Motorsport
Patrick Dempsey Racing: Le Mans, Dempsey-Proton and his Porsche years
Patrick Dempsey raced Le Mans four times, finishing second in GTE-Am in 2015 for Dempsey-Proton, and won at Fuji that year in a Porsche 911 RSR.
Industry
Zenos E10: the Norfolk sports car, its makers and its return
The Zenos E10 is a mid-engined Norfolk sports car by ex-Caterham bosses: just over 100 built in 2015–16, then revived as the £115,900 E10 r2 and rZ.
Industry
18 articlesWho owns the marques, how they are run and what became of them: 18 guides to the motor industry.
Motorsport
Lotus F1 Team: the Enstone team from Lotus Renault GP to Renault
Lotus F1 Team was the ex-Renault team at Enstone, raced as Lotus 2012–15. Räikkönen won twice for it; Renault bought it back for £1 in 2015.
Motorsport
Lotus Exige: Series 1 to 3, versions, specs and values
The Lotus Exige ran from 2000 to 2021 in three series, from the 177bhp Rover car to the 430bhp Cup 430.
Classic
Lotus Evora: history, every version, specs, values and racing
The Lotus Evora is Lotus's mid-engined V6 2+2, built at Hethel from 2009 to 2021: 6,117 made, from the 276bhp original to the 430bhp GT430.
Classic
Lotus Esprit: history, every version, specs, values and the new Esprit
The Lotus Esprit is the mid-engined wedge Lotus built at Hethel from 1976 to 2004: 10,675 made, from Giugiaro's 160bhp S1 to the 350bhp V8.
Industry
Lotus Elise: every series, specs, values and buying guide
The Lotus Elise is the mid-engined roadster Lotus built at Hethel from 1996 to 2021: 35,124 made, from the 118bhp S1 to the 2021 Final Editions.
Industry
Lotus Cars: who owns Lotus, from Colin Chapman to Geely
Lotus Cars has belonged to Lotus Technology, controlled by Geely’s Li Shufu, since August 2026.
Classic
Lotus 72: Colin Chapman’s wedge-shaped Formula One car
The Lotus 72 won 20 Grands Prix, the 1970 and 1972 drivers’ titles and three constructors’ titles: its design, seasons, chassis and values.
Motorsport
Kimi Räikkönen: the 2007 champion from Sauber to rallying and Lotus
Kimi Raikkonen won the 2007 F1 title for Ferrari by one point, won 21 of his 349 Grands Prix and raced in the WRC and NASCAR.
Classic
Karun Chandhok: F1 driver, Le Mans racer and Sky Sports analyst
Karun Chandhok is an Indian former F1 driver who started 11 Grands Prix for HRT and Lotus, was sixth at Le Mans in 2012 and now analyses F1 for Sky.
Classic
James Bond cars: every 007 car from Dr. No to No Time to Die
James Bond cars, film by film: a hired Sunbeam Alpine in Dr. No, the Aston Martin DB5 in eight films, three BMWs and the DB10 built for Spectre.
Industry
Chicane, the music of Nick Bracegirdle: hits, albums and cars
Chicane is Nick Bracegirdle, the English producer of Offshore, Saltwater and the 2000 UK number one Don’t Give Up, who has owned Ferraris and Lotuses.
Interviews
BMW M Division: history, cars, bosses and sales of BMW M GmbH
BMW M Division is BMW M GmbH, founded in 1972 as BMW Motorsport GmbH: its history, M cars, bosses, sales and what the M colours mean.
Classic
Alpine A110: the original Berlinette and the modern revival
Alpine A110: the rear-engined Berlinette of 1962–77 that won the 1973 world rally title, and the 2017 revival, 28,701 built.
Motorsport
Caterham F1: the team’s history, results and collapse
Caterham F1 was Tony Fernandes’s Formula One team, first Lotus Racing in 2010. It never scored a point and collapsed into administration in 2014.
Motorsport
Caterham Cars: the history and owners of the Seven’s maker
Caterham Cars has built the Lotus-designed Seven since 1973, first in Surrey and then in Dartford.
Classic
Zimmer Motorcars: the rise and demise of the Golden Spirit
Paul Zimmer, a Florida mobile-home maker, turned new Mustangs into gold-eagled 1930s fantasies until his firm’s 1988 bankruptcy.