What makes a sports car a great or even the greatest sports car? Is it all about handling, or is it power in combination with handling? And what about design, does it add greatness to a sports car? And top speed, positioning of the engine and the drive train? Rules, are there any? Of course, to a certain…
Depending on the occurrence to mark the ‘date of birth’ of a car – press presentation of a mock-up (12 September 1995, Frankfurt Motor Show), or start of sales (1 August 1996, registration P919 YPH) – the Lotus Elise celebrates her 25th anniversary in this period of time. This little sports car ticks all…
Today, 52 years ago, Jim Clark died in a horrific accident during a F2 race at Hockenheim Ring in Germany. The memorial organised in 2018 in Duns and Chirnside in the Scottish Borders, 50 years after his sudden death, was in fact the start of Bends and Curves Road Tripping. This is a throwback…
An interview with a sixties Lotus manager and a race car driver from that era, a Classic Team Lotus Tour, a meeting with the East Anglia Lotus Drivers Club chapter, an overnight stay in one of my favorite pubs and maybe, just maybe my Elise might be the means of transport. All this packed…
Autumn in the Netherlands can mean two things, weather wise. Indian Summer or Wet & Windy. While planning the Autumn Tour 2019 for Lotus Club Holland, which we’ve organised together with Joost Römelingh, we imagined yellow and red leafs in trees lit by that typical autumn sunshine, together with colourful Lotus sportscars driving twisting…
Today all participants of the Stelvio 20 Years Revival have received the final schedule for this epic event. Thanks to Luciano Curti and with a lot of help from Daniele Trosa and Joerg Uhr all pieces of the puzzle are falling into place now. Organising all this has been a job next to their…