Designed by Colin Chapman, the Lotus Mark I from 1948 paved the way for the open-top Seven that embodies the British automaker’s philosophy. Stupidly fun in the twisties though it may be, the ...

The deliberately obvious inspiration for the original Mazda MX-5, the Lotus Elan was produced between 1962 and 1973. Motoring Editor Peter Hall reports on a new uprated version by Spyder Engineering ...

The car industry often arrives at the same place from different directions, never more so than when it comes to the two different models inspired by the original Lotus Elan. The first of these, ...

From the March 1991 issue of Car and Driver. Portly traditionalists, many of them far too large to fit in sports cars any longer, will drool that wind—and rain and snow—in the face and rear-drive cars ...

Ever since he formed Lotus in 1952, Colin Chapman and his cars were an integral part of Europe’s motorsport scene. Although notoriously fragile and powered by small engines, his cars soon earned a ...