🚗️Seven

1957 - 1960 | 1st generation

The Lotus Seven was a lightweight open sports car built in England from 1957-73. A steel spaceframe was covered with aluminium bodywork. 1957 Series 1; 40hp 1172cc Ford 100E Side-valve 1959 Super Seven; 75hp 1100cc Coventry Climax OHC (243 Series 1 were made). 1960 Series 2; 39hp 997cc Ford 105E OHV 1960 Super Seven; 85hp 1340cc Ford 109E OHV. 1962 Super Seven; 95hp 1498cc Ford 116E OHV. (1310 Series 2 were built) 1968 Series 3; 84hp 1600cc 2255E Crossflow from the GT Cortina. 1969; Series 3; 115hp 1600 Lotus twin cam. (340 Series 3 were built). 1970 Series 4; Engines unchanged, now fibreglass body (66 Series 4 were built plus another 37 by Caterham Cars). After Lotus ended production of the Seven, Caterham bought the rights, they make both kits and fully assembled cars.
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Fact Sheet

This record is archived under the More Cars ID 10019554. It was created 7 years, 5 months, 5 days ago.

NameSeven
Built from1957
Built to1960
Generation1
Internal Code
Total Production243
More Cars ID10019554
Entry CreatedNov 14, 2018, 6:09 PM
Last UpdatedNov 14, 2018, 6:13 PM

Brand1

The »Seven« is a car model from »Lotus«.

  • Lotus
    • 1952-
    • 🇬🇧
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Successor1

The successor of the »Seven« was the »Seven«.

  • Seven
    • 1961-1967
    • 2nd gen
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