Lotus 25: Colin Chapman's first Queen
28 October 2023 3 min read 5 images
Photo credit: Lotus Cars, Wheelsage
Who. Colin Chapman, even more than Enzo Ferrari, embodied the companies he created: Lotus Cars and Lotus Racing. While Ferrari relied on a team of engineers to build his cars, drawing on his previous experience as a driver and founder of the Scuderia that brought him worldwide fame, Chapman had a singular focus from the outset in 1948: the pursuit of lightness. This relentless focus occasionally led to structural failures, some with tragic outcomes.
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