1957-’63 Lotus
It was unprecedented, this little gem that Colin Chapman’s firm created in the mid-1950s. The tiny, near-perfectly formed two-seater that made its public debut at the Earls Court Motor Show in October 1957 represented numerous unusual advances that were years ahead of their time. When the last of around 1,030 Elites left the Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, Lotus Engineering assembly plant
