Festival of Speed - It's not for you

[C7Steve]

So then..........

What's in the box?

Evora 400?

311?


Steve.

[Eric K]

[Stu160]

So then..........

What's in the box?

Evora 400?

311?


Steve.

Cant be the Evora 400, its already been launched , so must be the 311.....where else to show it off, it will more than likely whip every other road supercar, and perhaps take the fastest time. After the run the V6 done last year, i think it will not be far away.

Cant wait .....

Stu

[tut]

Including a 500hp Atom, doubt it.

tut

[flyingscot68]

Educate me please.
Why 2-11, why now 3-11??

And finally, a question that's been eating away at me for some time yet I've never got round to googling or wiki-thinging it - why do most (all?) Lotus models begin with E???


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[Eric K]

Educate me please.
Why 2-11, why now 3-11?????

Do you reckon 2-12 would have been more appropriate?

And finally, a question that's been eating away at me for some time yet I've never got round to googling or wiki-thinging it - why do most (all?) Lotus models begin with E???

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/ ... hamen.html

[C7Steve]

Educate me please.
Why 2-11, why now 3-11??

And finally, a question that's been eating away at me for some time yet I've never got round to googling or wiki-thinging it - why do most (all?) Lotus models begin with E???


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Kenny,

Colin "named" his cars with "numbers" - the Mark IV, the Mark V, etc.

When the Eleven was made, it was going to be the "XI", but Roman Numerals were getting confusing, so he went with digits, i.e. the "11". But that led to the "problem" of how to say it was it to be "X, I", "One one", or?. It was pronounced "Eleven" and Colin like the way the "E" rolled off the tongue, so when he made his first street car, the Type 14, it was named the "Elite". The next street car was named the "Elan" and the tradition was born. All Lotus street cars have been named starting with an "E" since then.

The Seven was kind of an exception, but not really. The car was planed in the numeric sequence, but just not built until later. By that time the "E" tradition was already in place, but the plans for the Seven predated that, so it continued to be the "Seven".

All Lotus cars have a numeric type designation, the original Elite is the 14, the original Elan is the 25, etc. The Elise of course is the 111.

The 340R is not really an exception to the rule. It is still an Elise - it's the Elise 340R, just a special designation of the Elise.

The Lotus Cortina and Lotus Carlton was not "exactly" Lotus cars - they were other manufacturer's existing cars that were tweaked by Lotus, so as such, they continued to carry their original manufacturer's name with the "Lotus" added.

As already noted, the Elise was named after Artioli's granddaughter. Artioli was not obligated to follow the "E" tradition, but he did - although it is a girl's name, it does start with the letter "E".


http://www.lotuscars.com/lotus-1948-1950s-heritage

Steve.

[rossybee]

For all you kids out there, don't listen to that nasty Mr Kiltie.

Es are most definitely not good, in fact drugs are bad, mmmkay?

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[Mikie711]

So then..........

What's in the box?

Evora 400?

311?


Steve.

Cant be the Evora 400, its already been launched , so must be the 311.....where else to show it off, it will more than likely whip every other road supercar, and perhaps take the fastest time. After the run the V6 done last year, i think it will not be far away.

Cant wait .....

Stu

Goodwood isn't a competitive event, some choose to have their cars timed, many don't. They are demonstration runs mostly. The exige cup did run well with the 4th or 5th quickest time but not everything there was beening timed officially.

[flyingscot68]

Cheers Steve, that answers my question, not what I expected though.
Just remembered my sisters middle name is Elise!


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[C7Steve]

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Steve.