{"id":17838,"date":"2010-12-26T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=17838"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:00:17","slug":"lotus-europa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/lotus-europa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Europa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17838 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-post-gallery-thumb'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_01-251x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-gallery-thumb size-post-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_01-251x167.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_01-278x185.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_02-251x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-gallery-thumb size-post-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_02-251x167.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_02-278x185.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_03-251x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-gallery-thumb size-post-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_03-251x167.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Lotus-Europa_1965_1600x1200_wallpaper_03-278x185.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It was light, had it&#8217;s engine just behind the driver&#8217;s seats and looked if you squinted like a breadvan kit car from the future. But the original Lotus Europa holds a place close to our hearts because, rather than despite it&#8217;s eccentric looks.<\/p>\n<p>The low drag factor and the svelte weight meant that despite it&#8217;s relatively small engine, it was apparently a joy to fling around.<\/p>\n<p>Our favourite of course, is the pictured late &#8216;type 74&#8217; Europe that came with a 1600 Lotus-Ford twin cam engine (the earlier editions had renault engines) and the natty John Player Special black and gold trim to honour F1 World titles in 72 and 73.<\/p>\n<p>This baby came with a top end of over 120 MPH and a pullaway of around 7 seconds. That low to the ground and weighing only about three quarters of a metric tonne, it would have been a blast.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear from any proud owners out there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We heart the strange, innovative little Lotus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779],"tags":[185,953,1113,1286,1135,59,955],"class_list":["post-17838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","tag-1970s","tag-british","tag-british-cars","tag-cars","tag-classic-cars-2","tag-lotus","tag-road","manufacturers-lotus-3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lotus Europa - Influx<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We heart the strange, innovative little Lotus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/lotus-europa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lotus Europa - 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