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The cars Lotus built for the road have always been something of an enigma: they are brilliant machines (as befits the product of a manufacturer who has won the constructor's championship no less than six times), yet they have suffered from a reputation for unreliability. In this study of Lotus: The ..

Ian Smith tells the story of the first Lotus, a modified Austin 7, as Colin Chapman drove it up the muddy slopes of a trials hill through to the appearance of the production car at the Earls Court motor show, just nine years later. This is the story behind the first ten years of Lotus history told b..

Few designers contributed so much to the development of the sports racing car as the late Colin Chapman. Through his advanced thinking, ingenuity and enthusiasm the Lotus developed from a basic and primitive Austin 7 based special to one of the most successful and widely raced marques in motor racin..

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The Lotus 25 was the car in which Jim Clark rocketed to fame in the early Sixties. It was also the car which established Lotus as a major force in Grand Prix racing. More than that, it was the car that took Formula One technology out of the steam age and into the jet age. With the slim, elegant Type..

Born of an agreement between Ford, Cosworth and Team Lotus, the Lotus 49 embodied Colin Chapman's philosophies of simplicity and lightness in an elegant form. In a single leap the Lotus 49, the first car to be powered by the brilliant new Ford Cosworth DFV engine, moved Formula One technology severa..

The Lotus 78 was the car that started the ground effect revolution in Formula 1. By means of ducts and flexible skirts, the air that passed under the car was used, literally, to suck it to the ground. It created a sensation and revived the British team's fortunes. Its successor, the 79, was a true "..

Everyone knows the name of Lotus. Not many know of those special cars that made the name. This publication concentrates on the 'other' cars and ignores the single-seaters racing cars covered well in other books. Here there are those beautiful 'streamliners', the utilitarian 'mud ..

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This volume forms part of the informative and superb value Super Profile series from Haynes Publishing. This book includes a description of the history, production changes, specifications, road test reprints, owners’ views, buyers guide and relevant clubs and specialists for this model. It is profus..

Actual publication date not stated. An original factory produced workshop manual for the Lotus Elan. In excellent overall condition. Total number of pages unknown as not marked...