Here is an interview that I actually did conduct with Wolf Zimmermann at the LA Auto Show. He makes some good points about why they are moving away from composite and into aluminium construction
The Golden Gate Lotus Club had a chance to speak to the entire Lotus Management at the autoshow and we just posted our videos at [gglotus.org]
I recommend you watch the entire videos to see their explanations for the various changes and also where they see the company going in future.
I recommend you watch the entire videos to see their explanations for the various changes and also where they see the company going in future.
Lotus Exige
Exige is the french word for "demand" and the Exige certainly demands your attention
Exige is the french word for "demand" and the Exige certainly demands your attention
Photos, video and interviews from the North American premiere of the new Lotus Evora Cup GT4 track and race car: [gglotus.org]
#tips
#tips
@WM2: it was intentionally designed to fit people of different heights and more importantly widths
Much more information about the Exos along with many more pictures and video is posted on the the Golden Gate Lotus Club blog 9[gglotus.org] In fact all of the reveal pictures and both the videos posted here are from the GGLC as well.
@MrQuick: "Car Lovers drive Lotus Elises, psychopaths and crazy people drive Se7ens."
Best quote ever even though it calls me Psychopathic Car Lover :-)
@rnair:
Damn the embed didnt work :-(
And the animated version of my E30 Vs CRX moment
Full story at [www.rahulnair.net]
People also seem to forget that their cellphones are now capable or recording very high quality video. For the past 2 years I have been using my N95 to record videos from track days, autocross, etc... Check out a sample video at [www.flickr.com] I've described how the setup works at [www.rahulnair.net]
That Nissan of theirs was an absolute cheater at the last Thunderhill race - I know plenty of other teams that voted for it as the peoples curse. The only reason it survived was that even more people hated Mazdasaurus.
It isn't a complete list - its missing our Formula BMW 86 325e
@rnair:
Incidentally the first car in the pic is the Team Lemon Patrol Miata who were also running in the same run group - I dont know if they were testing for the 25 hours or for Lemons
Incidentally the first car in the pic is the Team Lemon Patrol Miata who were also running in the same run group - I dont know if they were testing for the 25 hours or for Lemons
I was at Thunderhill during their last test day and hand-timed one of their cars running consistent 2:10-2:11 laps on a cool day which is pretty damn good considering the SM lap record is 2:08
Those guys are by far the most aggressive and dangerous drivers out there - Instead of welding crap on their car Jay should just park the car for a few hours.
@Novaload: The VW bus is called the Highway 17 punishment. If you are bumping too many cars from behind you will have to drive 10 laps following the bus :-D
@Murilee Martin: Its a Yahoo Group ([sports.groups.yahoo.com]) for people participating in the various Lemons races. Is good resource if you are considering taking part in a race.
@FreeMan: Electronics that do not affect performance do not count. With twin ChaseCams and a DL1 our electronics were worth 4 times as much as the car :-)
A major thanks to your team LTDSCOTT, you guys really helped us keep us going. What was your team name? With the pits being the way they were I knew you pit stall but not you team name :-)
As one of the drivers of the #44 I'd like to clafiry that our name is SFF1 BMW Sauber not SFFL. We were going for an F1 theme car which is why we painted the white nose and blue sidepods on the car
