Lotus Bashing? Dear Editor, OK, we get it, Mike Lawrence doesn’t like Colin Chapman. Like all critics, Lawrence is quite content mutilating the achievements of his betters while never having done anything worthwhile himself. Had he ever accomplished anything of note he would know that creating things, particularly big things like car companies or winning racing teams, requires a talent called “leadership”—collecting talented people and motivating them to do things they wouldn’t do on their own. Now that we’re fully conversant with Lawrence’s…
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