Future Classic Lotus To Be Unveiled At Knockhill

[Mark H]

Lotus cars, the world renowned sports car manufacturer based in Norfolk have chosen Knockhill Racing Circuit, Scotland’s National Motorsport Centre as the venue to unveil a very special new car.

 

Lotus will take the covers off a limited edition Jim Clark Elise sports car.

 

Based on the superb new 200bhp Supercharged Lotus Elise SC; only 25 will be built to commemorate with the 40th anniversary of the passing of the great Jim Clark. To be launched at Knockhill Racing Circuit at the “Classic Speedfair” weekend on 7th/8th June. Jim’s surviving relatives were consulted for their permission to use the name and signature of Jim Clark; all agreed that this would be an excellent tribute from the company for which he excelled.

 

Finished in classic non-metallic Racing Green with Yellow stripe, as per Jim’s famous Type 25 Formula One car, the car has a bespoke interior in Red, and some classic touches including wooden gearknob, signature Jim Clark signwriting, and yellow grille surround. Unique wheels, extra specification and a great value package fish off what will become an instant classic.

 

Jim was born in Kilmany in Fife so it is extremely fitting that the new Lotus be launched at Knockhill.

 

As part of a celebration of 60 glorious years of producing what is regarded by many performance car aficionados as the best handling sports cars in the world, Lotus cars will bring The Lotus Roadshow to the Fife circuit’s 3rd “Classic Speedfair.” A full range of the company’s exciting cars will be on show.

 

Hundreds of Lotus owners from all corners of the UK and numerous foreign fans of the famous Marque will converge at the Fife Circuit and will put on a special display and on-track demonstrations.

 

The circuit’s PR manager, Ray Smith said, “Knockhill is extremely pleased and honoured that Lotus Cars have decided to unveil this stunning, significant car here at our “Classic Speedfair” event.

 

Continued Ray, “It’s a magnificent tribute to one of the greatest ever world champions and Jim, who’s name will forever be linked to Lotus is certain to be fondly remembered by the thousands of visitors to the event.”

 

In addition to the hundreds of cars on show, the event, which is billed as having something for everyone from Grandson’s to Granddad’s will also feature a full programme of racing with Formula Ford competitors battling it out to win the Sir Jackie Stewart Trophy whilst classic sports and saloon drivers will be competing in the first ever running of the Jimmy Stewart Trophy race, honouring Sir Jackie’s late elder brother.

 

Knockhill Racing Circuit

By Dunfermline

Fife

KY12 9TF

 

Knockhill is famous for racing events, hosting the top events in the UK; British Touring Cars, British Superbikes and The Scottish Motorshow. As well as amazing racing action, Knockhill is a busy place 7 days a week operating Driving Experiences, Corporate Entertaining and Team Building Events, Driver Training, Karting and Trackdays.

 

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[Mark H]

Lotus Launches Clark Type 25 Elise SC

Type 25 celebrates the life of Jim Clark

Jim Clark is considered by many as the finest and most naturally gifted racing driver of all time.

He won the F1 World Championship twice for Team Lotus in 1963 and in 1965.

In total, he won 25 Grand Prix races and was the first Briton to win the Indianapolis 500. Clark

won a third of all the F1 races he entered, as well as racing in other formulae such as F2, F3

and Touring Cars. Typically he would race in as many as three different categories per race

meeting! How many of the current crop of F1 drivers would do that?

In tribute to Jim Clark's achievements, Lotus, in association with Classic Team Lotus, is

producing the Clark Type 25 Elise SC, with a donation for each of these special cars sold

going to the Jim Clark memorial fund. This Elise, limited to just 25 cars in the UK (25 being the

Type number of his 1963 Lotus F1 car and his number of F1 wins) has been authorised by the

Clark family and coincides with the 40

th

anniversary of Jim Clark's death at Hockenheim in

1968.

The Clark Type 25 Elise SC will be launched at The Scottish Classic SpeedFair at Knockhill on

the 8

th

of June 2008 and will form part of a weekend long tribute to Jim Clark. The Club Lotus

Jim Clark Remembrance Weekend will take place over the 7

th

and 8

th

of June and promises to

be a fantastic celebration of the life of Jim Clark.

Mike Kimberley, CEO of Group Lotus Plc comments, "It is fitting that the latest version of our

award winning Elise, the Clark Type 25 Elise SC, should celebrate the life of Jim Clark. It is

also an honour to be able to unveil the car at Knockhill this weekend. Each owner of the Clark

Type 25 Elise SC will be joining an unrivalled heritage that recognises motorsport's greatest

partnership, that of Lotus and Jim Clark."

The Clark Type 25 Elise SC draws upon many styling cues from the Type 25 Formula 1 car

that Jim Clark raced to win the World Championship in 1963. The car, with a removable hard

top as standard, is finished in British Racing Green with a yellow stripe along the centre and

features high performance Lotus Sport wheels, finished in an historic black and silver design.

The interior is inspired by the Team Lotus Formula 1 cars of the era, with black leather sports

seats, trimmed with red leather and all finished off with a fantastic retro wooden gear knob.

The Elise SC is the most powerful production Elise ever produced and offers stunning

performance. Power comes from a 1.8 litre non-intercooled, supercharged engine and uses

intelligent cam switching technology, enabling the engine to switch to the high performance

cam anywhere between 4000 and 6200 rpm. This clever feature gives the engine two

characters, allowing the car to be driven economically or giving maximum performance for

spirited driving.

The Elise's light weight gives low CO

2

emissions, great handling and affords phenomenal

braking. Another benefit of the low weight is incredible acceleration, with the sprint to 60 mph

taking just 4.3 seconds and with 100 km/h despatched in 4.6 seconds. The Elise SC

accelerates on to a top speed of 148 mph, which is 238 km/h.

All Lotus cars offer exceptional handling and the Elise is no exception. The chassis has a

seriously light, stiff structure. Combining this technology with the fantastic Lotus ride and

handling gives an inspiring driving experience and the mid-engined layout of the Lotus Elise

offers fantastic balance and agility.

The Elise SC offers a few technological advances that Jim Clark may have found helpful in his

Type 25. Coming as standard on the Elise is traction control, ABS and sequential shift lights,

however all the driver aids are included to improve the driving experience and do not intervene

unless really called upon.

The Clark Type 25 Elise SC is currently only available in the UK and Republic of Ireland and is

on sale now. Price: £35,995 MSRP, and includes £5,750 worth of options for just £3,445. On

the Road costs are £950 MSRP

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[simondann111s]

Isn't it about time they stopped releasing special editions and came up with something genuienly new? Has anyone ever counted how many specials there have been.... /broken record - been saying it for years.....

[Neil_C]

This is third type 25 special edition they've done now aint it?

[Mark H]

Image here:

 

http://www.midlandslotus.co.uk/forum/index...si&img=3260

[Neil]

the car has a bespoke interior in Red, and some classic touches including wooden gearknob

 

Ooh, great... a red interior (in a green car ) and the best bit.... a wooden gearknob! Oh, and some rubbish alloys!

 

Sign me up

[Ian_km]

Have to say, for some reason, I like it

[Snapper]

So it will look like every other S2 Lotus Elise style that is now almost 9 years old Smart one Lotus isn't it about time you had the series 3 out? Not to mention the new long awaited models as well.