Taking a combined 29 % BCA / personal stake in Group Lotus, Wickins negotiated with the Inland Revenue, and then brought in new investors: merchant bank Schroeder-Wagg ( 14 %); Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft's Bermudan operating company Benor ( 14 %); Sir Anthony Bamford of JCB ( 12 %).

The first Elite or Lotus Type 14 was an ultra-light two-seater coupé, produced from 1958 to 1963.

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On 14 December 2009, Trulli was confirmed as one of the newly-formed Lotus team's drivers, joining former McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen.

They have a total of 24 Supercenters in Bangkok, 31 Supercenters upcountry, 14 Lotus Markets, 15 Value stores and 189 Express stores with more being built all the time.

* Lotus Seven ( 1957 – 1970 ): Classic open sports car, a minimalist machine designed to manoeuvre a racing circuit and nothing else.

* Lotus Eleven ( 1956 – 1957 ): sports racer

* Lotus 12 ( 1956 – 1957 ): Formula Two and Formula One racecar

* Lotus Elite: Describes two cars, one an ultra-light two-seater coupé produced from 1957 to 1962, one an angular 3-door hatch with a back bone chassis produced from 1974 to 1982.

It was with the Lotus 7 in 1957 that things really took off, and indeed Caterham Cars still manufacture a version of that car today – the Caterham 7 ; there have been over 90 different Lotus 7 clones, replicas and derivatives offered to the public by a variety of makers.

Colin Chapman's Lotus Cars launched the Series 1 Lotus Seven in 1957.

The Lotus 7 originally debut was at the 1957 Earl ’ s Court Motor Show in London.

Whilst still a prototype, in September 1957, it was raced at the Brighton Speed Trials and by the end of 1958 Graham Hill was winning races with the Coventry Climax-engined ' Super Seven ' The car has had a strong racing history throughout its life under both Lotus and Caterham stewardship.

But it was not until the late 1950s that RMR reappeared in Grand Prix ( today's " Formula One ") races in the form of the Cooper-Climax ( 1957 ), soon followed by cars from BRM and Lotus.

The objective of this engine was for Lotus to campaign for the 750cc Le Mans Index of performance prize in 1957, three engines were made for this purpose and they successfully won the prize ; Lotus also campaigned in 1958.

* 1957 Lotus Elite, 1216 cc FWE

Allison won the performance prize driving a 744cc Lotus in the 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Chamberlain finished ninth overall at Le Mans in 1957, but first in class, driving a Lotus Eleven.

The Scarab suspension would itself inspire the later Chapman strut used by Lotus from their Lotus Twelve model of 1957.

The MX-5 was conceived as a small roadster – with light weight and minimal mechanical complexity limited only by legal and safety requirements ; technologically modern, but a philosophically direct descendant of small British and Italian roadsters of the 1960s such as the Triumph Spitfire, MG MGB, Fiat 124 Sport Spider, Alfa Romeo Spider and Lotus Elan.

* 1983 – Flying Lotus, American electronic music producer

* 1975 – Jamie Spaniolo, American rapper ( Twiztid, Dark Lotus, Psychopathic Rydas, and House of Krazees )

Steed's signature cars were vintage 1926 – 1928 Bentley racing or town cars, including Blower Bentleys and Bentley Speed Sixes ( although, uniquely, in " The Thirteenth Hole " he drives a Vauxhall 30 / 98 ), while Peel drove a sporty Lotus Elan convertible which, like her clothes, emphasized her independence and vitality.

* 1796 – 1804: The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.

* May 19 – Colin Chapman, Founder of Lotus Cars ( d. 1982 )

* End of the White Lotus Rebellion ( 1796 – 1804 ), an uprising against the Qing Dynasty in China.

* 1253 – April 28 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, declares his intention to preach the Lotus Sutra and Nam Myoho Renge Kyo as the true Buddhism, essentially founding the branch of Buddhism now known as Nichiren Buddhism.

* April 28 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, declares his intent to preach the Lotus Sutra and Nam Myoho Renge Kyo as the true Buddhism, thus founding Nichiren Buddhism.

A breed of powerful hybrids appeared in the 50s and 60s and raced on both sides of the Atlantic, featuring European chassis and large American engines – from the early Allard cars via hybrids such as Lotus 19s fitted with large engines through to the AC Cobra.

It is estimated that Medicago diverged from Glycine ( soybean ) 53 – 55 million years ago and from Lotus ( deervetch ) 49 – 51 million years ago

for this are as follows: Wilfred P. Deac, " Road to the Killing Fields: The Cambodian War of 1970-1975 " ( Texas A & M University Press, 1997 ) pp. 61 – 2 ; Robert Dallek, " Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power ," ( Harper Collins, 2007 ), p. 191 ; Steve Heder " Cambodian Communism and the Vietnamse Model, Volume I: Imitation and Independence, 1930-1975 ," ( White Lotus Press, 2004 ), p. 156.: It seems likely that Lon Nol initially intended to strengthen his position against the North Vietnamese with the ultimate aim of preventing their troops ( and those of the Viet Cong ) from operating within Cambodian borders, and wished to apply pressure on Sihanouk to achieve this.

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IBM purchased the company in 1995 for $ 3. 5 billion, primarily to acquire Lotus Notes and to establish a presence in the increasingly important client – server computing segment, which was rapidly making host-based products like IBM's OfficeVision obsolete.

* Lotus 2-Eleven Weighing just and with the Lotus 2-Eleven can sprint from 0 – 60 in 3. 8 seconds and has a top speed of.

* Lotus Mark II ( 1949 – 1950 ): Ford-powered trials car

* Lotus Mark VI ( 1953 – 1955 ): The first " production " racer — about 100 built

* Lotus 16 ( 1958 – 1959 ): F1 / F2 car based on the Twelve

It was powered by the 4. 2 L Fairlane engine with a Colotti transaxle, the same power plant was used by the Lola GT and the single-seater Lotus 29 that came in a highly controversial second at the Indy 500 in 1963.

In 1963, technical innovator Colin Chapman brought his Team Lotus to Indianapolis for the first time, attracted by the large monetary prizes, far bigger than the usual at a European event.

Cosworth began its association with Lotus Cars by work on the longer stroke version of the Kent, which had a capacity of and was used in the Lotus 7. and units were developed in 1963 for use in Formula B and sports car racing, and a twin overhead camshaft version was developed to power the Lotus Cortina.

Major success came in 1963 with the Lotus 25, which — with Jim Clark driving — won Lotus its first F1 World Constructors Championship.

* Lotus 27 ( 1963 ): Formula Junior

* Lotus 28 ( 1963 – 1966 ): Lotus version of the Ford Cortina street / racer

* Lotus 29 ( 1963 ): Indy car — Ford stock block

With Clark driving the legendary Lotus 25, Team Lotus won its first F1 World Championship in 1963.

The Lotus 29 debuted at Indianapolis in 1963, with Jim Clark finishing second.

The concept originated during 1963 with drawings by Ron Hickman, director of Lotus Engineering ( Designer of the original Lotus Elan, as well as inventor of the Black and Decker Workmate ), for a bid on the Ford GT40 project.

The same engine was used in the 1963 Lotus Cortina, and 15 were installed in the last production Lotus Sevens.

* 1963 – 1964 Lotus Cortina

In April 1963, the first race with Formula One cars took place at Imola, as a non-championship event, won by Jim Clark for Lotus.

Finished in an authentic British Racing Green and carrying racing number 1, it represented Jim Clark's 1963 world championship winning Lotus 25, and in 1967 it was joined by the Cooper-Maserati F1 car ( 156 ) painted blue.

Lotus Elan Collection No. 2 1963 – 1972.

He has recorded about 106 albums, including Midnight Blue ( 1963 ), Blue Lights, Guitar Forms, Sunup To Sundown ( 1990 ), Soft Winds ( 1993 ), Then Along Came Kenny ( 1993 ), and Lotus Blossom ( 1995 ).