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Lotus Cortina

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The Car

The Ford Cortina in the early 1960s was a recognised family saloon car. Inconspicuous, uninspiring, and bland, but not as bad as some of the really rubbish cars around at the time.

Ford instantly recognised that there was something else they could do with this car, and so they attempted to take an ordinary car and turn it into something exceptional. Ford decided to hand over the car to Lotus founder Colin Champman to work his magic on it. In 1963, the Ford Cortina Lotus was born, thankfully more recognisably known as the 'Lotus Cortina', with a road-going version and a race-trim version. The road going car revving to 8,000 RPM singing all the way to 108mph was like a rocket ship in the day, and the race-trim version eaking out to 145mph.

Colin Champman was successful in shaking off the family image and handed the car to none other than Jim Clark, the recently crowned Formula 1 champion, who moonlighted as a Touring Car driver when time would permit. The car was as versatile as Clark, competing in rallying as well as Touring Car races. Jim Clark would make the car famous and Bruce Reynolds (The Great Train Robbery) would make the car infamous, using the car to get away once the heist was complete!

So a brilliant car, an iconic car of the era, and one that is recognised as a true British icon! Come and drive our evocation of the 1963 Lotus Cortina.

Vehicle Stats

Vehicle - Ford Cortina Lotus (Evocation)

Power Unit - Ford 2.0L on Cams

Horsepower - 180 bhp

0 - 60mph - 7.6 Seconds

Top Speed - 145 mph

Transmission - Manual

 

Reviews
5

10 LAPS AND WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE I WAS JIM CLARK FROM THE SIXTIES. GREAT EXPERIENCE AND GREAT INSTRUCTOR

MIKE
5

Dad loved it, plus got a rally around the track with stuart in the bmw, brilliant. Would defiantly recommend and be booking again

Dunders
5

Fantastic experience! Was booked in for the 8:30 session at Tibenham, staff were friendly and helpful. Drove the Mk1 Ford RS Escort, Jag E-type and Lotus Cortina and was only waiting for 15 minutes between each car. Big shout out to Stuart, Paul and Dom Hassall. Excellent instructors! Thank you to all staff, had an awesome day!

Dan Denney
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