Talk:Lotus Europa

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The information I've added came from a number of websites and a printed magazine / program guide I borrowed (See References). The piece I used basically has a list with a bit of info about every type of Lotus... Mark 1 through Type 104. I started with the Europa models listed there, and filled in other figures about each model from the various sites listed. There are some inconsistencies in some of the websites... for instance, autozine says S2's have the TwinCam Ford engine (which is wrong), but I still used their weight numbers. Aside from the weights, I believe all of this info existed at multiple sources on the web and coincided with the info in the printed material where such info was present. Having only learned about Lotus Cars recently, thats the best I can say about it being accurate. Corrections welcome, of course ~leif 07:47, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The Renault engined Lotus were named Lotus Europe not Europa Ericd 17:50, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I have my doubts about this. A quick Google finds many Renault engined Lotuses named 'Europa'. A search does find a couple named 'Europe', though. Did it get named Europe in some markets but not others? —Morven 19:22, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC)

I'm quite sure the S1 and S2 were Lotus Europe not Europa however they are often designed as Europa by mistake. Ericd 13:49, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The California title for my 1969 S2 identifies it as a Europa. Flagmichael (talk) 18:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Firsts

I took out the section

was among the first production road cars to feature a mid-engine rear wheel drive design.^{[citation needed]} It was the first affordable, mass produced, mid-engined car.^{[citation needed]}

Among the first? Among the first are the 1921 Rumpler Tropfenwagen. By the 1960s it was not uncommon with MR cars. Also affordable? What about the Zündapp Janus? Was the Europa more affordable? // Liftarn Insertformulahere