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The theme of the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed

The 2012 Autocar Festival of Speed will honour the Lotus marque together with the main ?Central Feature? installation, displayed prominently outside Goodwood House.

Goodwood will celebrate this much-loved British brand at an exciting amount of time in the marque?s history, as Lotus is actually 24 months right into a five-year plan together with the goal of returning the marque to the original status alongside other prestigious performance car manufacturers. The blueprint includes a complete new range, the very first of which are the return of the iconic Esprit in 2013 (concept car shown below).

It?s never assume all about aiming to the future for Lotus though, a huge part of the company is its heritage and Lotus will relish a colossal array of significant anniversaries in 2012, including Six decades ever since the first Lotus company was founded by Colin Chapman in 1952, four years once the incomparable engineer had built his first vehicle - the objective 1 trials car - in an old stable behind his parent?s Railway Hotel in Hornsey, North London.

This year also sees the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking Lotus Elan sportscar, 40 years because iconic Esprit supercar concept was first revealed by Giugiaro, 35 years because innovative Lotus 78 ground effect Formula 1 car competed and Two decades since cyclist Chris Boardman won a gold medal for Britain in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, riding the revolutionary Type 108 bicycle put together by Lotus.

The enviable global reputation that Lotus enjoys today grew out of Chapman?s unparalleled technical ingenuity to dominate all levels of motor sport, from club racing to Formula 1, to generate an enduring legacy. To date Lotus adjusted through to win 13 Formula 1 World Championships (six drivers, and seven constructors titles), and also a spectacular collection of these victorious F1 cars might be at Goodwood during summer, alongside an amazing selection of Lotus Indy cars, saloons, sports and road cars, all forming an integral attraction for the 2012 Autocar Festival of Speed. A wealth of current and ex-works Lotus drivers can also be supposed to appear at Goodwood.

Detailed information of the Lotus vehicle and driver line-up, in addition to further news for the main Lotus Central Feature installation, might be revealed in the coming months.