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    The Lotus Elite name has been used for two production vehicles and one concept vehicle developed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer Lotus...
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    early 1970s, with the Lotus Elan Plus Two as the first Lotus road car not offered in kit form, and the Lotus Eclat and Lotus Elite of the mid-1970s were...
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    The Lotus Éclat (Type 76 and Type 84) is a sports car built from 1975 to 1982 by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. It was based on the Elite but...
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    Lotus Elan is the name of two separate ranges of automobiles produced by Lotus Cars. The first series of cars was produced between 1962 and 1975 as a rear-wheel...
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    entering Lotus Elites in the new GT-1500 class. The 2-litre Prototype class was very competitive with 8 strong entries. Up against the Porsches and Lotus and...
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    road car business was doing well with the Lotus Seven and the Lotus Elite and this was followed by the Lotus Elan in 1962. More racing success followed...
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    The Lotus 900 series is a family of internal combustion engines designed and built by Lotus Cars of United Kingdom. Successor to the Lotus-Ford Twin Cam...
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  • coupe (1974–1976) Honda Elite, a series of scooters Lotus Elite, two vehicles from Lotus Cars Plaxton Elite, a bus coach body Elite, a German car brand (1913–1929)...
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    Cooper-Climax. At the same time, the company produced the FWE engine for the Lotus Elite, and this enjoyed considerable success in sports car racing, with a series...
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    Lotus to accelerate the development of its own aluminium cylinder head, leading to the creation of the 907 engine. Type 75 Lotus Elite Type 76 Lotus Eclat...
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    Jim Clark (category Team Lotus Formula One drivers)
    Porsche 356, where he attracted the attention of Lotus founder Colin Chapman. Driving a Lotus Elite, Clark finished second-in-class at the 24 Hours of...
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    on the design of the earlier Lotus Eclat, which itself was based on the earlier Lotus Type 75 Elite. Toyota engaged Lotus to assist with the engineering...
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  • Classic & Sports Car. "Lotus Eclat 1975 - 1982". Evoke Classics. "Lotus Elan +2 car, with raised pop up headlights". Alamy. "Lotus Elite Type 75". Drives Today...
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    Scuderia Filipinetti. The two Team Elite Lotuses had the 1300cc to themselves when the Equipe Nationale Belge Elite entry was withdrawn. Twenty-three cars...
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    2-litre Lotus Elite of Hobbs/Gardner. Both had steadily moved up the field through the night and got into the top-10 during the morning. Then the Lotus dropped...
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    overall and second in class along with Jim Clark in the Border Reivers Lotus Elite. In 1965 (with Innes Ireland) and 1966 (with Frank Gardner) he raced...
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  • LX260 (Rumor) LX265 (Rumor 2) LX325 LX350 LX370 LX400 LX600 (Lotus) LX610 (Lotus Elite) LX1200 LX5225(VI5225)(LX5400) LX5250(TP5250) LX5350 LX5450 LX5550...
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  • compact SUV Lexus LX, a Japanese luxury full-size SUV Lotus LX, a one-off version of the Lotus Elite Vespa LX, a series of Italian scooters MAN LX and FX...
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    only received his car at the start of the week. Lotus dominated the middle categories with the five Elites. One of the three works cars had been given the...
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    were the only entries in the 2-litre class, Lotus had the 1.3-litre category to itself with five Elites entered including two works cars. There was competition...
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    engine than the costly all-alloy Coventry Climax FWE used in the original Lotus Elite. He felt that basing his new power-plant on an engine built in large...
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  • in which he drove the Lotus 18 he also campaigned in hillclimbs. He also drove in the 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing a Lotus Elite with John Wagstaff. In...
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  • manufacturer Lotus Cars, currently a subsidiary of Geely, has produced a number of race and production cars since its inception in 1948. Lotus Cars, the...
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    Kirwan-Taylor (better known for his work with Colin Chapman of Lotus cars on the 1950s Lotus Elite), but the bodywork proved too heavy for the 425 cc (25.9 cu in)...
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    The Lotus 23 was designed by Colin Chapman as a small-displacement sports racing car. Nominally a two-seater, it was purpose-built for FIA Group 4 racing...
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    (the race program helped develop the Type 907 engine, used to power the Lotus Elite, Esprit, Eclat and Excel). 2 cars were made Chassis numbers #T62/GT/1...
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  • Appendix K catered for modified production Grand Touring cars (such as Lotus Elite), sports cars (such as Jaguar D-Type) fitted with roofs, specials (such...
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    designed the Lotus TwinCam engine for Colin Chapman, who needed the replacement for the Coventry Climax FWE engine used in Lotus Elite. As Keith Duckworth...
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    Colin Chapman (category Lotus Cars)
    was the road-going 1922 Lancia Lambda. Lotus had been an early adopter of this technology with the 1958 Lotus Elite. The modified monocoque body of the car...
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  • Coys of Kensington. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2017. "1958 Lotus Elite Series 1 - "For the Love of Cars" and ex-Chris Barber". Silverstone Auctions...
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