Lotus Europa: Colin Chapman's mid-engined masterpiece Explores the design development and production of the Lotus Europa, Lotus’s first mid-engined road car. It covers the Renault-powered Series 1 and 2 cars, the Lotus Twin Cam-engined versions, and the Type 47 racing models.
Period Covered: 1966 to 1975 Models Covered: Lotus Europa 1966 - 1975. Covering the Europa S1 and S2, Twincam, and Special Models NOT Covered: The current Lotus Europa
Features: • Covers the history of the design and development of the road going Europa from the Series 1 to the Special • Describes the design and history of the Type 47 racer and the Type 62 • Places the Europa in context in the Lotus model line-up of the 1960s and 70s • The only book dedicated purely to the Europa • Interview with Lotus engineers Mike Kimberley and Oliver Winterbottom on Europa Twin Cam design • In depth description of the design and layout of the cars • Details of technical innovations and evolution of the models • Full specification tables for all the cars • Many never before published pictures of the cars • Owners experiences and driving impressions of their cars
