Lotus Picture Trivia

[Martin]

I thought it would be fun to test everyone's knowledge of just certain areas of cars. I wanted to get this rolling with one that shouldn't be too hard.


http://www.internetcp.com/gallery/data/500/question1.jpg

[Mark B.]

Looks like a Lotus Elite S1.

[BCST]

Definitely an Elite... Gorgeous cars.

[Mark B.]

What's this?

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Lotus.jpg

[Martin]

M250 Concept.
Is that right?

[Mark B.]

Yep :). What's the next one?

[Martin]

Ok, heres another one

http://www.internetcp.com/gallery/data/500/Question3.jpg

[Mark B.]

Lotus 2 Eleven?

[Martin]

Yup, you're up. Hey, it's the Mark and Martin show.... :)

[Kimbers]

Rest of us can't get a reply in !!!

[Mark B.]

This easy one?

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/34.jpg

[BCST]

Eclat

[Mark B.]

No, afraid not.

[Jussi]

Etna

[BCST]

Ya its gotta be the etna

[Mark B.]

Yep, well done :).

[Kylie]

Blimey, not fast enough either so ill put one up. Whats this one?

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k181/iotus/Other/wheel.jpg

[WayneB]

Looks like the Exige 285E Bio Fuel to me , Kylie.:)

http://news.windingroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/lotus-exige-285e-f-3-4.jpg

[Kylie]

Arrhh your too clever Wayne :yes:

[WayneB]

Thanks dear!:)

Whats this?:huh:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/WayneBarr/Secretstuff.jpg

[jimmybondi]

Forgot the name, but is it the Pininfarina, where you could take the fenders and stuff off to make it a racer???

[jimmybondi]

Easy one:

[Mark B.]

That's the Hot Wheels Lotus Concept by Steven Crijns.

Jimmy this must be it. Never seen it before:

http://www.madle.org/pfnjoy2.JPG

[jimmybondi]

Correct!
I got the name now: Pininfarina Enjoy. :)

[WayneB]

Thats right it's the 2003 Lotus Elise based Pininfarina Enjoy:)

The Hot Wheels concept is a design model as you know, so does that mean they are included in this quiz too?:huh:

[Martin]

Sure, lets include anything that's ever had a Lotus badge on it or was sold with the Lotus name attached to it.

[jimmybondi]

For the few who know:

[Jussi]

Citroen Visa Lotus :)

[Martin]

Right you are!
http://visavision.info/afbeeldingen/models/Lotus.jpg
I guess you're up next.

[Mark B.]

Ops, sorry, butted in. What's this?

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/ItsaLotus.jpg

[Jussi]

Lotus Elan +2 ?????

[Mark B.]

No, but almost.

[Martin]

Elan Plus S130

[Mark B.]

No, but I may as well tell you as you're so close, it's the Metier ll concept car and it formed the basis of the Lotus Elan + 2 . Ron Hickman started design work on Project M20 in 1963, and by 1964 Lotus had produced a scale model. A full size working prototype was registered for the road in 1966 (NRO 119D), called the Metier II Prototype. It wasn't given a type designation and has just been fully restored.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Lotus_Metier_ll.jpg

[Martin]

Fascinating! I knew nothing about that.

I guess you get to go again then since we didn't guess it.

[Mark B.]

I think it's Jimmy's turn. If not, i'll be happy to do another.

[Martin]

Is that a producton plus 2 behind it or is that also a Metier?

[Mark B.]

That's a production +2. There are various subtle differences between the Metier and the +2, the most obvious being the shape of the pop up lead lamps and front indicators.

[Mark B.]

Ok, here's another:

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Hot_Lotus.jpg

[Martin]

Damn thats blurry....but maybe thats what you had in mind....:)

[Mark B.]

Apologies for the poor quality, it's not intentional, there are very few good images of this car kicking around.

However, I have recently sourced some new images of it from a book (which I got at the Lotus Festival :)) and will get them scanned when go back to work.

[Kylie]

Looks like an early Europa, but which one ill have to dig deeper with those knock off wheels

[WayneB]

Its the GKN Lotus 47D (powered by a Rover V8)

http://47d.org/47d/47-bird0.jpg

[Mark B.]

Well done Wayne :). GKN 47D was loaned to Autocar magazine in 1975, who said at the time that it was the fastest accelerating car they had ever tested and it's top speed beat the Lamborghini Miura and Daytona.

[jimmybondi]

Time to make it more tricky:

[Mark B.]

Looks like a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus:

http://www.automobile-sportive.com/guide/talbot/sunbeamlotus/sunbeamlotus80.jpg

[WayneB]

I will crop some up properly when I get some time, but try this.:)

http://www.club-lotus.fr/typo3temp/pics/e94cabfd7c.jpg

[jimmybondi]

Looks like a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus:

http://www.automobile-sportive.com/guide/talbot/sunbeamlotus/sunbeamlotus80.jpg

Close, but no cigar! :no:

Look at the door handle...
I told you, it's tricky :thumbup:

[Jussi]

Jimmy, that's Lada Lotus :thumbup:

[Martin]

Like this?

http://home.online.no/~telagrei/bilder/biler/lotus%20lada%204.jpg

[Jussi]

That's the one, loved that TopGear episode, where they took the Lada to Lotus :)
Jimmy....is it Lada????

[Martin]

We really are stretching the Lotus name for this game aren't we. :)

[Brian Skeoch]

Man you guys and Kylie are good...

[Brian Skeoch]

the last picture is a Elan +2 ?

[Jussi]

Is it Ital Design M100?

I will crop some up properly when I get some time, but try this.:)

http://www.club-lotus.fr/typo3temp/pics/e94cabfd7c.jpg

[Martin]

Alright I'll do one for this one too:

http://www.internetcp.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Question4.jpg

[Jussi]

Lotus Ford 40

[Mark B.]

Lotus Type 30 or 40?

Jussi, we did it at the same time!

[Martin]

Jussi, incorrect.
Mark you have two answers and know what know about Jussis answer this shouldn't be too hard. :yes:

[Mark B.]

There was very little between the 30 and the 40, but for engine size, stiffer chassis and various rather ineffective wings / splitters. As they said, the 40 had 10 more mistakes.

[Martin]

Yes, its the 30. You're next.

[Mark B.]

What's this?

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Another_Lotus.jpg

[clockwork]

Shapecraft Elan.Clockwork

[WayneB]

Is it Ital Design M100?

Yes it most certainally is Mr. Jussi!:thumbup:

http://www.club-lotus.fr/uploads/pics/IMG_0068.JPG

[jimmybondi]

That's the one, loved that TopGear episode, where they took the Lada to Lotus :)
Jimmy....is it Lada????

Exactly! :thumbup:
Did I mention, that a friend of mine bought the car? :mf_dribble:

[Martin]

Seriously! Jimmy, tell us more about it if you have some info on it!

[Jussi]

Yep, like Martin said, sounds very interesting :)
What kind of condition car is at the moment? That's a piece of history :)

[Mark B.]

Shapecraft Elan.Clockwork

Yes, well done. It is the Elan and it's the Lotus Elan fastback hardtop by Surbiton Motors - Shapecraft.

http://www.lotuselan.net/uploads/road_n_track_64_5_1.jpg

Another is a one off Lotus Elan "GTO" which is being restored at the moment and looks much better, but can't find the pic :huh:.

[WayneB]

I like that Shapecraft Elan alot more than the Lotus Lada (which is better off forgotton IMO):(

Frua's Lotus Elan was gorgeous (like a baby Maserati Mistral)

http://br.geocities.com/capri7004/elan1600.jpg

[Brian Skeoch]

Love it..

[Martin]

Wow, I've never seen that before. That really is a cute little Mistral look a like. I would hate to think that they put that in a crusher, hopefully it's in a museum somwhere. :001_unsure:

[Mark B.]

What's this Lotus?

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Blue_Mystery_Lotus.jpg

[Martin]

[QUOTE=Mark Blanchard;8185]What's this Lotus?

Convertible g body Esprit.

[WayneB]

Lotus 300 Sport concept, it was going to be a low cost Esprit replacement for North America only.

http://www.shmoo.com/~bmc/photos/Cars/Rosso%20Bianco%20Museum/tn/dscf0086.med.jpg

[WayneB]

What Lotus is this?:huh:

Should be easy!:yes:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/WayneBarr/kkkkkkkkkkk.jpg

[Mark B.]

Lotus Emotion by Bertone.

[Mark B.]

Wayne,
well done with the Federal Esprit. The S300 was a decal put on later, as this was a picture of the car taken at the Lotus Factory back in 1998. Although it say the car was called the S300 Concept in the Rosso Bianco Auto Museum, I'm not sure the project was ever called that.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Lotus_Esprit_Federal.jpg

And here's the concept rendering, no doubt done / overseen by Peter Stevens:

http://www.lotusespritturbo.com/Lotus_Esprit_USA_Concept_Car.jpg

[WayneB]

It looks like the wheels were swapped as well as the decal being added, Im glad they didnt put that one into production!:)

Re: the Bertone Emotion, I believe that one was was done on the instructions of GM head of design Chuck Jordan in the USA and with little or no involvement from Lotus in the UK.

I like the front end and windscreen on that car, but the slab sides make it look too heavy. Would have liked to have seen it in other colours.

http://www.conceptcars.it/carrozzieri1/bertone/emotion2.jpg

[Mark B.]

What's this Lotus:

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Mystery_Lotus.jpg

[WayneB]

Thats the one off fastback Elite.:)

I dont know who did the conversion though, but I think it was done by the owner back in the day:(

http://snap23.photobox.co.uk/510389114dbfe21fc68fabd1e4f2d1d5527d5fa54eefacc068 ee78e4.jpg

[Mark B.]

Yes, that's it. The 1963 fast back Elite by Anthony Bates.
Looks very nice IMO:

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/mark_88_turbo/Elite_Coupe.jpg

[WayneB]

It has a bit of Ferrari 275 GTB going on at the rear.:)

http://static.flickr.com/43/88962445_71f41c8683.jpg

[Mark B.]

I read somewhere the design was heavily influenced by the 250 GTO from the year before.

[WayneB]

Whats this?:huh:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/WayneBarr/yyyyyyyyyy.jpg

[WayneB]

Surprised nobody wanted to have a go ?:huh:

Its the Lotus Carlton/Opel Omega based Pininfarina Chronos of 1991.

It was also painted at different times silver and finally yellow(with modifications to the headlights and interior)

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/opel/chronos.jpg

http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/studio/91pininfarina_gm_chronos_2.jpeg

http://gallery.pininfarina.com/repository/33/01.jpg

http://www.pininfarina.com/index/storiaModelli/collaborazioni/collGM

[Martin]

Wow! Thats a great looking car. I have never seen it, thus why I didn't respond. Time to ask another one Wayne.

[Mark B.]

Never seen that one before. Was it a serious proposition for Lotus / GM?

Just spoken to Brian Angus about the blue Esprit concept. He said it was designed by Peter Stevens, it was a rolling chassis (no engine) with no interior, just a skin over an Esprit chassis and it was dismissed due to the potentual high tooling costs; all the panels, glass and windscreen are different to the standard Esprit. He's forwarding me some more details on it for the website :).

http://www.lotusespritturbo.com/Lotus_Esprit_Federal_Concept_Thum.jpg

[WayneB]

From what I can gather, the Chronos was commisioned from Pininfarina as an GM ideas car (by then VP styling Chuck Jordan).

GM have been stealing ideas /and or getting cars done by Pininfarina for ages(like many other manufacturers)

As for the Lotus 300, Its definately not one of my favourites Mark, and I can see why they must have thought it wasnt worth the effort.:(

Its just too bland(for me):no:

If anyone else wants to put up a car for us to muse over, its OK with me.

[Martin]

Hey, whats this? :huh:

http://www.internetcp.com/gallery/data/500/question22.jpg

[WayneB]

Looks like a ZR1 Corvette engine so it must be a 1997 Exige GT1:)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/LotusExigeGT3.JPG/800px-LotusExigeGT3.JPG

[Mark B.]

As for the Lotus 300, Its definately not one of my favourites Mark, and I can see why they must have thought it wasnt worth the effort.:(

Its just too bland(for me):no:
me.

Yes, I know wht you mean, but I like the clean lines, looks a bit like the MG-EXE.
Just received this from Brian:

Styled by Peter Stevens in 1986 as a replacement for the forthcoming, rebodied Esprit, this full scale concept car was formed in glassfibre from a clay buck and partly incorporated a chassis. Purely a styling exercise model, it was completed over spring/summer 1986 prior to the launch the following year of the Esprit with updated coachwork.
The latter, code-named X180 and also by Stevens, was distinguished by stunning, completely new, more rounded and softer coachwork than the Giugiaro styled, sharp–edged original, and offered much more interior space while retaining the same basic Esprit mechanical components and dimensions; in comparison this styling exercise featured more extreme styling changes, such as a significantly different glasshouse area and roof treatment.
The need to divert a large majority of Lotus’ resources into the forthcoming front wheel drive Elan, however, again designed by Stevens, ensured that the project – which, incidentally, had begun after the takeover of Lotus by General Motors in January 1986 – remained still-born.
Just as an example, this Esprit Replacement Concept Car subsequently languished in a lonely corner of a workshop. Quite why the car bears a 300 motif on the passenger door, incidentally, is a mystery and has no connection with this concept car, or the Esprit Sport 300 launched some years later.
Brian Angus

[Martin]

Right you are!

[Al B]

Have been away for a while so I thought I'd come back with what I hope is a good one.

Anyone know the details of the photo?

[WayneB]

Thats the 1965 Ford Galaxie that Colin Chapman was given by Ford when Lotus won the Indy 500 for the first time.

Mrs.Chapman is standing next to it.

[Al B]

You are the winner, congrats. I'll have to try a bit harder.

[WayneB]

I recognised that car from a B+W photo I have of it in a book.

I had no idea the Chapman family still owned it and had been actually driving it around reciently!

[Martin]

I actually like those big old boats!
Especially the 7 Litre Coupe.

[WayneB]

My uncle had a BRG 1963 Galaxie 500 convertable in England.

He got a ticket once for having tailights that were too bright!

They (the British police) made him take out most of the bulbs to dim them down.

Loved those tailights, they looked like rocket boosters.:w00t:

http://images.mustangandfords.com/techarticles/0605_37s+1963_Ford_Galaxie_500+Rear_Taillight_View .jpg