“Simplify, then add Lightness.” Whether fully attributed to Colin Chapman, or simply the lore that surrounds his engineering genius and design prowess, this philosophy is certainly embodied in the cars that have made Lotus a legendary performance company for more than half a century. And nowhere else is this more evident than in the ground-breaking Lotus 7. Conceived as a low-priced road car suitable for racing and hillclimbs, the Lotus 7 first arrived, in 1957, as the Series 1. Although…
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