It’s only when you’re stood next to the original Lotus Elan that you realize how small it actually is. In footage and pictures the Elan’s perfect proportions disguise its tiny size. The Elan is pure Lotus in design. A distillation of...
Before painfully staged pranks ruled the show, Top Gear was, at times, an interesting TV show. One famous episode in 2002 revolved around “drivers cars” and if it were possible to make anything a drivers car. In classic Top Gear format,...
The Lotus Eclat (Type 76) is a sports car designed by Oliver Winterbottom and produced from 1975 to 1982. The Eclat was the first Lotus car to feature a hatchback. The Eclat helped take Lotus down a different path, both in...
