Lotus Europa Special - mid-engined sports car with racing genes
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Summary
Between 1966 and 1975, Lotus built almost 9,000 of the mid-engined Europa sports car model. Its advantages were its race car-like handling and high operating efficiency thanks to excellent aerodynamics. However, due to the design and Lotus-specific tricks in the construction, the compact Europa models also demanded a healthy willingness to compromise on the part of the owner. This vehicle report describes the history of the Lotus Europa and portrays a "Special" model from 1973 in detail, supplemented by archive photo material, several rare sales brochures and data sheets.
This article contains the following chapters
- Entry-level sports car with mid-engine
- Not for England and America
- The Type 47 racing version
- Improvements in favor of everyday usability
- More power and better visibility
- Cornering artist
- More comfortable than feared
- Insider tip
- The different types of Lotus Europa
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 9min
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The history of the Lotus Europa should actually have developed quite differently. Colin Chapman and Ron Hickman developed its predecessor for the Ford company, which was looking for a racing car for endurance races, including Le Mans. However, as is well known, Ford chose the design by Eric Broadley and the Lola GT became the basis for the later Ford GT40. Colin Chapman had actually thought he had a good chance, as he was already working with Ford at the time and Hickman's design contained all the ingredients of a successful racing car. However, Chapman was unable to reach an agreement with Ford on the name, as the Lotus founder naturally wanted the car to be called Lotus-Ford.
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