Lotus’s forgotten wedges
Pop quiz: you have three seconds to name a wedge-shaped Lotus. Go! Okay, hands up who answered ‘Esprit’? Blimey, that’ll be all of you, then. Well, it is the obvious answer, isn’t it? But it wasn’t the first wedge-shaped Lotus. Nor even the second. Which leads nicely to another pop quiz: name the first wedge-shaped […]
Marcos – From Kit Car to Le Mans
For many small volume car manufacturers the kit car route allows them to offer the buyer something different but without the need to have a large factory and workforce to finance. Jem Marsh, the founder of Marcos, realised this throughout his career, but even more so when he was forced to sell up in the […]