For all you Lotus fans...

And now, on to the mystery of Lola!

Here is what I just read at www.planet-f1.com. I thought you all might like it: ` There has always been a mystery over why Lotus was so named. Indeed you could say that the mystery is a mystery in itself. Who actually cares why it's called a Lotus? But I guess it must have been important on Day One. Colin Chapman has always protected the name. In 1954 he wrote in "Motor Racing" magazine 'The first car was basically an Austin 7 chassis and engine, it was called a Lotus too but I am not going to tell you why. I have been asked many times the origin of the name of my cars but that cannot be divulged for several years. It is one of those things, rather like the chap who will never tell you why his friends call him "Stinker"' Quite. Don Moore, who gained fame as an engine tuner raced an MG against Chapman's A7-based Lotuses in the early 1950s and he told an interesting version of the Lotus origin. In those days they had to sell one car to finance the build of the next and Don turned up after an auction to see one of Chapman's Austin's sitting there unsold awaiting collection. "There was a label on it to indicate it was a Lot Unsold --the auctioneer had written LOT/U.S." ' Full article: http://www.planet-f1.com/features/young/young.html/jaguar/ENG?young=young -Gregor

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> Here is what I just read at www.planet-f1.com. I thought you all might > like it: > > ` There has always been a mystery over why Lotus was so named. Indeed > you could say that the mystery is a mystery in itself. Who actually > cares why it's called a Lotus? But I guess it must have been important > on Day One. Colin Chapman has always protected the name. In 1954 he > wrote in "Motor Racing" magazine 'The first car was basically an Austin > 7 chassis and engine, it was called a Lotus too but I am not going to > tell you why. I have been asked many times the origin of the name of my > cars but that cannot be divulged for several years. It is one of those > things, rather like the chap who will never tell you why his friends > call him "Stinker"' Quite. Don Moore, who gained fame as an engine tuner > raced an MG against Chapman's A7-based Lotuses in the early 1950s and he > told an interesting version of the Lotus origin. In those days they had > to sell one car to finance the build of the next and Don turned up after > an auction to see one of Chapman's Austin's sitting there unsold > awaiting collection. "There was a label on it to indicate it was a Lot > Unsold --the auctioneer had written LOT/U.S." ' > > > Full article: > > http://www.planet-f1.com/features/young/young.html/jaguar/ENG?young=young > > -Gregor

And now, on to the mystery of Lola!