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1957 Lotus Seven

The 1957 Lotus Seven is a two-seater sports car designed and built by Lotus Cars, a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars...

1957 Lotus Elite

The 1957 Lotus Elite is a revolutionary sports car ahead of its time in design and technology. The Elite was designed by Colin Chapman,...

1957 Lotus 1100 Spider by Ghia Aigle

The 1957 Lotus 1100 Spider is a unique collaboration between the British automaker Lotus and the Italian coachbuilder Ghia Aigle. The car...

1957 Lotus 1100 Le Mans Coupé by Ghia Aigle

The 1957 Lotus 1100 Le Mans Coupé, also known as the Lotus Eleven, was a lightweight, open-top race car designed by Colin Chapman and...

1972 Lotus Esprit by ItalDesign

The Lotus Esprit was conceived in an era of optimism when car manufacturers commissioned radical, futuristic concept cars. The Lotus...

1973 Lotus Esprit IDGG 01 by ItalDesign

After Italdesign presented the Esprit Concept in 1972 to universal acclaim, Colin Chapman was determined to get the car on sale as...

1984 Lotus Etna by ItalDesign

After the Esprit in 1982, a new cooperation with Lotus for an aggressive two seats Coupé, sophisticated and powerful. The new 8...

1989 I.A.D. Venus

IAD (International Automotive Design), a UK-based company founded in the 1970s, first unveiled the Venus concept car at the 1989 Tokyo...

1989 Colani UTAH 8

In 1989, Luigi Colani took all his vehicles named UTAH to the Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway, famous Utah Salt Lake, which he rents for...

1991 Lotus M200 Concept

The Lotus M200 concept car was first presented, as a Speedster version of the Lotus Elan M100, at the Frankfurt Motor Show of 1991. This...

1991-1992 GM/Opel Chronos I & II by Pininfarina

In 1991 at the International Motor Shows of Detroit and Geneva, Pininfarina presented the Chronos, a research concept based on GM...

1991 Lotus Emotion by Bertone

This was not the first time Bertone had worked with GM, given that the 1984 Ramarro and the 1990 Nivola both have Chevrolet Corvette...

World's Largest Flying Car Archive (Part 3 of 3)

A flying car or roadable aircraft is a type of vehicle that can function as both a personal car and an aircraft. The term "flying car" is...

1995 Kia KMS-II

The 1995 Kia KMS-II was manufactured by Kia in South Korea. It had a 2-door roadster body type and FWD (front-wheel drive) with a manual...

1975 Jensen GT

When the Jensen Healey convertible was introduced in 1972, it became obvious that there were a few issues with the reliability of the...

1974 Lotus Elite

The sloping wedge we see here was the second time Lotus used the Elite name in its lineup. The first was back in the late 1950s when the...

1971 Lotus Elan Hexagon Shooting Brake

This 1971 Lotus Elan is said to be one of two cars converted into a wagon body style in early 1972 by a firm called Hexagon. Little is...

1999 Lotus M250

The first glimpse is a revelation. In the half-dark of a small warehouse, the M250 stands, extending its desirable tail towards the...

World's Largest "Shooting Brake" Archive (Part 2 of 3)

The auto industry hasn't a single universal definition for a "shooting brake." Long story short, there's confusion between what...