Discussion
Eric Mc said:
The noise - wow.
There was a book written on the development of the Cosworth DFV. It was called "Such Sweet Thunder". I can see now why it was called that.
DFV's are rough as a badgers arse, they shake things to bits. In the early days suspension used to fall off DFV engined cars. There was a book written on the development of the Cosworth DFV. It was called "Such Sweet Thunder". I can see now why it was called that.
Eric Mc said:
Nothing beats source documents. Do you know what date that would have been issued? They very inconveniently inserted the word "immediate" in the "date" area.
I'm not seeing any reference to the Seven so it must be post 1973.
Details here, sounds like it was issued in the 60's: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/psa-appar...I'm not seeing any reference to the Seven so it must be post 1973.
What's interesting is that if you refer to the Lotus flower, the plural is indeed Loti. But in terms of their product, it's their name and up to them I guess!
Alan Partridge would say, the plural of Lexus is Lexi. I believe that one is yet to be refuted by Lexus. Or they may simply not give a s
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thegreenhell said:
I thought it was as simple as being a proper noun in the name of the company, and hence not modifying the base word for the plural.
Yes that's true, and as such Lotus (car) could correctly become Lotuses, but not Loti, were it not for the fact that the owners of the name have in this instance stated that in plural form Lotus is simply Lotus, they have established that. In the same way that it is established by nothing other than history and duration of use that the plural of sheep, is simply sheep. There is no particular reason that it could not be 'sheeps'.However, in almost all brand literature and press releases from various marques concerning their products, they add the word 'cars' or 'motorcars' after their name. "all Ford cars since the Model T" blah blah.. "The Rolls Royce range or motorcars represents" blah blah..
James Hunt used to use the term "Loti" when commentating - probably just to wind Chapman and the team up
If that letter is pre 1973 it's interesting that they failed to mention the Sevens in their product line up. By 1966 Lotus really wanted to get rid of the thing so they were probably reluctant to admit publicly that they were still making Sevens.
If that letter is pre 1973 it's interesting that they failed to mention the Sevens in their product line up. By 1966 Lotus really wanted to get rid of the thing so they were probably reluctant to admit publicly that they were still making Sevens.
Spanish GP weekend, so here's some remastered HD footage of the opening laps of the 1991 race, the first on this then-new circuit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB70sdliEu0
Race report - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Spanish_Grand_P...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB70sdliEu0
Race report - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Spanish_Grand_P...
Edited by thegreenhell on Friday 7th May 23:53
Has Stroll's bid for world domination hijacked ERA now ? One of my favourite pre war racers - ,my first encounter with one was a teenage start line marshal . Pah , daft old car I thought - but I was very quickly blown away by the stupendous noise , masses of tyre smoke , big speed and weeping eyes from its exotic fuel.
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