Over the 4th to the 6th of November, 2016, Simply Sports Cars gathered up 16 Lotuses and their adventurous owners to run to the hills for Targa High Country.
Hang Out with Lotus Cars Australia at MotorWorld Sydney and Test Drive an Elise, Exige or Evora
Lotus Cars Australia will be at Sydney’s new MotorWorld motor show from the 1st to the 4th of December and want to put you behind the wheel of an Elise, Exige or Evora at Sydney Motorsport Park.
MotorWorld is a new Sydney event to be held at Sydney Motorsport Park over a long weekend from the 1st to the 4th of December. It will allow consumers the opportunity to test-drive cars on a race track and offer both speed-limited and exclusive super sessions with unrestricted speeds.
Lotus Cars Australia have prepped the new Elise, Exige and Evora 400 for the track and will be offering them for test drives. They’ll be part of the Sports Car Super Session which will provide invited guests the opportunity to ride along in the passenger seat for a few hot laps or to jump behind the wheel under professional instruction.
The event promises a family-friendly atmosphere and plenty to see and do outside of the test drives. We’re interested in this new approach to a Sydney motor show and wish Lotus Cars Australia and MotorWorld Sydney all the best with it!
More information can be found on the MotorWorld Sydney website here.
Looking for Information about a Lotus +2S 130/5
One of our members is looking for information on his Western Australia-delivered Lotus Elan +2S 130/5. Since you are such a resourceful and well-learned bunch, we thought we’d reach out to you with the story to see if anyone has any information.
Read on for what’s known about the car, thanks to Wayne Clark.
If anyone has any knowledge about the early life of what is now a dark red with black roof and black interior +2S 130/5, particularly the colour in which it was originally painted, it would be greatly appreciated.
The car was supposedly sold new in Western Australia, went to Queensland as a father/ son rolling restoration and then then to Tasmania. Chassis number 730101126L if that means anything to anyone.
Needles have been found in haystacks! Many thanks for your time and assistance.
If you have any information about the car please contact Seth at [email protected] and he’ll put you in touch with Wayne.
President’s Prattle: November 2016
Morning all,
Apologies for the delay this month – entirely my fault as I was too busy having fun in the Eleven! So this is a short one, you’ll be pleased to find.
It’s probably timely to remind ourselves how lucky we are to have such a committed, brilliantly organised and friendly Australian Lotus importer and dealership in Simply Sports Cars. They have just pulled off two successive weekends of outstanding motorsport and highly social entertainment and I for one have had a ball and am deeply indebted to them.
A huge thank you to Lee and all his wonderful team for the Winton LOTD and then Targa High Country. We had 19 Lotus cars at Targa. Quite brilliant!
Come along on 16th to our monthly meeting at their showroom and workshops at 17 Hotham Parade, Artarmon to see the cars, the team and of course the photos.
Finally our end of year Christmas Party – I know, it can’t be true but we are nearly in December, so send me a note and transfer the funds if you’ve not done so already. We will send a separate email with instructions nearer the time but the plan is to meet at McDonald’s in Thornleigh at around 8.30 for a leisurely drive up the Old Pac Hwy to lunch
I look forward to seeing lots of you on 16th, over the following weekend at Eastern Creek, and then at our Christmas Party – in the meantime keep it safe, upright and on the black stuff.
Pip pip,
Ashton.
November 2016 Edition of Chunky’s Chatter Now Available to Download
Catch up on all the Club Lotus Australia news in the November 2016 edition of Chunky’s Chatter, which is now available to download from the members’ page.
Features in this month’s mag include:
- Lots of news from Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania
- Peter Eppel tours some of the great circuits of Europe
- Latest update on the Lotus Elite Diamond Jubilee
- Part 2 of the Brian Caldersmith story
- 2016 AGM
And much more! Enjoy Chunky’s lighthearted and sometimes irreverent monthly look at the world of Lotus.
Head to the members’ page to download your copy. And if you’re not a member already, have a browse around the site and hit up our membership page here to find out why you should be!
November 2016 General Meeting at Simply Sports Cars
Join us on Wednesday the 16th of November for an evening catch-up hosted generously by our friends at Simply Sports Cars.
Simply Sports Cars have kindly invited us back to their premises for the November General Meeting. The evening will kick off from 6:30PM at Simply Sports Cars, 17 Hotham Parade in Artarmon.
The Simply Sports Cars team will be displaying the Lotus Exige Sport 350 which they will be entering in Targa Australia. It had its first shakedown run just a few days ago, with driver Grant Denyer commenting “For our first drive of the car I am really encouraged that this is going to be an exciting tarmac package. It’s got all the goods from superb handling to an amazing power to weight ratio. It felt light and impressively agile. I seriously didn’t think it would be this fun to drive.”
When we get together on the 16th, the car will be fresh from its first competitive outing at Targa High Country in Mount Buller, driven by Denyer and international rally navigator Dale Moscatt, so this will be a great opportunity to hear from the Simply Sports Cars Mechanic & Engineering Team as well as other Targa Competitors about their experiences.
As always the evening will be a relaxed social affair, and we will be providing pizzas and soft drinks. If it’s a lovely late-Spring evening, and the mood is right, we may even get the barbecue out.
Please do come along, say ‘Hi!’, enjoy a relaxed evening and support the Club and the Simply Sports Cars team.
Lotus Engineered to Win, Baskerville Historics and More News from Tasmania
Catch up on all the Club Lotus Australia news down in Tassie, thanks to the latest from John Barrass.
Bindoon via Toodyay – Just perfect!
Vicky Rowe’s latest report covers the Early Morning Run to Bindoon via Toodyay this past weekend on Sunday, October 16th.
Eddie Lankhorst’s Quokka Talk for Mid-October, 2016
Catch up on all the news in Western Australia, thanks to the latest edition of Eddie Lankhorst’s Quokka talk.
Off for an Early Morning Run to Austinmer
Ed Burton, sub, sub, sub organising committee of Club Lotus Australia and self-professed owner of the Club’s most understate Elise, has kindly organised a morning run to Austinmer and the Austi Beach Cafe for Sunday the 23rd of October.
The plan is to meet at the Royal National Park alongside the playing fields at 8:00 AM to leave at 8:15. The run will then travel down the coast road to Austinmer for a civilised stop for coffee and breakfast at Austi Beach Cafe (104 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Austinmer) arriving around 9:00AM. Plenty of parking is available in the park opposite the cafe.
For those interested in extending the run, the drive into Kiama can be done along some spectacular country roads.
If you’re interested in coming along, please drop us a line so we can give the cafe an idea of numbers.