This pictorial history of the famous British automobile marque Lotus traces its story through the seventies and eighties when its reputation was established with such famous models as the Seven, Elite, Elan and Europa, and also looks at Lotus's new generation of cars, including the four-seater Elite, the S1, S2, S3 Esprit and Esprit Turbo coupes, the fastback front-engined Eclat and the latest Lotus Sport 300.