Lotus has developed excellent and unusual cars in equal measure. The Lotus Eclat and Excel top the list of obscure releases. The Eclan, while brilliant, gets its fair share of downvotes – it’s not the ...

A front-wheel drive Lotus? Sacrilege! Whatever next; a diesel engine? That was the verdict of many Lotus traditionalists when the covers were pulled off an all-new Elan in 1989 – one propelled by a ...

The car industry often arrives at the same place from different directions, never more so than when it comes to the two different models inspired by the original Lotus Elan. The first of these, ...

Justin Cupler has been a member of the TopSpeed team since 2012. Justin's love for cars started back when he was just five years old, helping his dad work on his 1957 Chevy Bell Air and then his 1966 ...

Traditional Lotus cars are often controversial, and the Elan M100 is considered by many not to be a real Lotus. This model is frequently overlooked in Lotus' history due to its pricing, driven wheels, ...

Designed by Colin Chapman, the Lotus Mark I from 1948 paved the way for the open-top Seven that embodies the British automaker’s philosophy. Stupidly fun in the twisties though it may be, the ...

This car was a horror show, good luck finding parts for the engine. The only other car that had this engine was the Isuzu impulse RS and that was a very limited production run. Its slow, unreliable, ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...