Famous Owners?

[boobles]

Bit of a pointless thread but im interested to know if there any famous people who own a Lotus of some sort? Any footballers, actors etc? Anyone know of any?

[TonyHetherington]

I drove Simon Cowell's few-hundred-mile-old Exige S last week

It had every IPOD and stereo option you could imagine for a Lotus

(he doesn't own it anymore)

[TonyHetherington]

Oh and Jeremy Clarkson's wife used to have an Elise, I seem to recall? (that might be wrong though)

[L100NYY]

TonyHetherington said:

Oh and Jeremy Clarkson's wife used to have an Elise, I seem to recall? (that might be wrong though)

My old Caterham Supersport had a certain Mrs Clarkson on the logbook as a previous owner.

[luckyb]

James Martin has got a 340R I think, and has owned lotus previously
(yes I read the Mail on Sunday)

[midas029]

Nick heidfeld...
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Anyone know what happened to that car??

[boobles]

Cool, its nice to know that they are also loved by the famous.

[Phil-CH]

midas029 said:

Nick heidfeld...
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Anyone know what happened to that car??

I'm not sure, but I think he still has it? At least, I know Heidfeld still drives a Exige.

[Capt Cave Man]

I thought Vinney Jones owned one at some point?

[Mastiff]

Paul Casey ($1,000,000.00 Golf winnwr) has an Exige.

[TheYeti]

Tim Lovejoy used to own a Purple S2.......not sure anymore though..

[boobles]

TheYeti said:

Tim Lovejoy used to own a Purple S2.......not sure anymore though..

fcuk, im selling mine now!!!!!

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

luckyb said:

James Martin has got a 340R I think, and has owned lotus previously
(yes I read the Mail on Sunday)

Was shown on Saturday Kitchen about a month back, looked v. nice.

[TonyHetherington]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

stuff

Quality username

[21TonyK]

Vanessa Mae had/has a Lotus 111S which she learnt to drive in.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

TonyHetherington said:

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

stuff

Quality username

heh, thanks, thought I'd use a different name to what I normally use on forums, and it seemed appropriate - been saving and waiting for a Lotus for years.

[midas029]

Not just celebs of today. If James Dean had,had delivery of his???? he may never have crashed his porsche...???

During filming of Rebel Without a Cause, Dean traded the 356 Speedster in for one of only 90 Porsche 550 Spyders. He was contractually barred from racing during the filming of Giant, but with that out of the way, he was free to compete again. The Porsche was in fact a stopgap for Dean, as delivery of a superior Lotus Mk. X was delayed and he needed a car to compete at the races in Salinas, California

[L100NYY]

midas029 said:

Not just celebs of today. If James Dean had,had delivery of his???? he may never have crashed his porsche...???

During filming of Rebel Without a Cause, Dean traded the 356 Speedster in for one of only 90 Porsche 550 Spyders. He was contractually barred from racing during the filming of Giant, but with that out of the way, he was free to compete again. The Porsche was in fact a stopgap for Dean, as delivery of a superior Lotus Mk. X was delayed and he needed a car to compete at the races in Salinas, California

That very same Lotus was one of the nominations a couple of years ago for a Top Gear restoration project.

Although strangely, I cannot remember which car did win, anybody?

[TonyHetherington]

Stumped me too, that. I recall the exact car/competition etc but can't recall the winner?!

[Boggy]

Yes and of course I own one

Used to be a Boxer doe's that count? Oh and I had a picture in the Romford Recorder?

Boggy