Lotus, the first 12 cars: 1948-58
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1954 Lotus Mark VIII
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2 ай бұрын
Ayrton Senna's Lotus 97T/2 fires up
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Classic Team Lotus Type 91/5 start-up
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@ALBERTOSIQUEIRA-p2f
@ALBERTOSIQUEIRA-p2f Ай бұрын
Foi campeão em 78 privilegiado por Colin Chapman, Ronnie Peterson era muito mais piloto que ele.
@garycritcher3009
@garycritcher3009 Ай бұрын
Great, clear footage. Nice to see early Brands Hatch too, loveky stuff.
@martinluke9470
@martinluke9470 Ай бұрын
Geely are making use of Lotus and their heritage. They won't care much for it further down the line with their electric range I believe.
@bigglesrsvr
@bigglesrsvr Ай бұрын
It’s No 5 the JPS that Emerson Fitipaldi was unfortunate to crash in, and can be seen in all its restored glory in another of ‘Classic Team Lotus’ KZbin videos and it is stunning.
@truebrit3578
@truebrit3578 Ай бұрын
While it is true that those first dozen cars led to Monaco by the time Lotus got to the end of the nineteen sixties there were literally dozens of marks - and when those first charts of the lineage appeared. These days a racing team with hundreds of employees will produce one car for one formula. Colin and his small team could produce half a dozen cars in the same time. And go racing.
@jimiverson3085
@jimiverson3085 Ай бұрын
Chapman's own work made his approach to running a racing team extinct. The 78 and 79 made it clear that aerodynamics were a dominant force in racing car design. But maximizing the yield from aerodynamics meant that extensive analysis of physical properties was essential.
@lukemaney645
@lukemaney645 Ай бұрын
Nice toy car 😂
@mariojorgefernandes5722
@mariojorgefernandes5722 Ай бұрын
Fantástico, Parabéns.
@boardertrashtv8638
@boardertrashtv8638 Ай бұрын
They were going faster than I expected!! Especially for zero helmets and goggles, brave!
@Americathebeautiful49
@Americathebeautiful49 Ай бұрын
As young lads growing up in North Hollywood California we were influenced by our Anglophile Aunt and Uncle to the point of learning to drive on a 49 MG TC. We could only dream of Lotus Elites and Sevens. In 1966 we finally met one of the heroes we previously had only read about. Jim Clark at the Riverside Raceway. Then another couple of years later we attended the Questor Grand Prix where we saw Colin Chapman and Jackie Stewart. The legacy of Lotus is so important to racing and sports cars only equaled by Ferrari.
@DL-ls5sy
@DL-ls5sy Ай бұрын
Beau travail !
@richardhintonracing
@richardhintonracing Ай бұрын
Superbly made film. The event would have been very costly to stage and an enormous amount of work - highly impressive .
@yardelli
@yardelli Ай бұрын
Clive has done a great job in perpetuating the brand and maintaining the legacy.
@Rudolf.Aigner
@Rudolf.Aigner Ай бұрын
Lotus at it's best. Thanks for sharing. ❤
@Rudolf.Aigner
@Rudolf.Aigner Ай бұрын
Thanks for this video of a true race car. ❤
@Rudolf.Aigner
@Rudolf.Aigner Ай бұрын
Great cars, invented by Chapman and Lotus. Thanks for sharing. ❤
@william-131
@william-131 Ай бұрын
It is all marvelously British. Love it!
@thelittlelotus
@thelittlelotus 2 ай бұрын
Nicely done! Shame there is so little footage from the Saturday event included in your final cut. Thanks for running these events though. Fantastic that my Little Lotus got to be in pride of place on the show lawn this year. Was an honour to be there again.
@DrPittenstein
@DrPittenstein 2 ай бұрын
Incredible what Clive Chapman has achieved, I hope Geely appreciate what CTL has done to maintain Lotus's illustrious heritage and how important that is for the Lotus brand today.
@meenboli
@meenboli 2 ай бұрын
A fabulous day that my wife and I enjoyed tremendously - felt very special to be part of it. Thank you Classic Team Lotus and the Chapman family 🙏
@cliveb9639
@cliveb9639 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the video upload. Great to see! Brings back unforgettable and very fond memories of my time working for Lotus back in the late 80's and early 90's. I'm retired now and still a Lotus fan with two iconic vehicles in my garage!
@hedgehog5001
@hedgehog5001 2 ай бұрын
I loved seeing the multi sparred telegraph poles, really reminded me of my childhood.
@johnmadden2421
@johnmadden2421 2 ай бұрын
Who put that sound track on it?
@LWIAAE
@LWIAAE 2 ай бұрын
I bought two new Lotus' in 1970 and 1972, an Elan S4 and Elan Sprint, at the tender ages of 22 and 24, respectively. Try getting insured for them in 2024! We still own the Sprint today after 52 years but it's in need of a thorough ground up restoration. I visited the factory three times during the seventies and was even interrupted talking to the Service Manager by CC himself! I was in awe of him having followed his career from the early sixties to his untimely death. On the last visit I had the Sprint converted to a Sprint 5 which makes it one of only a few 5 speed box conversions carried out by the Service Dept. We're hoping to start its restoration by the end of this year with a view to having it back on the road by Spring 2026. Would love to bring it to a future Garden Party. Very enjoyable video and I recognise the house frontage from the +2S 130/5 marketing brochures. Best regards.
@assonme-gt9kh
@assonme-gt9kh 2 ай бұрын
Super !!!!not like today 😂😂😂
@rockets4kids
@rockets4kids Ай бұрын
Spend your time watching the Goodwood races instead of F1.
@tonysoprano406
@tonysoprano406 2 ай бұрын
bellissima
@gren509
@gren509 2 ай бұрын
I didn't know that Dick Dastardly and Muttley drove a Lotus in the Wacky Races ;-)
@johnparr5879
@johnparr5879 2 ай бұрын
Fabulous images of the evolution of an.... Engineering... Genius *
@andrewwmacfadyen6958
@andrewwmacfadyen6958 2 ай бұрын
I had a modern EV Lotus behind me today it just didn't seem right. To own a traditional Lotus you had be prepared to get your hands dirty. Owning an Elan was a love-hate and learning experience. 😅
@DL-ls5sy
@DL-ls5sy 2 ай бұрын
Black Beauty
@DL-ls5sy
@DL-ls5sy 2 ай бұрын
très émouvant ! j'aime beaucoup aussi le nuage d'huile brûlée, bien typique du Cosworth
@LAOVideoFiles
@LAOVideoFiles 2 ай бұрын
I love Lotus cars by the genius Colin Chapman, thanks for sharing these videos...!
@tonycamplin8607
@tonycamplin8607 2 ай бұрын
Great to see these cars again.
@tonycamplin8607
@tonycamplin8607 2 ай бұрын
Wonderful.
@JURacing
@JURacing 2 ай бұрын
great clip. Sound seems a bit random and taken from some other video
@tonycamplin8607
@tonycamplin8607 2 ай бұрын
Loved it, it brought back the memories of those times, particularly Brands, drove there many times back then. Just like in the film we and everyone else back always tested the cars on the public roads! We put bicycle lamps on our Lotus when we took it out at night to make it legal!
@randomDIYguy-k4r
@randomDIYguy-k4r 2 ай бұрын
Sweet Heavenly music.
@francoisyseux5623
@francoisyseux5623 2 ай бұрын
Is it a car or a jet plane !?
@philipgrice1026
@philipgrice1026 2 ай бұрын
Loved the scenes from Goodwood and Brands hatch circuits.
@TonyWhitley
@TonyWhitley 2 ай бұрын
Goodwood. Oulton? Silverstone? Brands.
@charleshill9236
@charleshill9236 2 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the "Speed Racer" car.
@zounds13
@zounds13 2 ай бұрын
Somewhat odd choice of soundtrack.
@philippechanez4764
@philippechanez4764 2 ай бұрын
Very pleasant and Thank you for sharing
@frankhoward7645
@frankhoward7645 2 ай бұрын
0:17 and 1:37. Sure that's not the old man himself behind the wheel?
@Broadclystboy
@Broadclystboy 2 ай бұрын
Brilliant. Brings early Lotus motorsport history to life
@oliveringram3056
@oliveringram3056 2 ай бұрын
Great clips from the past. Goodwood and Brands have changed a bit.! Health and safety never mentioned, knock up a racer in the garden shed and go racing.... thought the sound track was confusing, unneccesary.....?
@pauli5506
@pauli5506 2 ай бұрын
Lotus rocket car!
@charlesmarsh9608
@charlesmarsh9608 2 ай бұрын
Those were the days.
@andrewmiles3827
@andrewmiles3827 2 ай бұрын
The 49 is one of the greatest racing cars of all time!
@MemphiStig
@MemphiStig 2 ай бұрын
1:48 Is this someone I should know? He looks very familiar, but idk a lot about this era.
@subculture84
@subculture84 2 ай бұрын
I think that’s Mike Costin.
@MemphiStig
@MemphiStig 2 ай бұрын
@@subculture84 I think he reminds me of Kind Edward?
@ctc77965o
@ctc77965o 2 ай бұрын
My father worked as a 'welders mate' , part-time, at Lotus in Hornsey, North London... i guess at the time when some of these cars were fabricated... he was the assistant cutting brackets & bits to weld into chassis & body.