Lotus kenners hier?

[emiel307sw]

ik heb woensdag mijn spreekbeurt en ik heb als onderwerp Lotus gekozen.. alleen moet het volledig in het engels weet er hier iemand nog het een of ander over lotus?
tot nu toe heb ik dit:

My subject is the British car manufacturer Lotus.
The company is based at Hethel, in Norfolk and was founded in 1952 by the engineer Colin Chapman
Lotus is famous for building very light race, and street cars and competed in Formula one since 1958 , in 1994 lotus racing went bankrupt.By that time they had won the grand prix seven times, lotus has also won many other races all over the world.
In 1982, Colin Chapman died of a heart-attack at the age of 54
Many companies have taken over lotus since; the malasian car company proton now owns a big part of lotus
Lotus cars are so light because they lack all forms of luxury; no radio, no force steering
and lightweight racing seats, and because they had an aluminium chassis.
The models that are currently being sold are the Elise, the Exige, and the Europa S
The Elise had a 1.8 liter rover engine until 2004 and now the Elise and the Exige have new 1.8 liter engines from Toyota
Both models weigh about 700 Kilograms wich is very light for a car
The latest model, the Europa S is a bit more Comfortable than the average lotus, it has full leather interior and it weighs 995 kilogram
To get a Lotus, you have to go to van der kooij sportscars which imports Lotuses into Holland ,and since 2006Hessing is also importing lotuses now
Currently, there are around 700 Lotuses in Holland
And the prices for a new Elise start around €46,000

[Lars Bouten]

Misschien een beetje lullig, maar waarom kies je dan een onderwerp waar je - relatief - weinig van af weet?

[Tom]

Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. The company is famous for designing and building landmark race and production automobiles of extremely light weight and possessing legendary handling characteristics.

The company is based about 10 miles (16 km) south of Norwich, in East Anglia and was originally formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. by the influential engineer Colin Chapman, in 1952. The Company's first factory was in old stables behind the Railway Hotel in Hornsey. Team Lotus was active and competitive in Formula One racing from 1958 to 1994. Since the 1960s the company has occupied a modern factory and road test facility at Hethel, near Wymondham. This site is the former RAF Hethel base and the test track uses sections of the old runway.

Chapman died of a heart attack in 1982, at the age of 54, having begun life an inn-keeper's son and ended a multi-millionaire industrialist in post-war Britain. The carmaker built tens of thousands of successful racing and road cars and won the Formula One World Championship seven times. At the time of his death he was linked with the DeLorean scandal over the use of government subsidies for the production of the De Lorean DMC-12 for which Lotus had designed the chassis.

In 1986 the company was bought by General Motors. On August 27, 1993, GM sold the company, for £30 million, to A.C.B.N. Holdings S.A. of Luxembourg, a company controlled by Italian businessman Romano Artioli, who also owned Bugatti Automobili SpA. In 1996 a majority share in Lotus was sold to Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton), a Malaysian car company listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

The company also acts as an engineering consultancy, providing engineering development - particularly of suspension - for other car manufacturers. The lesser known Powertrain department is responsible for the design and development of the 4 cylinder engine found in many of GM's Vauxhall, Opel, Saab, and possibly some Saturn cars.

The company is organized as Group Lotus, which is divided into Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering. Contrary to some rumours, there are no plans to create a Formula One Team. This is more likely to be due to the massive financial input required over and above any of the company's wishes.

Mr. Michael J Kimberley ("Mike"), took over as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company and its Group from May 2006. Mike currently chairs the Executive Committee of Lotus Group International Limited ("LGIL") established in February 2006, with Syed Zainal Abidin (Managing Director of Proton Holdings Berhad) and Badrul Feisal (non-executive director of Proton Holdings Berhad). LGIL is the holding company of Lotus Group Plc.
Contents
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* 1 Formula One
* 2 Lotus models
o 2.1 Previous
* 3 Lotus on Screen
* 4 Current
* 5 Collaborations
* 6 Lotus Motors
* 7 Lotus Engineering
* 8 Further reading
* 9 External links

[edit] Formula One

Main article: Team Lotus
Hot Rod magazine cover showing Lotus Turbine Indy car
Hot Rod magazine cover showing Lotus Turbine Indy car

The company encouraged its customers to race its cars, and itself entered Formula One as a team in 1958. A Lotus Formula One car driven by Stirling Moss won the first Grand Prix for the marque in 1960. Major success came in 1963 with the Lotus 25, which — with Jim Clark driving — won Lotus its first F1 World Championship. Clark's untimely death — he crashed driving a Formula Two Lotus 48 in March 1968 after his rear tyre failed in a turn — was a severe blow to the team and to Formula One. He was the dominant driver in the dominant car and remains an inseparable part of Lotus's early years. That year's championship was won by Clark's Lotus teammate, Graham Hill.

Lotus is credited with popularising the mid-engined layout for Indycars, developing the first monocoque Formula 1 chassis, and the integration of the engine and transaxle as chassis components. Lotus was also among the pioneers of adding wings to Formula 1 cars to create downforce, as well as the first to move radiators to the sides in F1 cars to aid in aerodynamic performance, and inventing active suspension.
Lotus 77
Lotus 77

Even after Chapman's death, until the late 1980s, Lotus continued to be a major player in Formula 1. Ayrton Senna drove for the Lotus team from 1985 to 1987, winning twice in each year and achieving 17 pole positions. However, by the company's last Formula 1 race in 1994 the cars were no longer very competitive. During the Formula 1 years Lotus won a total of 79 Grand Prix races. During his lifetime Chapman saw Lotus beat Ferrari as the first team to achieve 50 Grand Prix victories, despite Ferrari having won their first Formula 1 race nine years before Lotus won their own first GP victory.

Formula One driver's world championships:

* 1963: Jim Clark
* 1965: Jim Clark
* 1968: Graham Hill
* 1970: Jochen Rindt - the only posthumous world champion
* 1972: Emerson Fittipaldi
* 1973: Formula One World Championship for Manufacturer's Only (Drivers Championship to Tyrrell)
* 1978: Mario Andretti

[edit] Lotus models

[edit] Previous
Cover of Road & Track magazine, showing Lotus Eleven
Cover of Road & Track magazine, showing Lotus Eleven
Lotus Europa S2
Lotus Europa S2

* Lotus Mk1 - 1948-1948 Austin 7 based trials car
* Lotus Mk2 - 1949-1950 Ford powered trials car
* Lotus Mk3 - 1951-1951 750 cc formula car
* Lotus Mk4 - 1952-1952 Trials car
* Lotus Mk5 - 1952-1952 750 cc formula car - never built
* Lotus 6 - 1953-1955 The first 'production' racer - about 100 built
* Lotus Seven - 1957-1970 Classic open sports car, a minimalist machine designed to maneuver a racing circuit and nothing else. The rights to the Seven were sold in 1973 to Caterham Cars, who continue to produce it today. Updated versions of this 1957 design are also produced by other specialty firms, including Westfield Sportscars and Donkervoort.
* Lotus Eight - 1954-1954 sports racer
* Lotus Nine - 1955-1955 sports racer, based on Eight
* Lotus Ten - 1955-1955 sports racer, a more powerful Eight
* Lotus Eleven - 1956-1957 sports racer
* Lotus Twelve - Formula 2 and Formula 1 racecar (1956-1957)
* Lotus 13 - Designation not used
* Lotus 14 - 1957-1963 First production street car - the Lotus Elite
* Lotus 15 - 1958-1958 Sports racer - successor to the Eleven
* Lotus 16 - 1958-1959 F1/F2 car based on the Twelve
* Lotus 17 - 1959-1959 Sports racer update of the 15 - not successful
* Lotus 18 - 1960-1961 First mid-engined Lotus single seater - Formula Junior/F2/F1
* Lotus 19 - 1960-1962 Mid-engined sports racer - AKA 'Monte Carlo'
* Lotus 20 - 1961-1961 Formula Junior
* Lotus 21 - 1961-1961 Formula 1
* Lotus 22 - 1962-1965 Formula Junior/F3
* Lotus 23 - 1962-1966 Small displacement mid-engined sports racer
* Lotus 24 - 1962-1962 Formula 1
* Lotus 25 - 1962-1964 Formula 1 World Champion
* Lotus 26 - 1962-1971 Production street sports car - the original Elan.
* Lotus 27 - 1963-1963 Formula Junior
* Lotus 28 - 1963-1966 Lotus version of the Ford Cortina street/racer
* Lotus 29 - 1963-1963 Indy car - Ford stock block
* Lotus 30 - 1964-1964 Large displacement sports racer (Ford V8)
* Lotus 31 - 1964-1966 Formula 3 space frame racer
* Lotus 32 - 1964-1965 Monocoque F2 and Tasman Cup racer
* Lotus 33 - 1964-1965 Formula 1 World Champion
* Lotus 34 - 1964-1964 Indy car - DOHC Ford
* Lotus 35 - 1965-1965 F2/F3/FB
* Lotus 36 - 1965-1968 Street sports car - "Elan'
* Lotus 37 - 1965-1965 a one-off Seven with IRS - AKA the "Three Seven"
* Lotus 38 - 1965-1965 Indy winning mid-engined car
* Lotus 39 - 1965-1966 Tasman Cup formula car
* Lotus 40 - 1965-1965 Improved(?) version of the 30
* Lotus 41 - 1965-1968 Formula 3, Formula 2, Formula B
* Lotus 42 - 1967-1967 Indy car - raced with Ford V8
* Lotus 43 - 1966-1966 Formula 1
* Lotus 44 - 1967-1967 Formula 2
* Lotus 45 - 1966-1974 Convertible (Drop Head Coupe) version of the 'Elan'
* Lotus 46 - 1966-1968 Original Renault-engined Europa
* Lotus 47 - 1966-1970 Racing version of Europa
* Lotus 48 - 1967-1967 Formula 2
* Lotus 49 - 1967-1969 Formula 1 World Champion
* Lotus 50 - 1967-1974 Four-seat 'Elan +2' production car
* Lotus 51 - 1967-1969 Formula Ford
* Lotus 52 - 1968-1968 Prototype 'Europa' twincam
* Lotus 53 - 1968-1968 Small displacement sports racer - never built
* Lotus 54 - 1968-1970 Series 2 'Europa' production car.
* Lotus 55 - 1968-1968 F3
* Lotus 56 - 1968-1971 Indy turbine wedge/F1 turbine (56B)
* Lotus 57 - 1968-1968 F2 design study
* Lotus 58 - 1968-1968 F1 design study
* Lotus 59 - 1969-1970 F2/F3/Formula Ford
* Lotus 60 - 1970-1973 Greatly modified version of the Seven - AKA Seven S4
* Lotus 61 - 1969-1969 Formula ford wedge
* Lotus 62 - 1969-1969 (prototype Europa racer)
* Lotus 63 - 1969-1969 4-wheel drive F1
* Lotus 64 - 1969-1969 4-wheel drive Indy cars - did not compete
* Lotus 65 - 1969-1971 ("Federalized" Europa S2)
* Lotus 66 - designation not used
* Lotus 67 - 1970-1970 Proposed Tasman Cup car - never built
* Lotus 68 - 1969-1969 F5000 prototype
* Lotus 69 - 1970-1970 F2/F3/Formula Ford
* Lotus 70 - 1970-1970 F5000/Formula A
* Lotus 71 - Undisclosed design study
* Lotus 72 - 1970-1972 Formula 1 World Champion
* Lotus 73 - 1973-1973 F3
* Lotus 74 - 1971-1975 Europa Twin Cam production cars
* Lotus 75 - 1974-1982 Luxury 4 seat GT - 'Elite II'
* Lotus 76 - 1975-1982 Fastback version of Elite II - 'Eclat S1' - also 1974 F1
* Lotus 77 - 1976-1976 F1
* Lotus 78 - 1977-1978 F1 'ground effects' car
* Lotus 79 - 1978-1979 Formula 1 World Champion - also street GT 'Esprit' (1975-1980)
* Lotus 80 - 1979-1979 F1
* Lotus 81 - 1980-1981 F1 - designation also used for Sunbeam Talbot rally car
* Lotus 82 - 1982-current Turbo Esprit street GT car
* Lotus 83 - 1980-1980 Elite series 2
* Lotus 84 - 1980-1982 Eclat series 2
* Lotus 85 - 1980-1980 Esprit series 3
* Lotus 86 - 1980-1983 F1 'dual chassis' - never raced
* Lotus 87 - 1980-1982 F1
* Lotus 88 - 1981-1981 F1 'dual chassis' car - banned
* Lotus 89 - 1982-1992 Lotus Excel GT - re-engineered Eclat
* Lotus 90 - Unreleased Elan/Toyota
* Lotus 91 - 1982-1982 F1
* Lotus 92 - 1983-1983 F1
* Lotus 93T - 1983-1983 F1 Turbo
* Lotus 94T - 1983-1983 F1 Turbo
* Lotus 95T - 1984-1984 F1 Turbo
* Lotus 96 - 1984-1984 Indy car project - abandoned
* Lotus 97T - 1985-1986 F1 Turbo
* Lotus 98T - 1986-1987 F1 Turbo
* Lotus 99T - 1987-1987 F1 Turbo - last Lotus F1 winner
* Lotus 100T - 1988-1988 F1 Turbo
* Lotus M100 - 1989-1995 Front-drive convertible 'Elan'
* Lotus 101 - 1989-1989 F1
* Lotus 102 - 1990-1991 F1
* Lotus 103 - 1990-1990 F1 - not produced
* Lotus 105 - 1990-1990 Racing X180R IMSA Supercars Drivers Champ Doc Bundy
* Lotus 106 - 1991-1991 X180R roadgoing homolgation special
* Lotus 107 - 1992-1994 F1
* Lotus 108 - 1992 - 1992 a bicycle - gold medal Barcelona Olympics
* Lotus 109 - 1994-1994 F1 - Last Lotus F1 car.
* Lotus 110 - Production version of type 108 bicycle
* Lotus 111 - The Lotus Elise
* Lotus 112 - Final partial F1 design, got as far as the monocoque buck
* Lotus 113 - Number not allocated
* Lotus 114 - 1995-1995
* Lotus 115 - 1997-1998 - Lotus GT Race Car
* Lotus 116 -
* Lotus 117 -
* Lotus 118 -
* Lotus 119 - Soapbox derby car Light vehicle out of carbon and aluminium, brakes discs, without engine, built for the race of the festival of speed of Goodwood
* Lotus 120 - 1998 Elise V6 code named M120 Was never produced
* Lotus 121 - 2006 Europa S
* Lotus Carlton - 1990-1992 Tuned version of the standard Vauxhall saloon (designated Lotus 104).
* Lotus Excel - 1985-1992
* Lotus Eclat - (1975-1982) Fastback version of the Elite. The rear roof line of the Elite was sloped down into a sporty fastback.
* Lotus Elite - Describes two cars, one an ultra-light two-seater coupé produced from 1957 to 1962, one an angular 3 door hatch with a back bone chassis produced from 1974 to 1982.
* Lotus Elan - A small light roadster that made use of the Lotus-trademark steel backbone frame, coupled with a fibre glass body. This car was the design inspiration for the 1990 Mazda MX-5 / Miata.
* Lotus Elan M100 - The second car that used the Elan name, released in 1989. It was a technical tour de force but one that also defied Lotus' 'performance through light weight' tradition, to its detriment. The idea of a front-drive Lotus, powered by a Japanese turbo-charged engine, was a brave concept and its cornering performance was undeniable. But the handling was negatively compared to the original Elan by some Lotus loyalists and its relatively high price (vs., e.g., the Mazda MX-5) meant that it was not a sales success.
* Lotus Europa - 1966-1975 mid-engine sports car, the first affordable mid-engined road car ever produced.
* Lotus Esprit - A mid-engined sports car, launched in the early 1970s. The Esprit shocked many at its launch; its geometric, laser-cut lines seemed far more futuristic than anything on the road -- or on the cinema screen, for that matter , it was styled by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro. The Esprit started with a light, 4-cylinder design, which went through several iterations of turbo-charging and electronic upgrades, before finally being replaced by a highly-advanced V8. The last Lotus Esprit rolled off the production line on 20 February 2004, after 28 years in production. A total of 10,675 Esprits were built since production began in 1976.

[edit] Lotus on Screen

Sixties:

* The iconographical British television series, The Prisoner, opened almost every episode with secret agent Number 6 driving a Lotus Seven through the streets on London in the famous I Quit sequence.

* Perhaps the most iconic Lotus on screen is the Lotus Elan driven by Diana Rigg's character, Mrs Peel, in cult surreal '60s British TV series The Avengers.

Seventies and Eighties:

* The sports car that Richard Gere borrows at the beginning of Pretty Woman is a Lotus Esprit.

* A Lotus Europa 'John Player Special' is used in the climatic car chase in 11 Harrowhouse (1974).

Nineties:

* An Esprit is featured in Basic Instinct.

* An Esprit was driven by Richard Grieco in the movie "If Looks Could Kill".

Noughties:

* A Lotus 340R had it's only movie screening in Tomb Raider if only for a fleeting moment.

The very technical Britishness of Lotus cars meant they were an obvious choice for the character of James Bond when not in his usual Aston Martins:

* A Lotus Esprit S1 was featured in The Spy Who Loved Me. It possessed all of the usual Q refinements, including surface-to-air missiles and rear-firing adhesive sprayers to blind pursuers. The main feature of the car was, however, its ability to transform into a submarine. Once transformed, it could unleash depth charges, harpoons and a smoke screen. Though not mentioned in the final film, the car was nicknamed "Wet Nellie".

* A Lotus Esprit Turbo was featured in the movie For Your Eyes Only. This vehicle was cosmetically similar to the S2, but mechanically different, as it exhibited no submarine capabilities (there are gadgets implied, but not seen). It was most notable for its remarkable security system, which detonated and destroyed the car when Gonzales' henchman broke the driver's window in an attempt to break in. Q Branch provided a second Turbo to Bond — in burgundy instead of white — later in the movie.

* A Lotus Formula 3 was featured in the unofficial Bond film, Casino Royale (1967), this souped-up car is driven, very briefly, by Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers), one of several agents given the code name James Bond 007.

[edit] Current
The Lotus Elise
The Lotus Elise

* Lotus Elise - The Elise incorporates many engineering innovations, such as an aluminum extrusion frame and a composite body shell. The Elise has also spawned several racing variants, including an exotic limited series called the 340R, which has an open-body design echoing the famed Seven. The Elise was recently introduced into the U.S., with a Toyota engine, in order to pass strict U.S. emissions laws. The 1ZZ & 2ZZ Toyota engines used have a Lotus ECU with their own fuel mapping. Also see the related Tesla Roadster below.

* Lotus Exige - A version of the Lotus Elise with a redesigned body to provide additional downforce (100 lbs at 100 mph)[1]. Additionally, the following Elise Sport Pack and Hardtop options are standard on the Exige. The car is street legal and the base 2006 model was available for $50,990[2]. Lotus updated the Exige with the supercharged Exige S in 2007.

* Lotus Exige S - An Exige with a supercharged engine providing 220 hp[3]. The non-S Exige[4] and Elise[5] have 190 hp.

Lotus Europa S
Lotus Europa S

* Lotus Europa S - The new Grand Tourer (GT)-inspired two-seater provides Lotus customers with a spectacular sports car, with significantly enhanced levels of touring and cruising capability. It provides drivers with higher levels of practicality and refinement to complement the simplicity of the Lotus Elise and Exige models.
The Lotus Europa S follows the core Lotus philosophy of performance through light weight, obtained through the clever use of advanced and high-technology materials, including an extruded and bonded aluminium chassis, composite body panels and a very advanced composite energy-absorbing front crash structure.

* Lotus Esprit Replacement - Currently, Lotus Cars is designing a new version of the Esprit that is expected to go on sale in 2009. It is expected to be powered by a BMW V8 engine similar to that used in BMW's 650i.


Lotus 2-Eleven
Lotus 2-Eleven

* Lotus 2-Eleven Weighing just 670kg and with 252bhp the Lotus 2-Eleven can sprint from 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and has a top speed of 155mph. Intended as a track day car it costs £39,995 but for and additional £1,100 Lotus will make the car fully road legal.

[edit] Collaborations

* Lotus Cortina - Lotus version of the famed Ford Cortina Mk. I.
* Lotus Talbot Sunbeam - Talbot's hot-hatch rally car of the early '80s.
* Vauxhall Lotus Carlton (also Opel Lotus Omega, internal name Lotus Type 104) - At the time (early 1990s) this was the fastest saloon car available, with a top speed of over 170 mph (274 km/h).
* Vauxhall VX220 (also Opel Speedster) - Lotus produced and based upon the same aluminium chassis design as the Lotus Elise. Production of these models ended in 2005
* Lotus styled and assisted with the engineering of the Tesla Roadster, an electric sports car, as well as licensing some technologies to Tesla Motors and constructing the Roadster at their plant in Hethel. [6]
* Lotus were responsible for most of the design, development, and testing, of the LT5 DOHC V8 powerplant for the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1.
* Lotus were responsible for various aspects of the Sinclair C5 electric tricycle.
* Lotus were responsible for the suspension calibration of the Toyota MR2 Mk. I, the Toyota Supra Mk. II., the Isuzu Piazza, the Isuzu Impulse as well as various Proton models.
* Lotus has worked on the suspension of the Mahindra Scorpio to make it more stable at high speeds.

[edit] Lotus Motors

* Lotus-Ford Twin Cam
* Lotus 900 series
o Lotus 907
o Lotus 910
o Lotus 911
o Lotus 912
o Lotus 918 V8

[edit] Lotus Engineering

* APX (also known as the "Aluminium Performance Crossover")

The APX is an aluminium concept vehicle revealed at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show built on Lotus Engineering's Versatile Vehicle Architecture (VVA).

Whereas the VVA technology will be used in the creation of a new mid-engined sportscar for Lotus cars, the APX is in fact a high performance 7 seat MPV with four-wheel drive and a front mounted V6 engine from Lotus Engineering's Powertrain division. The engine was designed and developed to be available as a 2.2 litre N/A and 3.0 litre supercharged. A number of prototypes of both engines exist in full working order in a number of mule cars

[edit] Further reading

* Gerard ('Jabby') Crombac, Colin Chapman: The Man and His Cars (Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986)
* Mike Lawrence, Colin Chapman: The Wayward Genius (Breedon Books, Derby, 2002)
* Ian H. Smith, The Story of Lotus: 1947-1960 Birth of a Legend (republished Motor Racing Publications, Chiswick, 1972)
* Doug Nye, The Story of Lotus: 1961-1971 Growth of a Legend (Motor Racing Publications, Chiswick, 1972)
* Robin Read, Colin Chapman's Lotus: The early years, the Elite and the origins of the Elan (Haynes, Sparkford, 1989)
* Anthony Pritchard, Lotus: All The Cars (Aston Publications, Bourne End, 1990)
* Doug Nye, Theme Lotus: 1956-1986 (Motor Racing Publications, Croydon, 1986)
* Peter Ross, Lotus - The Early Years 1951-54 (Coterie Press, Luton, 2004)

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[edit] External links

* Group Lotus official site
* Lotus Cars USA
* Lotus Cars Germany

Lotus Cars
Current: Europa S | Elise | Exige

Historic Road Cars Excel | Eclat | Elite | Elan | Esprit | Europa

Race Cars: Mk1 | Mk2 | Mk3 | Mk4 | Mk5 | 6 | 7 | Mk8 | Mk9 | Mk10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20B | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 93T | 94T | 95T | 96 | 97T | 98T | 99T | 100T | 101 | 102 | 107 | 109 | 112 | 115 | 119

Concept: APX | M90 | 340R

Performance: Carlton | Cortina | Zytek Elise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Cars
klaar

[Lars Bouten]

Struin anders internet even af voor informatie (wikipedia ofzo). Vertel wat meer over de eerste auto's van Lotus. Dus meer over de geschiedenis. Het concept van Chapman, Lotus en F1, Elan, Esprit, oude Europa, overname door Proton etc.
Dat het concept van Chapman nog steeds (iig bij de Elise) wordt doorgevoerd.

[Peter Tunissen]

Mooi verhaal toch?
Alleen heet stuurbekrachtiging power steering in het Engels, force is voor spelletjes.
Oh, en ik zou er 'won the Grand Prix World Championship seven times' van maken.

Verder zou je nog iets kunnen vertellen over de naam (niemand weet helemaal zeker waar die vandaan komt, maar het gerucht is dat de jonge Colin Chapman ooit zo erg in geldnood zat dat hij een zelfgebouwd chassis moest verkopen op een veiling; het chassis werd echter niet verkocht en Chapman kreeg het terug met de aantekening 'Lot U/S' erop (Lot UnSold): en Lotus was geboren ). Is sowieso een te mooi verhaal om te laten verpesten door een waarheid die misschien anders is.

Of over Clive Chapman (zoon van) die zich helemaal heeft toegespitst op het rijdend houden van klassieke Lotus racers (Lotus Classic Cars o.i.d. heet dat bedrijf).

Of over de filosofie van Colin Chapman dat de ideale raceauto een meter na de finish compleet uit elkaar valt, want dan was hij geen gram te zwaar geconstrueerd. Een mooie filosofie, die net zoveel kampioenen voortgebracht als weggenomen heeft (denk aan Jim Clark en Jochen Rindt).

Etc.

[Rein]

Waarom heb je niet gewoon British Sportscars gekozen?

Dan kon je vertellen over Lotus, Bentley, Aston Martin, TVR...enz

[emiel307sw]

bedankt voor de tips en info ik heb lotus gekozen omdat het over iets engels moest gaan en lotus heb ik dan nog het meeste mee

[Lars Bouten]

Engeland als autosportland is ook leuk.
Het is maar waar je voorkeur naar uit gaat

[Lars Bouten]

Heb trouwens nog een mooie Elise brochure liggen hier. Als je interesse hebt, kan ik (bepaalde delen) wel voor je scannen.

[emiel307sw]

ja graag! ben benieuwd

Noone realy knows why colin chapman named his company lotus, but there are rumors that when he needed money he tried to sell a chassis he had built himself but got it back with a note saying: lot U/S which stands for lot unsold, spelling out Lotus

ik heb deze zin in elkaar geflanst over wat peter zei, klopt het een beetje?

[Maik]

Ik vind Tom z'n verhaal een beetje magertjes, dus ik zou het bij jouw verhaal houden

O.a. deze zinnen zou ik wat verbouwen:

The Elise had a 1.8 liter rover engine until 2004 and now the Elise and the Exige have new 1.8 liter engines from Toyota
Both models weigh about 700 Kilograms wich is very light for a car

:arrow:

The first generations Elise's and Exige's were equiped with a 1.8 liter rover engine until 2004. Since then they are both equiped with a more modern 1.8 liter Toyota engine.
The first generation Elises weighed less then 700kg, nowadays more than 800kg, which is still impressively light for a sportscar.

De exige is weer een stukkie zwaarder

Ik ben benieuwd wat je eruiteindelijk van gaat maken! Succes!

[emiel307sw]

ja dank je! hij moet 5 minuten zijn dus aan 1 a4tje heb ik wel genoeg hoop ik
dat stukje van tom is geloof ik van wikipedia, heb ik ook gekeken maar vond het niet echt een goed lopend verhaal

[Stéphane]

Zojuist op Belga Sport nog een interessante anecdote over Chapman en Rindt, die voor Lotus reed. Rindt had destijds gevraagd om te rijden in de '49 en niet in de '72. De '72 had namelijk vaker problemen gehad en hij wilde niet meer in die auto rijden.

Chapman had hem gezegd dat hij de '49 zou meenemen. Daar aangekomen, Oostenrijk als ik het me nu goed herinner, had hij hem niet meegenomen. Hij heeft tegen Rindt gezegd: "Of je rijdt in de '72 of je rijdt niet en wordt geen wereldkampioen."

Hij heeft de '72 gereden en we weten het resultaat. In deze overigens mooie documentaire over Jacky Ickx wordt de suggestie gewekt, en ook door de monteur van Ickx niet tegengesproken, dat er gerommeld was aan zijn auto. Door de lekkage aan de benzinetank verloor Ickx zoveel tijd dat hij de wereldtitel niet haalde.

Rindt haalde hier door postuum toch nog de wereldtitel. Ickx en de zijnen waren hiermee ook gelukkig omdat het niet gepast was om de titel te winnen van iemand die door zijn dood het niet meer kon doen. Rindt was ook een vriend van Ickx, ondanks dat hij zijn tegenstrever was op dat moment. Roerend om te zien in deze documentaire dat Ickx nog immer geraakt werd door wat er gebeurd was.

De moeite waard om te kijken. Ik weet niet of Canvas ook herhalingen kent op Internet?

[emiel307sw]

ik leg net de laatste hand aan mijn spreekbeurt,
Hardstikke bedankt allemaal voor jullie hulp, ik heb er erg veel aan gehad :!: hij duurt nu ongeveer 3 minuten, met een paar wijzigingen hoop ik op 3.5/4 minuten te zitten, ook een kwestie van langzaam praten denk ik
wish me luck!

[Lars Bouten]

Sorry Emiel, ga het niet meer redden om die brochure te scannen...
Maar moet ook wel lukken zonder, toch?
Veel succes iig!

[Shakes]

Ga je dit voorlezen? Probeer het een beetje anders te doen, niets is irritanter dan iemand die iets voorleest. Ik heb hier en daar nog wel een opmerking over grammar en word order maar belangrijker, maak het ajb je eigen verhaal!

N.

[levensnevel]

Voor mij het ultieme Lotus Elite verhaal
http://www.pistonheads.com/members/show ... ?carId=891
wel ff naar blog klikken
Zat indertijd, ruim 5 jaar terug dus, elke keer weer met smart uit te kijken naar een nieuwe episode uit Simon's love&hate affair met z'n Lotus Elite

[Michel P]

Vanaf waneer is de Toyota motor in de Elise gekomen?

Michel

[Dennis Cavallino]

Ik zou met een opening komen die iedereen (ook non-autoliefhebbers) trekt.


'De jonge Nederlandse autofabrikant Spyker, is van plan om de bekende Engelse autofabrikant en ontwikkelaar Lotus over te nemen'

Dan vraag je je hardop af:
'Wat is Lotus precies voor een bedrijf en waarom wil een bedrijf uit Nederland dat nog niet lang bestaat, dit overnemen?'

Dan vertel je iets over het ontstaan van Lotus, de invloed van Proton (de huidige eigenaar), de auto(sport)geschiedenis van het merk, maar vooral van hun plaats binnen de automotive wereld als hele belangrijke ontwikkelaar (Lotus Engineering) die voor bijna alle autofabrikanten/derden dus, auto's of onderdelen van auto's ontwikkelt.

Dát is iets wat voor het kleine Nederlandse Spyker heel interessant kan zijn. Naast het feit dat de meeste Lotussen voldoen aan de meeste Co2 emissie normen en dat Spyker daardoor hoogvermogende auto's kan blijven produceren als gerenomeerd autofabrikant. Etc etc.

Dan wordt het niet zo'n standaard verhaal wat je op Wikipedia kunt lezen.

Denk ik!

Hier en op gummen staan ook flink wat interessante draadjes over Lotus.

Good luck!

[emiel307sw]

dat is wel een goed idee dennis! alleen ik kom net terug van school.. het was een 7.3 geworden

@michel; vanaf 2004

[Michel P]

dat is wel een goed idee dennis! alleen ik kom net terug van school.. het was een 7.3 geworden

@michel; vanaf 2004

Congrats met je cijfer! en bedankt voor het antwoord!

Michel

[Dennis Cavallino]

Goed zo Emiel!

[Dutch]

*bumperdiebump*

Dit leek me wel het draadje met de toepasselijkste titel. Want wie snapt 't nog?

http://www.driving-fun.com/1130/home/sp ... otus-.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Robin]

Lotus.

Lotus is a very fine Chinese restaurant situated in the centre of .......
They are well known for their delicious Chop Suey...blabalbla
A certain Mr. Chapman was aroused by its fine cuisine, he decided to name the vehicle he was developing at that time , after the famous restaurant.
The cars became well known for their light weight construction which is based on sateh-sticks and sour sauce. the bodywork is totally lumpia dough , the only thing needed is a Toyota engine.

bron: miki

[smiley]

* Lotus 116 -

- Opel Speedster/Vauxhall VX220