Bibliography of Lotus cars

Books on Lotus cars, personalities, and history.

Lotus are an English manufacturer of automobiles specialising in high performance road cars and racing vehicles. They have a distinguished history in sportscar, Grand Prix and Indianapolis racing. This bibliography lists books about the history of the company, the personalities involved, and technical details including workshop manuals.

To be included there should be a substantial section of direct Lotus interest, or something only found in the book in question. General scene-setting for the era, with mentions of Lotus that do not add significant information, have not normally been included. There are however a few especially worthwhile personal favourites. Magazines and annual publications have not been covered.

• The recommended way is browse is to use the new search page
• but there is also a full list of the books
• and brief guide to Book dealers (where to obtain items listed here, both new and second hand)
• For bonuses there are guides to Lotus paint codes
• and a history of the Lotus badges.

Acknowledgements

This has been compiled with the help of Alan Perry (USA), the late Andrew Ferguson (GB), Brandon Cox (GB), Peter Day (GB), Peter Leek (GB), Richard Spelberg (D), Stuart Perry (NZ), Bill Wagenblatt (USA), Foster Cooperstein (USA), Mike Roeder (USA), and Ronald Ringma (NL).

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This page was last updated 2005 May 11