{"id":495840,"date":"2016-09-01T00:53:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T07:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=35081"},"modified":"2024-04-03T02:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T02:04:26","slug":"product-reviews-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-3\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Lotus 18 Colin Chapman\u2019s U-turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lotus 18 Colin Chapman\u2019s U-turn<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Mark Whitelock<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/PR201609-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-568199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/PR201609-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/PR201609-p1.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/PR201609-p1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/PR201609-p1-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/PR201609-p1-65x100.jpg 65w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/PR201609-p1-293x451.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a>Whitelock begins with a very brief resume of the roots and where Lotus were in racing car terms, prior to Colin Chapman\u2019s decision to convert to rear-engined power. The Lotus 16, although a great looking car, just couldn\u2019t really \u201ccut the mustard\u201d and was being left behind by the Cooper\u2019s then innovative layout. The author goes on to show how the Chapman car was better engineered and designed more purposefully than the team from Surbiton. The 18 became a car for all championships and seasons, from an F1 Grand Prix car, to Formula Two and even Formula Junior. The book is a delight to read, very well illustrated with a great number of previously unseen period photos, drawings and items of memorabilia from the authors\u2019 own archive, together with comprehensive racing records and chassis histories to augment the text.\u00a0If you think you\u2019ve read all you need to know about Lotus racing cars, I\u2019m sure this book will challenge that notion\u2014it\u2019s a great read and definitely something to put on your \u201cwanted\u201d list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UK price: \u00a350.00 \/ US$85<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Available direct from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veloce.com\">www.veloce.com\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lotus 18 Colin Chapman\u2019s U-turn By Mark Whitelock Whitelock begins with a very brief resume of the roots and where Lotus were in racing car terms, prior to Colin Chapman\u2019s decision to convert to rear-engined power. The Lotus 16, although a great looking car, just couldn\u2019t really \u201ccut the mustard\u201d and was being left behind by the Cooper\u2019s then innovative layout. The author goes on to show how the Chapman car was better engineered and designed more purposefully than the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":568197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,1920,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,1961,13355,17942,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-495840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-lotus","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-lotus","tag-lotus-18","tag-lotus-book","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Lotus 18 Colin Chapman\u2019s U-turn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lotus Book &amp; Can-Am Calendar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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