Random car and/or Lotus related pictures and videos

[pete]

They are tricky in the damp

[Spinney]

Went to the Stonor House Supercar Sunday, near Henley on Thames for the first time this morning and generally very impressed with it. All manner of cars, old and new, including quite a few Loti. Think a smaller, more cosy Goodwood House with far fewer people and no oiks!

[Spinney]

 

 

[Spinney]

[tim_marra]

Lovely Alfa 

[ChrisJ]

[Spinney]

18 hours ago, tim_marra said:

Lovely Alfa 

Yes, the Alfa was just gorgeous. I also liked the 2 Proteus C Type reps that were there, as the build quality just shone through. Perversely, I was quite taken with the '62 TBird which, although obviously restored, had been done to an extraordinarily high standard. I liked the added touch of the 'Vote Kennedy' sticker in the windscreen too! 

[Advantage]

We had this yet? Leno and Carr trundle around in a 400.

 

 

[silverfrost]

Feeling the 80s Group 5 love at the moment, just think the cars looks awesome,  and have a feeling project Kermit will be getting a lot wider,  looking into getting a spare set of my Esprit S2 rims cut out and made into 3 piece rims and stepped up to 17 " to put a set of 335 17 " on, should fill the gap lol   

Think an extra foot each side of the Esprit should sit well,  with radiators moved to the rear arches    Have only tried it on a Fujimi model kit so far as i cant get my hands on my bodyshells lol,  

 

[Bravo73]

5 hours ago, Advantage said:

We had this yet?

Yep. You’re only the third though... 

[Escape]

Lot of great cars (and drivers) on the Gentlemen Drivers Rally last weekend. We had an absolute blast on the winding roads. I spent a good part of the weekend in the company of a C63 that was not hanging about, and with another silver turbo from the 80s.

[SJP68]

Seeing the post on the group 5 silhouette racers, reminded me that I had a picture of the Lotus Esprit, built by AET Motorsport and driven by Tony Sugden. Picture taken at Brands Hatch 1985 Thundersports Trophy, support race to GP of Europe.

[Escape]

On 20/05/2019 at 18:52, Escape said:

I spent a good part of the weekend with another silver turbo from the 80s.

No guesses what the other car is? Or is it that obvious? I had never seen one in the flesh and was surprised at the speed it held dancing through the corners on the long winding sections. A great driver I must add, me and the AMG were happy to use our power advantage to follow his pace.

[swindon_alan]

Renault 5 Turbo Filip?

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

That's a Renault 5 Alpine Turbo to be exact. They had to call it the Gordini Turbo in the UK, since Chrysler/Talbot had the rights to the Alpine name.

I owned its big brother from 1994 - 2008: the amazing Renault 5 Turbo 2. I loved it: mid-mounted 185bhp turbo and intercooled fuel-injected longitudinal 4 pot driving the rear wheels via a 5 speed gearbox. It was the same colour as that FWD one:

I did a couple of Euro tours in it (Northern Spain and South France/Corsica/Sardinia/North Italy) and it performed faultlessly. Terrific fun to drive and always got the thumbs up.

Today it would be worth 6x what I sold it for in 2008.

[Bibs]

 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

"Cough", ahem. The Europa was not the first mid-engined sports car. It was preceded by the likes of the De Tomaso Vallelunga and Matra Djet.

Also spelling mistake in the Lotus 72 text: there's no "e" in constructors.

[silverfrost]

I always though it was the Lamborgini miura ?

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Not so. The Miura appeared as rolling chassis only in 1965 and not fully clothed until 1966.

The Djet was introduced in 1962. The Vallelunga in 1964. The Europa in late 1966. Lotus really shouldn't be claiming the "World's First" award in this particular case.

[swindon_alan]

Spotted in the car park of the local shops just now. Parked well away from any other cars (of course!)

[Chillidoggy]

First time I've seen one of these -

 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Saab Sonnet III. No, I've never seen one either. Well spotted!

[silverfrost]

This guy is nuts  about  saab sonnets

https://youtu.be/tkgkC--BmpA

[comem47]

Not nuts enough to take on a basket case !  😉

[GTK]

I only skimmed that vid [watched it back when it was current] so can't be 100% sure but I didn't see the Sonnet he describes as 'buried in the woods' in it. That one must be in one of his later vids, and is literally buried in the woods.