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Colin Chapman: Mr Lotus

Cars People

"Words by Luke Friend The legend of Colin Chapman today is saturated in myth, claim and counter claim. The portrait of a suave cad who founded Lotus with a £25 loan and grew the marque to greatness through a combination of "

Lotus & JPS

Cars

"Ok, we know. There is a twisted, byzantine history to the whole Lotus story – and when you talk about Lotus Racing and Team Lotus etc, there's even more layers of weirdness to negotiate. The quirky, idiosyncratic company history of Lotus "

The Importance of being Jim Clark

Cars

"Every death in motor racing is a tragedy. But there can few figures lost to the sport who leave such a lasting legacy as Jim Clark. Crashing fatally at Hockenheim in April 1968, the Scottish farmer's son was only 32 when he "

Our Five Favourite Lotus Cars

Cars

"Lotus Elite 1974 (type 75) This is the only Lotus I currently own. It's a pain to work on. It's not even a runner at the moment and I'm spending a fortune on repairing the fibreglass. In fact, it's sitting there in "

The Geneva Salon

Cars

"Geneva doesn’t sound like the first place you’d go shopping for supercars. Motorsport was banned in Switzerland for half a century after Pierrre Levegh’s horrific accident at Le Mans in 1955, and its income-related speeding fines are easily "

Geneva: Bentley EXP 9 F

Cars

"The Bentley SUV - wether we like it or not - is the future. At least, it’s the future of car exports from Europe to the new frontiers of capital. That’s right, a hundred plus years ago Bentley "

Geneva Salon 2012

Cars

"Of course there were supercars. This is the Geneva motor show, home of the breed, and it wouldn’t be complete with half a dozen new ones. Some you can buy, if you happen to have six or even seven "

Geneva: Lamborghini J-Shock!

Cars

"If ever car show has a show-stopper, then we reckon there were a few at Geneva 2012. But in purely visceral terms, purely in the realms of aesthetic wow and envy-inducing dribble, Lamborghini has to take the biscuit with its roofless, "

Carl Fogarty & Ducati: Q&A

Bikes

"You’re inextricably linked with Ducati, but what was the first one you ever rode or raced? The first bike I ever raced on a track was a Ducati, back in the summer of ’83. It was my dad’s bike. "

Ducati People

Bikes

"words & pictures Liz Seabrook There's more to Ducati than hardcore knee draggers and retro obsessiveness. There's also more to Ducati than the perennially successful Monster that has characterised so much of the brand's sales these last few years. With "

Valentino Rossi & Ducati

Bikes People

"Photography by Richie Hopson As the nine times MotoGP World Champion, Valentino Rossi is very much the most recognisable face of motorcycle racing. Throughout his 16-year career, the 32-year-old has amassed the sort of fame and fortune that would have "

Ducati: Lightweights!

Bikes

"Photography by John Isaac / Magneto Bologna has always been home to one of Italy’s most well known bike brand - Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati. The early name is a clue to the company's humble beginnings. In the industry’"

Kandy Koloured Dreams

Cars Culture

"Late last year I flew into Los Angeles to report a story on southern California's unique, vibrant, influential car culture. Nearly half a century earlier a slightly more talented writer did the same thing. Tom Wolfe, who would go on "