As we approach the New Year, here at SELOC we’ve been hard at work preparing for the 2013 Nitron SELOC Speed Championship and another year of Novice Track Days in co-operation with Lotus-on-Track, we’ve launched a new site – SELOC Motorsport.
Here you can find out all about what we’ve got planned for the year ahead, along with useful guides and hints and tips for getting started in track days and motorsport.
Link: SELOC Motorsport
Discussion: Motor Sport – Selocmotorsport.org
It’s been well over a year since Lotus announced the Elise SPS, which was set to use an hydraulically automated version of the Elises EC60, while both the Evora GTE and Exige S Roadster have been shown with SPS gearboxes pair up the standard EA60 gearbox with a similar hydraulic pack to provide paddle shifting.
Since then however little has been heard of the SPS gearbox and the option has disappeared from both the Elise and Exige Specification pages on the Lotus Cars website, seemingly because the design was unable to deliver the required levels of performance and smoothness of operation.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – SPS option not to see production?
Stuck for a last minute Christmas idea for that Lotus (or classic F1) enthusiast in your life? Then we might have a great suggestion for you.
We’ve taken a look at the latest in the Haynes range of F1 car Owner’s Workshop Manuals, focusing on the iconic Lotus 72 race car which took Team Lotus to two Drivers World Championships and three Constructors World Championships in the early 70’s.
Inside it’s packed full of information, diagrams and photos on the car, it’s design and the people involved in driving and creating it.
Review: SELOC – Haynes Lotus 72 Owners’ Workshop Manual
Discussion: SELOC Chat – New Lotus 72 manual
This years SELOC wall calendar has been arriving with SELOC Club Supporters this week to critical acclaim. If you want to get your own, or want an extra copy, then you can find them in the SELOC Shop.
They’re just £6 each for Club Supporters who want an extra copy.
Special offer open to non-Club Supporters. Get a 2013 calendar FREE, you don’t even have to pay postage!
If you add Club Supporter membership to your profile (£12 for the year) before 31st December we’ll send you a copy absolutely free.
It’s been a long time coming, but with dealer demo cars finally showing up on UK forecourts we were invited down to Bell & Colvill to spend an afternoon with their car and see if it lives up to the hype.
Link: SELOC – Driven: Lotus Exige S
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Borrowed the B&C Exige S for the afternoon
If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at the new Exige S then don’t despair, Jamie Matthews, Lotus Sales Manager at Surrey based dealership Bell & Colvill, has put together an excellent video showing off some of what this amazing little car can do.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Bell and Colvill – Exige V6 Video
With all the fuss about the new Exige S of late it’s been a little easy to forget about the Evora, so Lotus have made an effort to freshen it up and address criticism over pricing with the Evora Sports Racer – with revised colour schemes, fully loaded with options and a lower price tag.
Source: Lotus Cars – The Lotus Evora just got better!
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Evora Sports Racer
It’s been a busy year for Lotus; the arrival of the acclaimed Exige S; featured marque at the Goodwood Festival of Speed; a new flagship retail store in Regent Street; third place in the F1 Drivers’ Championship and fourth in the F1 Constructors’ Championship; and amongst various racing exploits, another series win for a Lotus with an Evora GTC taking the MSA British Endurance Championship. Continue reading
Bell and Colvill became the first UK dealership to collect their Exige S demonstrator car today, with more to come next week.
Lotus Sales Manager Jamie Matthews made the trip from Surrey to Hethel to collect the car in person from UK Territory Manager James Haskey as it rolled off the production line.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – New Exige S Begins Production
After months of delays the first European dealership demo Exige S’s have begun to arrive, with cars already confirmed as being delivered at the Belgian Frédéric Koninckx Motors and Lotus Verhiest dealerships, with more no doubt en route to elsewhere.
UK dealers are also reported to be expecting to finally begin delivery this week, hopefully signalling that customer cars won’t be far behind and bringing to an end the long, painful, wait since the cars unveiling in September 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – New Exige S Begins Production Continue reading
They may have been criticised for high prices in the past, but over the Christmas period, until January 31st, Lotus Originals off their entire ‘Originals’ range of clothing.
You can find the Lotus Originals range online, in selected dealerships and in their Regent Street store.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – 50% off Lotus Originals…
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