Hazel Chapman, wife of the late Colin Chapman and co-founder of Lotus, has died, the company confirmed Tuesday in a press release. She was 94. Born May 21, 1927, in North London, Chapman met her ...
Andrew Noakes studied automotive engineering before deciding that writing about cars was more fun. He was technical editor of Fast Car magazine in the 1990s and then founded the award-winning classic ...
(Welcome back to TPPotW, where we find a particularly odd press photo from the annals of automotive PR history and then write something—anything!—about it.) What we have here is Lotus founder Colin ...
Back in December 2021, the British automaker founded by Colin Chapman made a farewell announcement. Lotus discontinued the soft-top Exige, hard-topped Exige, and larger Evora in one go, three models ...
Colin Chapman may have been taken by the Reaper prematurely at the age of 54, but in his relatively short life, he accomplished more than many people could in a millennium. His racing outfit Team ...
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After the introduction of the first Lotus SUV, the Eletre, many fans expressed concern about the future of the company. Hopefully, the opening of a new sports car-focused production center named for ...
When it comes to classic cars coming out of long-term storage, I've seen just about everything in recent years. From mundane 1950s Chevrolets to rare muscle cars and even million-dollar Ferraris and ...
Tell us if you've heard this one before: A Chapman behind the wheel of a Lotus. Clive Chapman, son of Lotus founder, Colin Chapman, received his keys to a new Evora GT410 Sport last week. Lotus ...
Lotus is launching a new personalization division with the new Chapman Bespoke. Named after Lotus’ founders Colin and Hazel Chapman, the new division will offer three main services – tailor-made, ...
Lotus is looking for the first car its founder ever built. The Lotus Mark I, a trials special Colin Chapman built in a small garage in London in 1948, has been lost to history and the company has been ...
Hazel Chapman (nee Williams) met her husband Colin Chapman in 1944, and the pair founded Lotus Cars in 1948. She developed the Mark II while Colin was on commission in the Royal Air Force, and she ...