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When Colin Chapman launched a new Lotus it was invariably exciting and usually surprising. The low budget Seven was launched in 1957 and is still in production today, as the Caterham Seven. It has proved to be one of the longest selling sports cars ever. The same year saw the introduction of the hig..

Colin Chapman's contribution to the post war world of international motor racing was immeasurable. From his first steps as a car designer in 1947, when he acquired a secondhand Austin Seven Tourer around which his first Lotus 'special' was based, to his highly sophisticated road and racing cars of t..

Offering a concise and informative look at Classic Prototypes and Grand Touring cars during the period of the early 1960s to the mid 1970s, Anthony Pritchard has produced a book which starts with a look at the races and regulations of these events and offers the enthusiast additional information of ..

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This was the first work to cover this new formula. Beginning with its origins in Italy, John Blunsden traces Formula Junior’s early history on the continent and its first full season in England. There are detailed descriptions of cars, both British and foreign, and the modifications they underwent a..

Jim Clark won more World Championship Grands Prix than any other driver. He was the first European driver to win the Indianapolis 500 since the First World War, he was twice World Champion, three times Tasman Champion, and he won many other motor racing championship awards and trophies. But his grea..

Low to the ground and satisfyingly noisy, the Lotus Seven comes as close to fulfilling the sports car fantasy as any vehicle before or since. This kit-car phenomenon has been in continuous production for over 25 years, inspiring irrational fondness among even the most jaded enthusiasts. Just how the..

Long Straights and Hairpin Turns is the first of two volumes capturing a special time in Pacific Northwest sports car racing history, the 1950s and 1960s. The story, written with amazing detail, insight, and passion, starts in 1950 with the first four-cylinder exhaust notes at B.C.'s Abbotsford Airp..

Without doubt the most impressive period in Lotus’ history. Jim Clark and Colin Chapman forged a partnership that produced a succession of Grand Prix Wins and two World Championships, plus Wins at the Indianapolis 500 and many small sports car victories including the Nurburgring 1000 kms again..

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 ..

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..