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8 unusual facts about Lotus


Lotus 23

Powered by Lotus-Ford Twin Cam or its Cosworth derivatives mostly mated to Hewland Mk.8 or Mk.9, it is still built by Xanthos Sports Cars.

With a lower level of adherence to the original design than the Xanthos, it proved successful in racing, with over 60 cars produced using either Lotus TwinCam or Renault V6 engines.

Lotus-Ford Twin Cam

The cylinder head has hemispherical combustion chambers similar to that first used by Peugeot on their 1912 Grand Prix car and subsequently refined by Vittorio Jano in 1920s and 30's, as well as by Walter Hassan in 1940s and 50's, among other notable engineers who continually borrowed ideas from the aeronautics industry.

The Mk.XVI was used by Bob Gerard Racing on Cooper T71/73 for John Taylor at 1964 British Grand Prix, but was no match against Coventry Climax FWMV and BRM P56 V8s, which were generating about 200 bhp.

Although it still used the Ford iron block, Mk.XIII was a properly developed racing engine that was far from just another souped-up production motor, and its dominance in Formula B was close to being absolute against the main rivals Satta/Hruska designed Alfa Romeo 105/115 1570 cc DOHC unit, and Alex von Falkenhausen designed SOHC 1573 cc BMW M116 engine.

Lotus, Florida

Lotus along with Tropic, south of the Pineda Causeway lost their identity as individual villages during the beginning of the Space Age in the 1960s as the entire area fell under single family residential zoning only as part of the larger Merritt Island.

The area is located between Honeymoon Hill and the Pineda Causeway.

Marshall, California

:For the place formerly with this name in El Dorado County, see Lotus, California.


1963 Indianapolis 500

Many, including Chapman and journalist and author Brock Yates, believed that had it been an American driver and car in second place instead of Clark in the British built Lotus, officials would have black flagged him.

1979 United States Grand Prix West

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve captured pole, fastest lap and the win for Ferrari, followed by teammate Jody Scheckter, as the Prancing Horses took a big step toward reclaiming the Constructor's and Driver's Championships from Lotus.

2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season

Matthieu Vaxivière, who finished tenth in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series, will enter the championship with Lotus.

Adam Wilcox

His GT Racing Career started by winning the new Lotus Sport Elise Championship in 2000, and then backed by ADVAN/Yokohama Tyres he moved to Japan to compete in the All Japan GT Championship for 3 years during 2001 - 2003 seasons, driving a Porsche GT3R and a Nismo Nissan S15 before moving back to the UK in 2004 and winning the British GTC Championship in a DRM Racing Ferrari F360 GTC.

Ancient Crosses of India

A cultural adaptation of local imagery, the lotus is the national flower of India and the cross fixed on the lotus would symbolize Christianity in India in the first century.

Bacon and eggs

:or Bird's foot trefoil, a variety of Lotus: see Lotus (genus) or Lotus corniculatus

Baiyangdian Lake

The lake and side parks also are home to a vast number of lotus, ti plants, and other plants.

Blue lotus

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus, Bean of India, or simply Lotus, an aquatic flower native to tropical Asia and Queensland, Australia

Blue Lotus Assembly

Blue Lotus Assembly (Sho-Ren Ko) is a form of esoteric Buddhism established in North America by Stephen K. Hayes.

Chuck Parsons

After he raced the Healey in amateur events he moved on briefly to a Porsche, then a Lotus type 15.

Cliff Allison

The Lotus of Bruce Halford came next into the blind curve and became part of the wreck.

Cnephasia communana

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Glebionis segetum, Lotus, Vicia faba, Plantago and Rumex

Cooper T51

By the end of 1960 BRP had lost three drivers - Ivor Bueb, Harry Schell (who also ran his own T51 under the Ecurie Bleue banner) and Chris Bristow - to fatal accidents, and the Samengo-Turners decided to take their money to Reg Parnell's team instead, and since Parnell had filled up Cooper's order book BRP had to switch to Lotus for 1961.

Devi

The hymn also associates her with lotus and elephant – an association, which has not changed in subsequent history.

Doc Bundy

Lotus teammates Andy Pilgrim and David Murray featured prominently in the standings, with additional varied drivers that included Paul Newman.

Experimental Station for Landscape Plants

The arboretum covers 47,031 m², and contains about 350 species (500 varieties) of woody plants and flowers, with excellent collections of Camellia japonica (130 varieties), Camellia sasanqua (30 varieties), and flowering lotus (including 250 varieties of Nelumbo nucifera and Nelumbo lutea).

Floridian highlands freshwater marsh

Approximately meter-deep supports emergent herbaceous perennials, typically in dense, monospecific stands; species include bulrush (Typha latifolia), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

Ganges in Hinduism

Because the Ganges directly touches the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu (Narayana) before descending within this universe, Ganges is known as Bhagavat-Padi which means Emanating from the lotus feet of Bhagavan (God).

Gayatri

In illustrations, the goddess often sits on a lotus flower and appears with five heads and five pairs of hands, representing the incarnations of the goddess as Parvati, Saraswati etc.

Gayatri is typically portrayed as seated on a red lotus, signifying wealth.

H.R. Owen

The Group also operates aftersales-only franchises for Audi, BMW, Lotus and MINI.

Higenamine

Higenamine (norcoclaurine) is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants including Nandina domestica (fruit), Aconitum carmichaelii (root), Asarum heterotropioides, Galium divaricatum (stem and vine), Annona squamosa, and Nelumbo nucifera (lotus seeds).

Idhayak Kamalam

Idhayak Kamalam (Tamil: இதயக் கமலம்; English: Heart Lotus) is a 1965 Indian Tamil film, directed by Srikanth.

Kalakshetra

Balasaraswati said that "the effort to purify Bharatanatyam through the introduction of novel ideas is like putting a gloss on burnished gold or painting the lotus".

Keshava Namas

#Padmanabha - One who has the lotus (Padma) in his navel (Nabha) which is the birthplace of Brahma the creator deity of 14 worlds within the universe, one whose navel is as beautiful as lotus flower

Liz Neal

Collaboration with Nick Knight at SHOWstudio: Lotus Eater, STORE, London and Room, Transition Gallery, London

Lotus 100T

During the 1988 season, former three-time World Champion Jackie Stewart test drove the 100T at the Snetterton Circuit in Norfolk, England, which was Lotus's test track at the time.

Lotus 108

Of the fifteen, at least two are on display, one at the Lotus Factory at Hethel, and Boardman's hour record bike at the Museum of Liverpool.

Lotus Eleven

Several class victories at Le Mans and Sebring followed, and the Eleven became Lotus' most successful race car design.

Lotus Europa S

The car was originally planned to be manufactured at parent company Proton's factory in Malaysia, allowing for a lower sale price, but ultimately the company chose the Lotus Hethel factory for its production.

Lotus M90

In 1981, Oliver Winterbottom was brought back to Lotus, after a stint developing the Tasmin for TVR, to design a new car to complement the Excel and the Esprit and bring some profitability to the lineup.

Lotus Mark I

The Lotus Mark I was the first car designed and built by Colin Chapman in 1948, while Chapman was still a student at the University of London.

Lotus Racing

The umbrella name for Lotus Cars parent company Group Lotus plc's racing division, formerly Lotus Motorsport

Lotus Renault

Team Lotus, which used Renault engines between 1983 and 1986 with the constructor name of Lotus Renault

Matt Servitto

Since 2012 he has been a series regular on the original Cinemax series "Banshee" where he plays Deputy Brock Lotus and on the Adult Swim television series Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell where he plays Satan.

N. alba

Nymphaea alba, the European white waterlily, white lotus or nenuphar, a freshwater aquatic flowering plant species found all over Europe and in parts of North Africa and the Middle East

Opel Speedster

Produced by Lotus at their Hethel, Norfolk factory, the Speedster carried the Lotus internal model identification Lotus 116 and the code name Skipton for the 2.2N/A version and Tornado for the 2.0 L Turbo.

Palmette

Jessica Rawson, Chinese Ornament: The Lotus and the Dragon; ISBN 0-7141-1431-6, British Museum Pubns Ltd, 1984

Peter Gethin

Tim Schenken and Clay Regazzoni, who was recovering from technical problems, also exposed his deficiencies in racecraft, leaving him 14th and last, and this was where he finished, 8 laps down on winner Emerson Fittipaldi in the Lotus.

Prem Mandir

There is a mosaic of Jesus seated in a meditation pose above a lotus like an Indian holy man.

Ralph Wickiser

In 1976 and 1978, he exhibited his work at Lotus Gallery, Soho, NY, one of Soho's first galleries.

Soo K. Chan

His works have been published in international journals and books including Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Interni, Lotus, Monument and World Architecture.

Southern Shaolin Monastery

It is said that after the government destroyed the first temple Chee Seen, one of the Five Elders went on to build a second southern Shaolin Temple at Jiulian Shan (Nine Lotus Mountain) which was also later destroyed by the Qing government with the help of Pak Mei and Fung Dou Dak, two of Five Elders who defected from the Shaolin.

Tengku Djan Ley

Tengku Djan Ley also competed in the 2005 FIA GT Zhuhai Supercar 500 race, sharing a Lotus Exige 300RR with Paul Stokell, the pair finished 14th overall and 2nd in G2 class.

The Jew in the Lotus

The title is a pun on the Tibetan mantra Om mani padme hum which is frequently misinterpreted as "hail to the jewel in the lotus."

Vajra

It consists of a spherical central section, with two symmetrical sets of five prongs, which arc out from lotus blooms on either side of the sphere and come to a point at two points equidistant from the centre, thus giving it the appearance of a "diamond sceptre", which is how the term is sometimes translated.

Vauxhall Slant-4 engine

It is said that when Vauxhall unveiled its new slant-four engine at the 1966 Earls Court Motor Show its bore centers were exactly the same as those proposed by Lotus for their new all-alloy engine.


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