Lotus: The Complete Story
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From the Mark 1 in 1948 to the World’s most powerful electric hypercar – the Evija – in 2021, the story of the Lotus marque encompasses ongoing technical innovation on road and track. With seventy-four F1 Grand Prix wins, six Drivers’ and seven Constructors’ F1 World Championships chalked up over seven hectic decades, Lotus consolidated its reputation in racing while at the same time creating some of the World’s most stylish and desirable sportscars and Grand Tourers, in-house as well as for global automotive clients via its Lotus Engineering consultancy. With over 380 photographs, this book includes: the origins of the business, creating Austin 7-based competition cars; the metamorphosis from sports-racing cars to F1 – and seven World titles; factory relocations, from Hornsey to Cheshunt to Hethel; the road cars: the Elite, Elan, Europa, Excel, Esprit, Elise, Exige and Evora; how sponsorship transformed traditional British Racing Green into Gold Leaf and JPS livery. There are also interviews with key Lotus personnel and drivers. Review: Excellent read - Excellent gift for Lotus owner Review: Thick great quality - Lovely book very interesting
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 62 Reviews |
A**R
Excellent read
Excellent gift for Lotus owner
K**N
Thick great quality
Lovely book very interesting
D**M
Comprehensive.
A comprehensive history of every model plus a brief introduction to the Esprits replacements, Evora and Emira. Nicely produced.
A**R
Highly recommend.
Having just purchased a Lotus Esprit Turbo it was great to find a book written about these cars that was in fact recommended by Classic Team Lotus during a wonderful visit there. I highly recommend this book, great insights from the designers and engineers who worked on these cars during there development.
A**R
A great book
From the Spy Who Loved Me to the last S4 V8, all Esprit's are acknowledged in this all embracing book. For one who's only hope of owning one is the Lottery, this is the next best thing.
P**.
A very nice read indeed a nice start for a new elise ...
A very nice read indeed a nice start for a new elise owner that want to get an appreciation of history
A**2
Great - New Edition please
Ordered the car, bought the book. Nice, easy to read, wealth of inside detail, great pics. Staggering that it even includes early artwork design sketches which look like the NEW Elise-II (aka Elise 2000). Surely, time for an updated NEW Edition, John, get your skates on mate.. include the Exige, and the new shape. Very well worth the money, buy it if you intend to buy the car or just love it anyway.
R**D
A "just OK" book from a good author but in the formula of a very so-so publisher.
This book is an OK "view from 40,000 feet." The content is "big picture" and thus lacks the detail, especially technical detail, production facts and figures, and comprehensive race results wanted by real Lotus enthusiasts. Author Johnny Tipler writes well -- easy to read, flows logically. Certainly Tipler is far better than most who write for Crowood, especially given that Crowood do not seem to do any real editing themselves. The photos are largely stock shots from Goodwood, and reproduction is often mediocre. Crowood books are done to a formula that minimizes the number of pages and thus forces a lot of smallish pictures. But, as I say, if you only want the view from 40,000 feet, this book serves.
C**R
Great for Lotus lovers.
A great present for a Lotus owner. He loved it.
J**E
¡Qué decepción!
Compré este libro principalmente por las fotos de los coche de Fórmula 1 y resulta que la mayoría, sobre todo de la época de John Player Special, no fueron tomadas en su día en las carreras originales sino en Festivales, carreras Conmemorativas o Históricas y similares, muchos años después y, obviamente, con pilotos modernos.
D**O
Great book
Great history of lotus
C**K
Excellent
If you own a Lotus Esprit this is a no brainer, it really covers everything, unlike the other book on Esprits, which is still a good buy but not to this level of writing or depth. Well worth the money.
E**S
una meraviglia
è un libro che dovrebbero comperare tutti quelli che credono esistano solo le Ferrari.. Lotus, Alpine, Matrà, Durant,... un mondo di artigiani da valorizzare!
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