Lotus has developed excellent and unusual cars in equal measure. The Lotus Eclat and Excel top the list of obscure releases. The Eclan, while brilliant, gets its fair share of downvotes – it’s not the ...

The reaction of the Caterham driver said it all, really. There we both were, travelling in opposite directions in our spritely British sports cars, making the most of a clear (if chilly) day to enjoy ...

Justin Cupler has been a member of the TopSpeed team since 2012. Justin's love for cars started back when he was just five years old, helping his dad work on his 1957 Chevy Bell Air and then his 1966 ...

Lotus Cars, the British manufacturer that won seven constructors’ championships in Formula 1, is the stuff automotive legends are made of. The artisan of the Hethel-based automaker is Colin Chapman, ...

Korean automaker Kia wasn't exactly known for building quality desirable cars in the 1990s, when it was mostly cranking out economically sound vehicles like the Mazda-based Sephia and Sportage. These ...

Nice Price or Crack Pipe Vigato change your mind about '98 Kias, and maybe about what they should cost. Quick now, think of a Lotus Elan. If you are of a certain age, what you are now picturing is a ...

A one-piece, bespoke foam and plastic-skinned dashboard. A quick-fold hood that didn’t leak and which stowed beneath its own lid. Electric windows good for more than five consecutive rises and falls.