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The case of the missing Lotus

March 2, 2010
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Forty years ago formula car racing was just beginning to become the major series in Canada that it would shortly grow into. Sports car racing, featuring sports racing cars had been the main racing with the pro events, highlighted latterly by the Can-Am. Outside of a couple of USAC races there had been no major [...]

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Lotus Reveals Refreshed 2011 Elise

February 16, 2010

While most of the hype surrounding Lotus the past few months has revolved around the all-new Evora 2+2 sports car, the company has not forgotten the car that saved them from near oblivion, the Elise. For 2011, the iconic, lightweight sports car receives styling tweaks to bring the look a little closer to the new [...]

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Video: The Garage gets wet over the Lotus Exige S260

December 14, 2009

Most of us around The Garage have a bit of a thing for cars that bear the Lotus name. The more recent models from the house that Colin built follow the less is more philosophy truly embody the spirit of the marque, having light weight and high performance. The very limited edition Exige S260 has [...]

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The Garage Meets the Lotus Evora!

November 18, 2009

The old saying is true-Timing is Everything. Mentioned in the press release for Evora pricing was a brief paragraph that two Lotus Evoras had been brought to the US that wold be shown briefly at select dealerships. Glancing at the schedule, my eyes nearly fell out of their sockets-one of those two Evoras was 15 [...]

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Lotus Announces Evora Pricing

November 17, 2009

Ask any car nut to list five of the best handling cars sold today, and odds are the Lotus Elise or Exige will be near, if not at the top. The little two seaters are monsters on the track, and will make short work out of your favorite country roads. But for a person of [...]

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When you go out in the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise

November 8, 2009

Today was the absolute best type of Fall day in Ontario. With bright sun and temperatures in the mid teens, it was a great day for getting out and doing the things that make life great. Like washing a press car and heading out for a photo shoot!
As we approached our location for the day [...]

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Vintage Lotus fun at Mosport

November 5, 2009

What you see above is the 1962 Lotus Super Seven belonging to Jeremy Sale, just about at the apex of Mosport’s corner 10. This 1,500cc Ford powered Seven is an original car that has been racing for years. It lived with the Baker family for some time and was apparently bent up pretty well. It [...]

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2009 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance: The British

June 20, 2009

The Fourteenth Annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance was held on June 6-7 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, CT. Founders and co-chairs Bruce and Genia Wennerstrom hosted an impressive variety of marques, featuring rare, classic, unusual, exotic, and one-off production and race cars.
It is a pleasure to share this delectable mix of devastating machinery with [...]

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Vintage program: 1964 European Grand Prix

May 30, 2009

Way back in the archives I had posted some cool pieces from the 1964 European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. While looking for another old program to repair a post on Mark Donohue, I just came across the actual race program from the ‘64 GP.
This program is a bit more dog eared than some of [...]

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Video: The Stig wrings the Caterham R500 mk2’s neck

March 2, 2009

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Whatever you call it, this bicycle fendered wonder that was the fruit of Colin Champan’s imagination may be one of the most individually tweakable designs of all time. The folks over at Project Splitwheel are working on tweaking that concept behind that idea further than most. Think lighter, faster, more pure and you have [...]

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