{"id":240754,"date":"2016-04-22T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T11:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=240754"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:55:44","slug":"1955-lotus-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1955-lotus-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">1955 Lotus 9<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Lotus Mark IX<\/h2>\n<p>The first car built with regard to aerodynamics at Lotus was the 9. Its strange body was the work of Mike Costin who designed a fully enveloped body which could be described as streamlined. The chassis was designed to accept a multitude of engines from the MG unit to a more potent Coventry Climax FWA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p>As fitted with a Coventry Climax FWA, Colin Chapman and Ron Flockhart drove a Lotus Mk9 at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans. 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Because of this sole effort many cars with the Coventry Climax engine are called &#8216;Le Mans.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-race-models\/\"><strong>Lotus Race Car List<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-current-models\/\">Lotus&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-current-models\/\">Current&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-current-models\/\">Lineup<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-current-models\/\">All Lotus Models<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-news\/\">Lotus News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1955-lotus-9\/1955_lotus_91\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-240764\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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