1987 80s eighties red M50 Lotus Excel 5 speed manual, 2174cc, 3-door fastback coupe 2+2 super-sports car en-route to Capesthorne Hall classic May car show, Cheshire, UK
Project M50 would end up being the first Lotus to be powered by the firm’s new 1973cc twin-cam slant-four, 16-valve Type 907 developing 155bhp. Of course, Chapman being the astute businessman that he was, much of the engine’s initial development was bankrolled by Jensen, which elected to use the engine in 140bhp form for its Jensen-Healey sports car, introduced in 1972. It would also debut the firm’s new glassfibre moulding process, Vacuum-Assisted Resin Injection (VARI). Essentially, the M50 would be built in two halves, the upper and the lower. The join would appear as a very obvious feature line running the length of the body, but was none the worse for it. It would mean that its Eclat sister car would be easily spun off from the Elite, and would also be used very successfully in the Esprit.
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Location: Congelton, UK
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License: Licensed
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