Allon White

Posted on 9th December 2012

Established in 1918, Allon White has been working servicing and maintaining cars for almost a century. Since the 1950’s the company has been closely associated with Morgan as one of their long standing dealerships, but hasn’t limited itself to working exclusively with the Midlands marque – taking it’s experience in maintaining low volume British sports cars and carrying it over in to Lotus servicing and second hand car sales from it’s showroom and workshop in Bedfordshire.

We take a look at the services they can offer Lotus owners of both modern and classic cars.

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LoTRDC – Production champion Boston wins Autosport accolade

Posted on 7th December 2012

Congratulations to LoTRDC Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup UK Production class driver, Rob Boston, who has won this years Autosport Club Driver of the Year Award.

Discussion: SELOC Chat – Autosport’s Club Driver of the Year is…

Lotus Cup UK Production Champion Rob Boston has been named as Autosport magazine’s Club
Driver of the Year. The 30-year-old topped a list of ten drivers from the cream of the UK’s single seater, saloon and sportscar series. Continue reading →

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Lotus apologise for Exige S delays, dealers cars shown off on the production line

Posted on 6th December 2012

After yet more delays, customers with Exige S orders have received letters of apology from Lotus COO Aslam Farikullah this week, along with a complimentary copy of this years Evo Issue 177, in which the Exige took joint top honors in the coveted Evo Car of the Year feature.

Despite this customers are still waiting for revised build schedules and delivery dates, however dealers and customers visiting the factory for the Exige V6 Cup test day have shared pictures of dealer cars on the production line in various stages of the build process, including the cars destined for Bell and Colvill and Castle Lotus.

UK dealer demo cars are now reported to be around a week away from delivery – although many will no doubt remain skeptical until they are sat on forecourts.

Discussion: SELOC Chat – New Exige S Begins Production

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SELOC member tests latest Exige V6 developments from Lotus Racing

Posted on 4th December 2012

The Exige S may still be yet to arrive at dealerships, but a lucky group of potential Exige V6 Cup customers, including forum member ‘jokke_vlo‘ were invited up to Hethel yesterday to test out the latest developments by Lotus Racing on the companies test track.

Built on one of the Exige V6 Cup cars displayed at this years Lotus Festival, the Exige V6 Cup R features a number of aerodynamic and mechanical changes to help transform the latest Exige from a road and track day weapon in to a full race ready machine. Continue reading →

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Lotus Cars – Lotus makes tracks to the metropolis of Milan

Posted on 4th December 2012

After a long period of PR silence from Lotus they’re back with news of the opening of Lotus Milano – a new dealership in the Italian city.

Lotus Cars Limited is delighted to announce its latest dealer appointment, ‘Lotus Milano’, a dedicated Lotus showroom on Via Cesare Battisti, Vedano Al Lambro, Milan, Italy.

‘Lotus Milano’ opened recently and is a brand new Lotus-only showroom for Milanese sports car fans brimming with the latest Lotus models; the Evora, the Elise and the Exige S. Continue reading →

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SELOC Calendar 2013

Posted on 30th November 2012

Printing for the SELOC Calendar 2013 is under way with deliveries set for before Christmas, so we thought we’d share a quick sneak peak of this years front cover.

Made up of our favorite entries from the yearly calendar competition, the SELOC Calendar is sent to all members who join or renew as Club Supporters up until midnight GMT on December 31st. If you want to become a Club Supporter or need to renew your subscription then you can do so on our Membership page.

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SELOC Novice Track Days 2013

Posted on 29th November 2012

Once again SELOC is offering Novice Track Days in conjunction with our friends at Lotus on Track, with a calendar of events throughout the year at tracks specially selected for novice friendly events.

January 19th—Bedford Autodrome
February 16th—Silverstone Stowe
February 18th—Abbeville
March 29th—Abbeville
May 11th—Hethel
May 27th—Abbeville
May 30th—Brands Hatch Indy Evening
June 11th—Bedford Autodrome Evening
June 26th—Brands Hatch Indy Evening
July 28th—Abbeville
August 8th—Bedford Autodrome Evening
August 26th—Abbeville
October 5th—Abbeville

For those of you who aren’t members of Lotus on Track we will offer a free 12 month membership to all SELOCers who book via the SELOC payment links, plus a free instruction session for all first timers.

For more information on the days be sure to check out our forum thread.

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SELOC members fund Jim Clark Memorial Clock Tower restoration

Posted on 28th November 2012

The Jim Clark Memorial Clock Tower in the former Team Lotus drivers home town of Chirnside has stood since 1969 as a tribute to one of the greatest racing drivers to have ever lived, so when SELOC member ‘hauxleablaze‘ noted on a visit to the town that the tower had seen better days it was clear what needed to be done.

With the ever helpful Michael Hipperson taking charge, restoration work was carried out to bring the tower back to it’s former glory, cleaning and polishing the stone work and replacing the memorial plaque.

SELOC members, along with Clarks former mechanic, Cedric Selzer, and F1 journalist Peter Windsor, raised over £2,400 to pay for the work which was completed this month.

Discussion: SELOC Chat – Jim Clark Memorial Clock Tower renovation

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Lotus F1 Team – Brazilian GP – Race Report

Posted on 25th November 2012

It may not have been a dream end to the season for the Lotus F1 Team, but the retirement of Lewis Hamilton after contact with Nico Hulkenberg meant that Kimi Raikkonen was still able to secure 3rd place in the drivers championship.

Raikkonen narrowly avoided Vettel on the first lap at Turn 4 – locking a brake and throwing the car on to the grass to avoid taking out the title contender, but came back strongly in to the points in changeable conditions. The Finn provided one of this years comedy moments later when he left the track at Turn 12 and took to the support race paddock to rejoin the track – only to find a closed gate blocking his path! After finding his way back to the track Raikkonen had fallen back down the order, but managed to salvage a single point for 10th position.

Grosjean rounded off a mixed season with a crash as he over corrected a slide in wet conditions early in the race.

Discussion: SELOC Chat – F1 GP – Brazil – Interlagos

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Lotus F1 Team – USA GP – Race Report

Posted on 18th November 2012

There was to be no repeat of Abu Dhabi’s break-through victory this weekend in the first race at the new Circuit of the Americas circuit in Austin, Texas, but the team still managed to bring in both cars home in the points.

Both cars started on the unfavorable, dirty, side of the grid and lost places off the line – but while Raikkonen lost out through the Esses battling with Hulkenburg, Grosjean fought back and made it past the Finn in the opening laps before spinning under braking – losing time and positions and being very lucky not to beach the car as he stopped with both rear tyres in the gravel. Continue reading →

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