The original Lotus 7 was a no nonsense, no frills kind of car. It was the epitome of Lotus founder Colin Chapman?s design philosophy, ?Simplify, then add lightness.? The original Lotus 7 was a tiny little bugger. The Lotus 7 was powered by a small Ford-produced Inline 4 and it ranged in power from a meager 49 HP to a more robust 135 HP. The best part about the Lotus 7 was the fact that it weighed as much as a flea and it was astonishingly quick for the time, hitting 60 MPH in less than 7 seconds.
In 1973, Lotus sold the rights for the 7 design to Caterham who has been building it ever since. While Lotus has continued to build a number of small, lightweight cars, - the Elan and Elise come to mind - they?ve sadly never really had a true successor to the original 7. Diseno-art.com thought that should change though and they?ve designed what they dub the 2011 Lotus New 7 Concept to fill that void.
Lotus New 7 Concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/lotus/2011-lotus-new-7-concept-ar106630.html
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