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5 days ago
4 min

Five bearings, disc brakes and the Prisoner | Chapter 13

The 109E 1340cc. engine from Ford’s Classic and Classic Capri models that powered the Lotus Super Seven in Cosworth Mark V form was to ha...

5 days ago
4 min

The light show is over: Driving the final Lotus Elise

he Lotus Elise is a car close to many people’s hearts. It is small, affordable to run, fast, fun, and has one of the best badges in the ...

5 days ago
6 min

Restoring a Lotus Elan kept me sane during lockdown

During lockdown, millions of people across the nation have been finding ways to alleviate the pressure of a world changing in the face...

Apr 23
8 min

30 years of the original hell-raiser:

It’s now 30 years since the launch of the Lotus Carlton, and the subsequent newspaper frothing and heated political debates about ...

Apr 23
1 min

Seven Meetings - comming soon!

It is now time to get our Sevens out of the garage after a dark virus time and step on the accelerator there or there. Some countries are...

Apr 23
4 min

Cosworth and the first Lotus Super Seven Cosworth | Chapter 12

Several people and suppliers were responsible for Lotuses successes as sports car and race car constructors. Mike Costin was ...

Apr 23
3 min

Report from the I7N AGM

The formation of the I7N goes back to the International 60th anniversary event in the UK where three Lotus 7 clubs UK, Germany and ...

Mar 26
3 min

Brita Maria Nordström

To celebrate International Womens day – member of the Lotus Caterham Club Sweden Brita tells us about her Lotus Super Seven 1500 Cosworth..

Mar 26
4 min

Jon Derisley's Works Drive - Chapter 11

As a student of the College of Estate Management in London, Jon Derisley had passed the Lotus works at Hornsey on his way home in the...

Mar 26
5 min

BMW Limited Slip Differential - A Titan(ic) Problem?

Since 2010 the BMW 168 differential is the Caterham preferred original equipment fit. If a limited slip differential then it will have ...

Mar 26
3 min

Race Against Dementia

Despite 2020 having been a rather different year, it is pleasing to look back and reflect on what we were able to achieve, as well ...

Feb 25
7 min

Tolman Sunbeam Lotus review: A masterclass in anger management

In the late 1970s, Des O’Dell, the head of the Chrysler-Rootes competition department, wanted to take the company into top-level ra...

Feb 24
5 min

Chapter 10 – The First Lotus Super Seven

It is said that every Seven that was produced by Lotus up to the end of Series One production was sold at a loss. The choice for Lotus was a

Feb 24
3 min

Car Artist Neil Martin raises funds for Race against Dementia

As a part time artist, my interest in Caterham's started with my brother-in-law who owned one and took me to local Caterham meet...

Feb 24
4 min

Rob Oldland – Agreements and Partnerships

Sponsorship For 2021 If you have followed my journey you will know that I race on a limited budget and with the support of sponsorship....

Jan 13
9 min

Engine Room: How the Coventry Climax engine evolved from humble water pump to race winner

After World War II, the innovation genie emerged from its lamp to herald the most fruitful period of engine design car enthusiasts ...

Jan 13
3 min

Rob Oldland - the show must go on!

To race, or not to race, that was the question for 2021! On the one hand, I felt contentment at the end of my Academy season as I ...

Jan 13
2 min

"What would you most like to do?"

When it came to the turn of Art Editor Charles Pocklington to be asked: "What would you most like to do?", his spontaneous reply was…

Jan 13
5 min

Chapter 9 – The diminutive Lotus spreads its wings

By the middle of 1958 four Sevens had been exported to the U.S., but the Americans were not impressed with the Ford side-val...

Dec 23, 2020
6 min

How will Britain’s boutique car makers survive the EV revolution?

So now it’s official. In almost no time at all – just nine years – all new cars sold in the UK will have to be fully electric, or ...

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