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Lotus Elite, the Glossary

The Lotus Elite name has been used for two production vehicles and one concept vehicle developed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars.^[1]

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Aerodynamics

Aerodynamics (ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing.

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An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.

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Backbone chassis

Backbone tube chassis is a type of automobile construction chassis that is similar to the body-on-frame design.

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Bristol Aeroplane Company

The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aircraft engines.

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British International Motor Show

The British International Motor Show was an annual (bi-biennial after 1976) motor show held by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) between 1903 and 2008 in England.

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Chapman strut

The Chapman strut is a design of independent rear suspension used for light cars, particularly sports and racing cars.

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Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a line of American two-door, two-seater sports cars manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque since 1953. Lotus Elite and Chevrolet Corvette are 1960s cars, 1970s cars, 1980s cars, coupés and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Colin Chapman

Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars.

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Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.

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Cosworth

Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream automotive industries.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. Lotus Elite and coupe are coupés.

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David Hobbs (racing driver)

David Wishart Hobbs (born 9 June 1939) is a British former racing driver.

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De Havilland

The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.

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Drag coefficient

In fluid dynamics, the drag coefficient (commonly denoted as: c_\mathrm, c_x or c_) is a dimensionless quantity that is used to quantify the drag or resistance of an object in a fluid environment, such as air or water.

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DRB-HICOM

DRB-HICOM Berhad is one of Malaysia's leading corporations, involved in the automotive manufacturing, assembly and distribution industry through its involvement in the passenger car and four wheel drive vehicle market segment, the national truck project and the national motorcycle project.

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Engine block

In an internal combustion engine, the engine block is the structure that contains the cylinders and other components.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Frank Costin

Francis Albert Costin (8 June 1920 – 5 February 1995) was a British automotive engineer who advanced monocoque chassis design and was instrumental in adapting aircraft aerodynamic knowledge for automobile use.

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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected via a drive shaft.

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Hethel

Hethel is a small village in the civil parish of Bracon Ash, in the South Norfolk district, in Norfolk, England, approximately southeast of the market town of Wymondham, and approximately south of the city of Norwich.

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Independent suspension

Independent suspension is any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump on the road) independently of the others.

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Jensen-Healey

The Jensen-Healey is a British two-seater convertible sports car, produced by Jensen Motors Ltd.

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Kinetic energy recovery system

A kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) is an automotive system for recovering a moving vehicle's kinetic energy under braking.

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Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne.

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Leo Geoghegan

Leo Francis Geoghegan (16 May 1936 – 2 March 2015) was an Australian racing driver.

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Lotus 900 series

The Lotus 900 series is a family of internal combustion engines designed and built by Lotus Cars of United Kingdom.

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Lotus 907

The Lotus 907 is an inline-4 automobile engine designed and manufactured by Lotus Cars.

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Lotus Éclat

The Lotus Éclat (Type 76 and Type 84) is a sports car built from 1975 to 1982 by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. Lotus Elite and Lotus Éclat are 1980s cars, coupés, Lotus vehicles and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Lotus Cars

Lotus Group (also known as Lotus Cars, and doing business as Lotus NYO in China) is a British multinational automotive manufacturer of luxury sports cars and electric vehicles.

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Lotus Elan

Lotus Elan is the name of two separate ranges of automobiles produced by Lotus Cars. Lotus Elite and Lotus Elan are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, Lotus vehicles and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Lotus Esprit

The Lotus Esprit is a sports car built by Lotus Cars from 1976 to 2004 at their Hethel, England factory. Lotus Elite and Lotus Esprit are 1980s cars, 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars, coupés and Lotus vehicles.

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Lotus Europa

The Lotus Europa name is used on two distinct mid-engine GT cars built by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. Lotus Elite and Lotus Europa are 1970s cars and Lotus vehicles.

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Lotus Excel

The Lotus Excel (Type 89) is a sports car designed and built by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars from 1982 to 1992. Lotus Elite and Lotus Excel are coupés, Lotus vehicles and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Lotus-Ford Twin Cam

The Lotus-Ford Twin Cam is an inline-four petrol engine developed by Lotus for the 1962 Lotus Elan.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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Monocoque

Monocoque, also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell.

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Motor Sport (magazine)

Motor Sport is a monthly motor racing magazine, founded in the United Kingdom in 1924 as the Brooklands Gazette.

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Multi-valve

A multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves (an intake, and an exhaust).

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Nürburgring

The Nürburgring is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Oliver Winterbottom

Oliver Carton Winterbottom (24 February 1944 – 6 November 2020) was a British automotive designer who designed cars for Lotus, Jaguar and TVR.

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Overhead camshaft engine

An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine in which the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.

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Pirelli Cinturato

The Pirelli Cinturato is a Pirelli-developed car tyre that was the first example of a wrap-around radial tyre structure.

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Proton Holdings

Proton Holdings Berhad, commonly known as Proton (stylised PROTON), is a Malaysian multinational automotive company.

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Pulborough

Pulborough is a town and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants.

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Roadster (car)

A roadster (also spider, spyder) is an open two-seat car with emphasis on sporting appearance or character.

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Rover SD1

The Rover SD1 is both the code name and eventual production name given to a series of executive cars built by the Specialist Division (later the Jaguar-Rover-Triumph division), and finally the Austin Rover division of British Leyland from 1976 until 1986, when it was replaced by the Rover 800. Lotus Elite and Rover SD1 are 1980s cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Shooting brake

Shooting-brake (alternately spelled shooting break) is a car body style which originated in the 1890s from horse-drawn carriage origins.

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Sports car

A sports car is a type of car that is designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving, and racing capability.

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Sports Car Market

Sports Car Market is a magazine based in Portland, Oregon that covers the auctions of vehicles and other aspects of car collecting.

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Straight-four engine

A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.

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The Motor

The Motor (later, just Motor) was a British weekly car magazine founded on 28 January 1903 and published by Temple Press.

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V8 engine

A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.

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Wind tunnel

Wind tunnels are machines in which objects are held stationary inside a tube, and air is blown around it to study the interaction between the object and the moving air.

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ZF Friedrichshafen

ZF Friedrichshafen AG, also known as ZF Group, originally Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, and commonly abbreviated to ZF, is a German technology manufacturing company that supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elite

Also known as Lotus 14, Lotus LX, Lotus Type 75, Lotus Type 83.

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