Featured Rare Cars
Lotus Metier – Rarity: 1 of a Kind
History: When Ron Hickman, head of design at Lotus, finished the design of the Elan and was thus ready for production. Colin Chapman instructed Ron to start the design on a stretched version which was destined to become the Plus 2. During the long gestation period, an ugly stretched and widened S3 served as a… [Continue Reading]
Lotus Elise GT1 – Rarity: 1 of a Kind
History: The road car was built during 1996 in order to homologate the 5/6 racing versions that were to be campaigned in the FIA GT Championships during 1997/8. [There was also one spare chassis produced]. Whilst the road car was undergoing ‘type approval’, it had been photographed with and without the roof scoop and rear… [Continue Reading]
