Lotus Cars Australia has announced the Lotus Tour at Targa High Country 2017, which will run as part of the 2017 Targa High Country Rally over the 10th to the 12th of November this year. Spaces in the tour are extremely limited, so if you’re interested get in touch with Richard at Lotus Cars Australia ASAP!
Ashton’s President’s Prattle for June, 2017
Hi everyone! April’s been a busy, and generally top month. Well, aside from some slightly suspect weather! There was Targa Tasmania, where Lotus caused a stir. Yours truly entered his first Historic Winton in the Eleven, which is where the suss weather reference came from, and DRB announced that they were selling a majority share of Lotus to Geely. I … Read More
Jeff Morton & Dennis Neagle’s Targa Tasmania Country Club GT Sports Trophy Journey
Images thanks to Angryman Photography Targa Tasmania 2017 wrapped up late last month, running over the 24th to the 29th of April, and saw two Club Lotus Australia members crack the podium of the Country Club GT Sports Trophy competition. Jeff Morton won the competition with co-driver Dennis Neagle in a 2017 Lotus Exige Sport 350, jumping ahead of seasoned … Read More
Lotus Photos: Brooklands Spring Classic Breakfast
LOST Fraternity shepherd Jack McLaughlin has returned to the home of Lotus on an adventure, and recently enjoyed the Brooklands Spring Classic Breakfast with Club Lotus. He’s kindly shared some photos from the event, which you can enjoy below! Sunday, May 21st was the first Brooklands Spring Classic Breakfast of 2017. Held in the beautiful Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, United Kingdom, … Read More
John Culvenor Takes Over Back Page of Tasmania’s ‘The Examiner’
Our own John Culvenor has taken over the back page of Tasmania’s ‘The Examiner’ newspaper, after a great run in this year’s Targa Tasmania. John and co-driver Barrie Fitchett finished 9th overall in their 1997 Lotus Elise competing in the Targa Tasmania Budget TSD Trophy. The pair features prominently in ‘The Examiner’s’ coverage of the second leg of the event, with … Read More
CLA Build Stories: Part 3 of the Lotus Esprit VQ Build – Fabricating a Flywheel and Finding a Clutch
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 [email protected] In this post, we rejoin Geoff Winder as he fabricates a flywheel and finds … Read More
Follow Up the 2017 Lotus Elite Diamond Jubilee with a Lotus-Only Track Day at Wakefield Park
The 2017 Lotus Elite Diamond Jubilee is already set to be the biggest birthday party that the Club has ever held, and it’s now gotten even bigger with the addition of a Lotus-Only Track Day on Monday the 14th of August. The track day, held by Simply Sports Cars at Wakefield Park, will see the full variety of Lotus descend … Read More
Lotus Photos: Lotus 2017 & Simply Sports Cars’ Winton LOTD, by Gino Valdes
Gino Valdes has kindly reached out with a brilliant set of photos from the recent Lotus 2017 and Simply Sports Cars’ Winton Raceway Lotus-Only Track Day.
Lotus Photos: LOST Fraternity Run to Euro Motorfest 2017
The LOST Fraternity gathered this past Sunday, the 7th of May, for a run to the MG Car Club Hunter Region’s Euro Motorfest 2017. They met in New Lambton for a run down to the event, which sounds like a brilliant day. “What a satisfying way to spend a Sunday morning! It was wonderful to be a part of such … Read More
The Preserve April 2017 Now Available for Download
‘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! The April 2017 edition of the newsletter has been sent out to members, and is now available for download on our members’ page here. The magazine gets up to date on Shannons Sydney Classic news before recapping the … Read More