{"id":460803,"date":"2006-05-01T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2006-05-01T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=73081"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:50:58","slug":"lotus-18-climax-1960-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lotus-18-climax-1960-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus 18-Climax 1960\u201361"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We have had this conversation before! When you get asked a question about your greatest drive, or greatest race or the greatest racecar, you always have to qualify it. I have had cars that did well that I hated, and cars that never won but were great to drive. Some cars were fun to race, and others definitely were not.<\/p>\n

When Colin Chapman produced his first rear-engine Lotus 18, I had become what I termed a \u201cmature\u201d driver. I had driven a wide range of cars by then and could adapt to new ideas and new layouts. When I first saw the Lotus 18 in the early days of 1960, I knew there would be a big change and that it wouldn\u2019t be long before the Rob Walker Cooper I was driving would be outdated. Colin had spent a lot of time with the Lotus 16, the front-engine car, which was very complex, and simply not a match for the Coopers. When Colin finally moved to rear engine, we knew he would produce something that would be quick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n