When I were but a lad, my notion of a perfect Saturday was to walk down to the train station...
The ex–Geoghegan 1960 Lotus Elite The ex–Chamberlain 1960 Lotus Elite The 1967 Lotus Elite Twin Cam No matter what year...
Birmingham, AL • May 19-27, 2012 There was little difference between early Lotus street and racecars. They drifted away from that in the 1980s and 1990s, but with the Elise and Exige, that philosophy returned Seldom are the two generations of Lotus Cortinas seen together Power to weight ratio is...
Ode to ’53 Dear Editor, Really enjoyed the review of 1953 by Mike Lawrence (March 2014)—a terrific season with so...
The Elan, Lotus’s first road car with a steel backbone chassis and fiberglass body, debuted in 1962. Initially praised for...
Racing has lost a great friend with the passing of Academy Award–winning actor Paul Newman. Brought into the sport by his acting career, Newman discovered his attraction for it while making the motion picture Winning, in 1968, where he played all-rounder Frank Capua. The fire may have been lit during...
1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an...
It’s the swinging ’60s in London, you’re the daughter of an industrialist, your husband disappeared over the Amazonian rain forrest,...
Long ago when racecars used tires with tread, I owned a couple Lotus cars. While stationed in Germany, I bought a 1968 Lotus Europa and picked it up at the factory. After returning from Vietnam, I bought a 1956 Lotus 11 LM that I raced in the early ’70s. Then...
This year’s Cholmondeley Pageant of Power (CPOP), June 12–14th, will celebrate 65 years of Lotus, with a concours, parade and...
1964 Lotus 30 During his test drive at Silverstone, the author found that most of what he’d heard about the...
1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations, made my Le Mans debut…not necessarily in that order! I can only now reveal that it is possible to race at Le Mans with one eye! This may come as...
In May 1968, my former wife and I traveled by train, ferry and again by train from Pirmasens, Germany, to...
I recently gave a talk to a collector car gathering in the Bay Area. The Q&A after these talks is...
With its revised and corrected rear suspension, the car is a blast to drive especially when steered with the throttle. Photo: Dennis Gray The Sunbeam Tiger is a car well-known to enthusiasts. European cars with powerful American V8s are intriguing. Most of the time these Euro-American hybrids came with high-end, sexy...
The 1972 Lotus Elan Plus 2S first supplied to the late Formula One driver Ronnie Peterson is one of the...
The year 1962 was a big one. Not only was Seattle sporting its beautiful piercing tribute to the futuramic skyline of tomorrow, cars of future greatness were being born worldwide. It was also the year I was born, so in many ways, I identify with cars from that year. As...
It’s hard to believe that the bane of every Lotus Elan owner has just turned 25. It was early February,...
The Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Race and Speed season opened in perfect style with an eye-watering 143-car entry for The Pomeroy...
Rare Lotus Collection to Market: A fantastic Lotus collection put together by one man, Deryck Norville, a former Cosworth engineer, will come to auction on February 25th at Silverstone Auctions. Cosworth creates world-beating engines, and cars fitted with its powertrains have had 176 F1 victories making it one of the...
The Lotus Elan was launched in October 1962 at the British Motorshow, making next month the car’s 50th anniversary. The...
My racing started during the spring of 1962 at the Goodwood racing circuit, I was racing a Lotus Elite. I...
Mike Lawrence One of the delights of Vintage Racecar is reading the small ads and being reminded of the sheer diversity of historic racing. You have the big names, of course, but there are the lesser-known makes like Bolwell, Elden and Huffaker—to pick three from a recent issue. None of...
Colin Chapman began building and racing his own cars in the late 1940s. Over the next 10 years, his Lotus...
When the farm owned by Helena Neethling’s father in the Riviersonderend district, about 100 miles due east of Cape Town,...