Lotus Cars assembly line as of 2008

Colin Chapman, the founder of Lotus Cars, urged his designers to " Simplify, and add lightness ".

** Lotus GP, a French GP2 and GP3 racing team sponsored by Lotus Cars

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

The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars ( initially called Lotus Engineering )< ref >

The AC Cobra and the Lotus 7 are particularly popular examples, the right to manufacture the Lotus 7 now being owned by Caterham Cars who bought the rights to the car from Lotus founder Colin Chapman in 1973.

* Lotus Elite, two vehicles from Lotus Cars

In 1954 the first Lotus Cars factory was established behind the Railway Hotel ( now Funky Brownz Bar ) on Tottenham Lane.

* Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars

Lotus Cars joined Jaguar, MIRA Ltd and Caparo on a luxury hybrid executive sedan project called " Limo-Green "— funded by the UK Government Technology Strategy Board.

Lotus Cars saw the placement value with such a major feature film.

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.

In 1966, Colin Chapman ( Lotus Cars founder and principal of Team Lotus ) persuaded Ford to bankroll Keith Duckworth's design for a new lightweight Formula One engine.

Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk.

This was made up of Lotus Cars Limited and Lotus Components Limited, which focused on road cars and customer competition car production, respectively.

** Lotus F1 Team, a British Formula One team that started competing in 2012 season

** Team Lotus, a British Formula One racing team that competed between 1954 and 1994

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.

* Rawson, Jessica, Chinese Ornament: The Lotus and the Dragon, 1984, British Museum Publications, ISBN 0-7141-1431-6

The " New Flying Finn " won three Scandinavian championships, then in 1988 the Opel Lotus Euroseries championship before winning the 1990 British Formula Three championship.

With Group Lotus near bankruptcy in 1983, through an introduction from his friend Mark Thatcher, English accountant and entrepreneur David Wickins, the founder of the worlds largest vehicle remarketing business British Car Auctions, agreed to become the new company chairman.

Starting with a 2-litre Coventry-Climax engine in the Lotus 33, Clark did not score points until the British Grand Prix and a third place at the following Dutch Grand Prix.

He is remembered for his ability to drive and win in all types of cars and series, including a Lotus-Cortina, with which he won the 1964 British Touring Car Championship ; IndyCar ; NASCAR, driving a Ford Galaxie for the Holman Moody team ; Rallying, where he took part in the 1966 RAC Rally of Great Britain in a Lotus Cortina ; and sports cars.

* The British Racing Motors ( BRM ) H-16 Formula One engine won the 1966 US Grand Prix with Jim Clark in a Lotus 43.

Chapman at the wheel of one of his own Lotus Eleven sports cars, during practice for the 1956 British Grand Prix Formula Two race at Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone Lotus Development Director Mike Costin on left holding notes.

Chapman and Lotus helped to pioneer the British kit car industry.

Famous and iconic British cars include the Aston Martin DB5, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Bentley 4½ Litre, Jaguar E-Type, Land Rover Defender, Lotus Esprit, McLaren F1, MGB, original two-door Mini, Range Rover and Rolls-Royce Phantom III.

For example, while Cigars of the Pharaoh takes place in an idealised India of Maharajas and British officials, The Blue Lotus has the look and feel of China of the 1930s torn apart by the occupying Japanese forces and the Western influence in Shanghai, including corrupt businessmen and police.

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.

1966 also saw the release of another British television tie-in, a two car set from The Avengers ( GS40 ) which featured figures of the stars of the show ' John Steed ' and ' Emma Peel ' and their respective cars ; the 1927 Bentley from the Corgi Classics range and a white Lotus Elan.

For instance, the rear view mirrors of the " Series 2 " CX were found on many British sports cars, like the Lotus Esprit and the Jaguar XJ220.

The 1969 British Grand Prix, saw a record number of four 4WD cars using the Ferguson system entered, with John Miles in a Lotus 63 achieving the best finish of 10th.

Cooper did not return, but from 1963 on British built mid-engined cars from constructors like Brabham, Lotus and Lola competed regularly and in 1965 Lotus won Indy with their Type 38.

In 1966, Team Lotus registered new cars for the British Saloon Car Championship, which was now open to Group 5 Special Touring Cars, as regulations had been changed.

The car which is most often credited as the start of the sleeper car trend is the Lotus Carlton / Omega ; a car which started out as an Opel Omega / Vauxhall Carlton ( which by public opinion, are considered to be non-high performance brands ) but was handed over to Lotus engineers to create a 177 + mph 4-door saloon ( at its time of release it was the fastest 4-door saloon available to the public and it remained in that position ten years later ) with the exact body of the car it was created from despite its Imperial Green colour ( British Racing colours ), discreet Lotus badging, and flared body pieces.

* Lotus ( motor vessel ), a houseboat yacht

In the Aerocar 2000's case, the flight engine is a twin-turbocharged V-8 motor from a Lotus Esprit.

Many of the members subsequently made their careers in the motor industry including Ford, Austin-Rover and Lotus.

His father Bill raced for Lotus at Le Mans in the early 1960s and was in the sport's administration, on the RAC motor sports council.

The origins of Formula Ford began in the early 1960s, where motor racing schools such as The Jim Russell school, and Motor Racing Stables featured single seat Formula Junior and Formula 3-like machines from world class constructors like Cooper and Lotus.

* Lotus 119: Soapbox derby car Light vehicle out of carbon and aluminium, brakes discs, without engine, built for the race of the festival of speed of Goodwood

The APX ( also known as the " Aluminium Performance Crossover ") is an aluminium concept vehicle revealed at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show built on Lotus Engineering's Versatile Vehicle Architecture ( VVA ).

* The Dodge EV concept electric vehicle from Chrysler is based on a Lotus Europa S.

Fast and responsive, the Lotus 7 was one of Chapman ’ s masterworks, an advanced machine that surpassed the earlier Lotus 6 as a vehicle that could perform beautifully on the track and be driven legally on the road.

The choice of front-wheel drive is unusual for a sports car, but according to Lotus sales literature, " for a given vehicle weight, power and tyre size, a front wheel drive car was always faster over a given section of road.

" This was the only front-wheel-drive vehicle made by Lotus.

Image: Lotus Evora 000 since 2009 backright 2010-02-21 U. jpg | In the Lotus Evora, platform and mechanicals are uniquely designed for the vehicle.

Quebec Nordiques logo shown at the 2011 Montreal International Auto Show on a Lotus Evora vehicle.

This is the fierce Vidyaraja vehicle of the Lotus section.

Power output for this engine varies depending on the vehicle and tuning, with the Celica GT-S, Corolla T-Sport, Lotus Elise and Lotus Exige offering but the American versions of the 2003 Corolla, Matrix, and Pontiac Vibe versions only developing 180 hp with all later years offering anywhere from 173 hp in 2004 to 164 hp in 2006 due to a recurved powerband.

In addition to driving a newly redesigned Mercedes-Benz 500SL for the 1990 model year, Eastwood's character is also seen conveying his distaste for the Lime Green color on the Lotus Esprit and later driving said vehicle during a criminal pursuit.

His search for his abducted mate, Lotus, in America becomes a vehicle for sharp, witty satire of contemporary culture.

In the UK this limited edition vehicle wears a Lotus Engineering badge below the Proton Satria GTi badge.