Lotus Elite: Colin Chapman's First GT Car

by Matthew Vale

The Lotus Elite was a turning point for Lotus. First produced at the end of the 1950s, it marked Lotus' transition from a maker of small racing cars, which had limited utility on the road, to the producer of a highly sophisticated road and race car. In the Elite, Lotus exploited its knowledge of new technology and racing pedigree to produce a car which, with its glass fibre monocoque and Coventry Climax engine, had the potential to be a world beater...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787115178
• ISBN13: 9781787115170
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Veloce Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.2" x 10.2"