I’m glad Lotus is back. I loved the 1965-1967 Lotus, like the cars used in the movie “Grand Prix.” It’s my all-time favorite race car. My dad built us kids a slot car track, and I had the replica.
I built a car that was 4 steel wires attached to drilled out tubes holding ball bearings, with a bracket holding a 36D rewind geared extra tall and a skinny little lexan Lotus body. It didn’t stat on the track very well, but it had the highest top end of any slot car at the track. That was about 1969 or so...
The Lotus 49 is possibly the most beautiful F1 car ever built. Though I’m also partial to the Lotus 79. :)