what. i hope you like it! now you have your own jarvis! :D

jarvis on the outside: aw, he even has a little bowtie :)

jarvis on the inside:

P/ROSHIP DNI.

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Lotus "Theory I" Concept

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Lotus 26R @ Sodegaura

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Revell’s Mr. Rat Fink in Lotus Ford model racer.

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rewatching ep.39

and caught this lil exchange when Li Lianhua confronts Shan Gudao and Di Feisheng provides backup:

李莲花：阿飞，你不必插手。师门的仇、四顾门的债，今日我必向你讨要。

Annotated translation:

Li Lianhua, speaking in a calm, measured pace: A-Fei, you don't need to intervene. [Now addressing Shan Gudao] Today I must avenge the wrong done to our master, and demand recompense on behalf of Sigu Sect.

单孤刀：今日我用你的人头来祭我的��图大业���

Annotated translation:

Shan Gudao, barely a moment after Li Lianhua finished speaking, barking out his words in anger, eyes bloodshot: Today I'll take your head as an offering to my grand crusade!

...and now i put on shipping glasses.

So yes, Shan Gudao is Big Mad about his plans being interfered with after he thought he'd dealt with the major players who would oppose him, and Li Lianhua's calm tone, his ability to control his rage while enumerating those for whom he is taking revenge, that's definitely meant to provoke Shan Gudao, make no mistake.

...but as for the content of Li Lianhua's words, there's not much that Shan Gudao wouldn't already expect.

...except...

"A-Fei"

Sure, Shan Gudao probably knew "a-Fei" was a cover Di Feisheng had been using when traveling with the lotus gang, but for Li Lianhua to continue to use such a cutesy, intimate address for the notorious hegemon of the Jinyuan Alliance while confronting his ex Shan Gudao? The same kind of intimate address he'd once used for his fiancée?

oh he mad.

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Lotus Elan S3, 1966. The Elan was an era-defining car and was for Lotus, their first really commercially successful road car. It featured a steel backbone chassis with a fibreglass body and was powered by a DOHC 1,558 cc engine, with 4-wheel disc brakes, rack and pinion steering and 4-wheel independent suspension. Sales were boosted in the UK and internationally when the character Emma Peel (played by Diana Ring) drove one in 60’s TV series The Avengers. It provided the template for the Mazda MX-5 Miata. In 2004, Sports Car International placed the Elan number 6 in a list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s. 

PS: Diana Rigg had to learn to drive for the TV show, Lotus gave her the car when she left The Avengers, but she wasn't a keen driver and passed the Elan onto a friend. More recently Dame Diana played the role of Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, she passed away in 2020, aged 82. R.I.P

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Ayrton Senna (Lotus Renault) Detroit 1986