Colin Chapman put the British on top of the podium (and stayed there) when the government backed glamour teams (Ferrari, Renault, Mercedes etc) ruled for so long. We are the best in the world when it comes to formula racing...Makes you proud to be British.
Colin Chapman put the British on top of the podium (and stayed there) when the government backed glamour teams (Ferrari, Renault, Mercedes etc) ruled for so long. We are the best in the world when it comes to formula racing...Makes you proud to be British.
Dani Kahn I too am a proud Brit. but it must be said it was Vanwall and Cooper who first got us to the top step before Lotus.
Dani Kahn. FYI Ferrari are not state backed and Mercedes were not compleating during the years Lotus were in F1.
Dani Kahn You sound like just another brainwashed British peasant.
Except Vanwall and Cooper did it first.
Chapman is the man
Thank you very much for sharing this video!
The interior is almost identical to that of the same year Esprit. I like how Chapman takes half the money and buys insider shares of DeLorean lol
Coincidentally the Delorian reminds me of the Lotus Esprit. The Bond car.
Am I insane, or does Gene Cafiero sounds a lot like Mario Andretti?
I had never heard this De Lorean story visa vi Lotus/Chapman...some pretty shady dealings obviously.
welcome to the planet earth
The design was by Bertone
Ital Design sorry compair the 1970 Maserati Boomerange with 1975 DMC Prototype. Look up lotus Esprit prototype.
@@edgarbeat275 Yes, the bodyshell was penned by Giorgio Giugiaro Italdesign founder and owner.
Not really sure the DeLorean was another Esprit. The Esprit was a brilliant sports car. The DeLorean was a mediocre dog of a car
John Wh The only thing it shared with the Esprit was the inspired chassis backbone; nothing else was meant to be a rebadged Esprit
only because it was slow.
The new Chapman biography "Wayward Genius" claims he was a tweaker.
Just checked HTU253X (5:03) - still on the road.
One downvote from Fred Bushell
Jason White You are totally right, poor old Fred carried the can for all the shenanigans.
@@barryfowles-zl5ib Problem of being the last man standing!
Follow the rich white guy(s)
I wonder why the only color was silver? was he trying to imitate Henry Ford with a model T only available in black?
the cars were stainless steel so that painting facilities were not needed.
because it was made from stainless steel it wasnt painted are u 7 yet
stainless steel?
yes
chapman killed jim clark
paul hunter It is generally believed the cause of Jim Clarks crash was a deflating tyre, not car failure.