CLA BUILD STORIES: TUFT’S ELEVEN JANUARY 2015

TUFTS ELEVEN REBUILD

Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people who are up to interesting things with interesting cars. We think that’s wonderful, so we’re going to share their stories with you here! If you’d like to share your story on the club website, just send Seth a quick email at web@clublotus.com.au In this post, we catch up with Ashton to find out … Read More

Lotus UK Adventures with the Lankhorsts: The Lotus Factory

Lotus Factory

Club Lotus Australia WA’s Eddie Lankhorst and Vicky Rowe took off to the United Kingdom for an adventure earlier this year, taking the opportunity to build their own UK Lotus Experience while they were there. They’ve kindly shared the story with us and in this, part one, we head off to tour the Lotus factory and see how our wonderful cars are made.

The Preserve October 2015 Now Available for Download!

The Preserve October 2015

‘The Preserve’ is the newsletter of the Council of Motor Clubs. It’s made available to members of CMC-affiliated clubs, and that means you! Its October 2015 edition has just been sent out to members and is now available for download on the members’ page here. This edition discusses RMS’ new trial scheme for historic log books, looks back at the October … Read More

Join Us at the Slot Cars for our November General Meeting!

Our November general meeting is coming up next Tuesday, the 10th of November, 2015, and we’d love for you to join us! We’re going to be adding a little speed to the evening by heading to the slot cars at Armchair Racer in Artarmon. We’ve booked the track from 6pm until 8:30PM, with racing set to start at 6:30PM. The … Read More

Lotus UK Adventures with the Lankhorsts: Lotus Driving Academy

Lotus Driving Academy United Kingdom

Club Lotus Australia WA’s Eddie Lankhorst and Vicky Rowe took off to the United Kingdom for an adventure earlier this year, taking the opportunity to build their own UK Lotus Experience while they were there. They’ve kindly shared the story with us and in this, part one, we head off to the Lotus Driving Academy.

Chunky’s Chatter October 2015 Now Available for Download!

Chunky's Chatter October 2015

After a brief hiatus, Chunky’s Chatter has returned and is now available for download from the members’ page! Mike Basquil’s September CSCA Report Historic plates: a new scheme to allow greater usage of our cars The new Evora 400 the fastest Lotus road car ever UK Enthusiast Malcolm Ricketts has an open day and attracts many famous cars The Lotus … Read More

November 2015 Edition of Lotus Notes Available for Download!

The November 2015 edition of Lotus Notes has arrived just in time for some relaxing weekend reading, thanks to its hard working editors and contributors, and is now available to download on the ‘Members’ page. This month’s features include: Lotus 2015 Barossa Valley, SA Harrop Engineering Lotus Club Queensland Concours d’Elegance My Nürburgring Adventure Australia’s First Lotus And much, much more! Head … Read More

Lotus Video: Richard Parramint Talks Lotus, Colin Chapman & Life

Lotus Richard Parramint

Richard Parramint kindly joined us at our October 13, 2015, meeting to share a few pizzas, talk about cars, life and everything, and share his tales from his time at Lotus with Colin Chapman. He gave a wonderful talk, which you can enjoy right here thanks to the wonders of the internet!

Lotus Photos: Every Car at the Lotus 2015 Concours d’Elegance

The focus of Lotus 2015’s festivities during the day on Saturday was a wonderful Concours d’Elegance, held in Birdwood. It brought together a magnificent collection of Lotuses, and you can check ’em all out right here thanks to this excellent gallery put together by Evan Jones.

Issue 4 of the Club Lotus News Classifieds Available to Members

The October 2015 edition of Club Lotus News’ Classifieds has been sent out, and is available for CLA members to download on the members’ page. Head to the ‘Members’ page here to download a copy. We provide these classifieds as a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia. It will as such require you to be logged in to your members account. If … Read More