C&SC presents… Lotus Legends is out now

| 22 Aug 2024
Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Lotus Legends is out now

Classic & Sports Car presents… Lotus Legends is our tribute to this brilliant British brand and it’s on sale now.

You can buy your copy at your local supermarket or newsagent, or click here to buy it and have it posted to you, wherever you live in the world.

This is the 19th edition in Classic & Sports Car’s Legends series, featuring some of the best articles from the past 25 years of our magazine.

If you’ve missed an edition, there might be a chance to catch up. At the time of writing, copies are still available of Italian LegendsMG Legends1980s Legends, BMW LegendsFrench Legends, Off-Road Legends, Aston Martin Legends, Modern Classic Legends and Ferrari Legends if you click here. Get them before they sell out.

Keep scrolling for our preview of Classic & Sports Car presents… Lotus Legends

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Lotus Legends is out now

From p46 we have a celebration of one of maybe the best-loved Lotus models: the Elan.

It is a car that, in all its forms, has ability in inverse proportion to its dimensions, a coveted sporting lightweight classic car that has more than stood the test of time.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Lotus Legends is out now

We go back to the start of the Lotus story, too, in Classic & Sports Car presents… Lotus Legends.

Join us, appropriately, from p6 as we sample Colin Chapman’s versatile first ‘production’ car, the Lotus Six, in trials and racing guises.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Lotus Legends is out now

We are tracing the evolution of the four-cylinder Lotus Esprits, from S1 to S4S, from p128 of our latest special-edition magazine.

Our Alastair Clements writes, “there is an example of this real-world supercar to suit every taste” – discover yours in Classic & Sports Car presents… Lotus Legends.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Lotus Legends is out now

Finally, this special issue also pays tribute to the Lotus Elise.

Starting on p186, we bid farewell to the car that saved its maker, with an S1 1.8i and a supercharged S2.


C&SC presents… Lotus Legends is out now and available at newsagents and supermarkets, plus you can also buy a copy online, here, and have it delivered to your door