I can recall reading somewhere that Lotus used gold leaf for the lettering & numbers on the JPS black & gold liveried cars in the early years of the JPS sponsorship years in the 1970's, but later switched to something cheaper (either gold-colored paint or Mylar?). Gold prices escalated rapidly during the inflation of…

As long as dealerships have enough political influence in state & local governments to keep franchise laws on the books, we’ll continue to have the dealers as middle men.

My favorite book about racing is “Racing in the Rain” by John Horsman, who was chief engineer for the John Wyer Gulf team in the 1960's- 1970's, when they won LeMans 3 times. (NOT to be confused with “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, mentioned elsewhere in this thread.) He was chief engineer for Wyer when they raced…

My favorite book on the auto industry is “The Reckoning”, by David Halberstam (author of “The Best and the Brightest”, among other bestsellers).

Also:Top-secret US Government documents, even if you rip them up first.

If you want any color other than what the dealer already has on allocation, they’ll probably charge you $10K markup and then cancel the order when their allocation gets cut. Honda USA can’t get cars built.

Yep, the C-pillar makes the hatch look very tail-heavy.  If it were thinner, it would be more balanced visually.

I have a 2013 Mazda3 hatch with the 6MT. A month ago, I got to drive a 2022 hatch with 6MT as a loaner while my car was being serviced.

Most likely a liquidation of the Carl Haas estate.

Red cars have higher insurance premiums.

It would be nice to see them bring back Lime Rock Green (short-lived C7 color)

There must be some reason nobody ordered a 1971 ‘Cuda convertible with a Hemi in plum crazy!

It’s the old Detroit problem:

The little girl is Princess Gabriella, daughter of Prince Albert and Princess Consort Charlene. She’s a granddaughter of Grace Kelly.

Supposedly Graham Hill made some caustic comment about the naked man on the Borg-Warner trophy when he won as a rookie in 1966, but I can’t find any reference to it now.

That car sat in the Henry Ford museum for many years and was subjected to a major restoration by Classic Team Lotus in 2015, the 50th Anniversary of Jimmy Clark’s win.   Some of the same mechanics who worked on the car in period worked on the restoration.

It’s a photo taken at a slow shutter speed, the photographer was panning Graham Hill’s car.  That’s a track marshal directing cars away from some hazard, most likely, he’s blurred due to the slow shutter speed.

It’s worth remembering that Indy 500 prize money was orders of magnitude larger than F1 prize money during that period.

Interesting first-hand review from an owner, particularly the part about the driving position. Thanks for posting!

As the saying goes (about a lot of old, high-end cars): “If you can’t afford an expensive one, you REALLY can’t afford a cheap one”.