Lotus 17 The Lotus 17 was built in response to the Lola Mk1 which was dominant against the previous Lotus model, the 11. Lotus 33
The Lotus 33 designed by Colin Chapman, was a Formula One car built by Team Lotus. Its development was based on the earlier 25 model, taking the monocoque chassis design to new development heights. The 33 was again powered by the 1500cc Climax engine. Introduced for the 1964 season, Clark took the 33 into a 3 way battle for the championship against Graham Hill in the BRM and John Surtees, driving for Ferrari. The championship seemed to be going to Clark, but at the final race in Mexico, the 33 developed an oil leak, and Clark conceded the championship to Surtees. Clark made amends the following season, and won six times to win his second world champioship in a fully developed version of the 33, whilst Lotus took home it's second constructors' championship. Lotus 340R The Lotus 340R was a limited edition sports car maunufactured by Lotus Cars in 2000 at their Hethel factory. The 340R is special edition of the Lotus Elise. Just 340 models were built, and all were sold before they were manufactured. It uses a custom built bodyshell with no roof and no doors. All 340 cars came with a silver and black colour scheme. Special 'A038R' tyres where developed for the 340R in collaberation with Yokohama. While road-legal in the UK, most of the surviving 340 cars are used for racing, track use, or demonstrations. Lotus 112
The Lotus 112 was to be the type designation for the model that became the Lotus Elise. However, in homage to the original Lotus Eleven it was swapped with the type number already allocated for the 1995 Formula 1 car (the type 111). The 112 therefore became Team Lotus’s planned entry to the 1995 Grand Prix season. It was a stillborn project conceived by chief designer Chris Murphy throughout their final Formula 1 campaign in 1994. As a project little had been confirmed about the car’s final specification. It was rumoured that Lotus were intending to include the promising higher-spec Mugen-Honda ZA5D engine, which had shown great promise at its first outing during the 1994 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Johnny Herbert had qualified his car 4th on the grid before being shunted by a late braking Eddie Irvine at the rettifilio. However, in an attempt to reduce the costs associated with an exclusive engine deal Lotus may have had to use a Ford (Cosworth) unit. Team Lotus were also planning to retain their final 1994 driver line-up of Alex Zanardi and Mika Salo. In appearance the 112 was broadly similar to other Chris Murphy designed Lotuses. It did though, incorporate a new and distinctive arrow nose. Nevertheless despite this radical departure the car’s construction retained certain characteristic h |