Welcome to SELOC, The owners club for Lotus Enthusiasts. Now in our 10th year, SELOC is one of the most active Lotus forums and clubs, both online and off, with a lively forum and regular events both in the UK and abroad.
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With a New Year, so comes a reshuffle of our Regions to encourage more meets and other events for SELOC members to enjoy.
Over the last year, JezmondTutu, Zee Comandant, Schnitzel (Sussex), Mark-L (Essex), Hairyduck (Eastern), Shades (Oxfordshire) and Merlin (South West) have left the Regional Liaisons line-up, and SELOC would like to thank for them for their hard work over the years.
A number of other members have stepped up to the plate, with Rob111s (Wales), Seedy and Paul W (Oxfordshire), thebaron and Thorburn (Wiltshire) and LoafingWafu (South West) all joining our Regional Liaison roster. GingerS1 has moved from Surrey but is kindly staying on as a Regional Liaison to share his considerable experience.
Elsewhere the Yorkshire region has been renamed to include Lincolnshire and we’re currently evaluating options for the Sussex region which has been left without a Regional Liaison. If you are interested in helping with the Sussex region or any others then please contact either LoafingWafu or Thorburn.
Autosport have reported that Lotus will be backing Colin Kolles’ Kodewa team in 2012, with the teams Lola B12/80′s running under the Lotus name with Lotus-badged V8s built by Engine Developments, with whom Lotus are all partnered for their Indycar engine program.
The move will once again see Lotus tackle the Le Mans 24hr race, having competed with the Jetalliance Evora GTE’s in 2011.
Source: Autosport – Lotus to badge Colin Kolles’ LMP2 World Endurance Championship programme
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Lotus to badge Colin Kolles’ LMP2 World Endurance Championship programme
It’s looking like 2012 will be a great year for LoTRDC and the Elise Trophy, Lotus Cup UK and Lotus Cup Europe series, so check out the 2012 Season Preview video to whet your appetite for the year ahead.
You can find the full calender for the series below. Continue reading
Lotus have posted up more information on the launch of the Lotus F1 E20 this coming weekend.
Source: Lotus Cars – Don’t Stop Me Now
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Lotus F1 Fired Up for 2012
Lotus F1 Team announces new chassis nomenclature commencing with the E20
Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce that this year’s Formula 1 challenger will be named the E20, with a new nomenclature commencing to commemorate the twentieth chassis designed at the team’s base in Enstone, Oxfordshire. Continue reading
After the purchase of Lotus’s parent company, Proton, from the Malaysian government by DRB-Hicom, the Malaysian auto group owned by billionaire Syed Mokhtar, the Sunday Times featured a story today suggesting that current CEO Dany Bahar may be attempting to raise funds for a buyout of the company.
Since the sale of Proton it has been widely rumoured that DRB-Hicom may be looking to offload the Norfolk based company, and if so it seems likely that Bahar will be competing with Genii Capital who owns a stake in the Lotus F1 team and have reportedly been carrying out due diligence on the firm ahead of a possible purchase.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Bahar looking for backers for Lotus buyout?
Like the Evora but find yourself bemoaning it’s severe lack of footwear branding and matching trainers? Then you might want to take a trip over to Munich as we’ve found just the thing for you!
German retailer Amen, in collaboration with Nike and artist Paul Snowden, have created this ‘artist edition’ car as centre piece for their Munich store, along with a matching pair of Nike iD Lunar Glide + 3 trainers.
You can find out more in the full press release and gallery below.
Source: Being Hunted – Lotus Amen/Evora by Paul Snowden
Discussion: SELOC Chat -Amen Evora
The January Issue of the SELOC Newsletter is out now – featuring our favourite new items from the past month.
In this edition you’ll find two pages of photos and comment on Autosport International 2012, detail of the MSA approved innaugural SELOC Speed Championship 2012, dates for the SELOC Novice Track Days for 2012, pictures & video from this year’s “Azlan & Del’s Winter Warmer” run, and the regular update on events.
News from Enstone today that the Lotus F1 Team have fired up the engine on their 2012 contender for the first time ahead of it’s launch and first shakedown test on February 5th at Jerez.
The team has also shared a selection of pictures in their Pre-Season 2012 album on Facebook, giving a first glimpse of the teams new chassis which will be raced by Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Lotus F1 Fired Up for 2012
This one might be of particular interest to our German readers, the Hockenheim Historic Jim Clark Revival is being held between the 13th and 15th of April with a wide range of classic race series including the FIA Historic Formula 1, Euro Boss series and European Formula 2.
It’s set to be a fantastic year for Lotus fans as they celebrate the companies 60th anniversary and 50 years of the Lotus Elan, and the Hockenheim Historic could be a great way to begin the celebration ahead of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Lotus Festival at Brands Hatch.
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