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The theme of the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed

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

Goodwood will celebrate this much-loved British brand at an exciting time in the marque?s history, as Lotus is actually 2 years to a five-year plan with the goal of giving back the marque to its original status alongside other prestigious sports car manufacturers. Here is the plan includes a full new range, the very first of which will be the return of the iconic Esprit in 2013 (concept car shown below).

It?s never assume all about trying to the future for Lotus though, a huge part of the company is its heritage and Lotus will love a great array of significant anniversaries in 2012, including 60 years considering that the first Lotus company was founded by Colin Chapman in 1952, four years following the incomparable engineer had built his first vehicle - the Mark 1 trials car - within a old stable behind his parent?s Railway Hotel in Hornsey, North London.

Buy also sees the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking Lotus Elan sportscar, Forty years considering that the iconic Esprit supercar concept was basically revealed by Giugiaro, 35 years because the innovative Lotus 78 ground effect Formula 1 car competed and 2 decades since cyclist Chris Boardman won a gold medal for Britain inside the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, riding the newest Type 108 bicycle developed 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 make an enduring legacy. To date Lotus proceeded to go on win 13 Formula 1 World Championships (six drivers, and seven constructors titles), plus a spectacular collection of these victorious F1 cars might be at Goodwood in the summer, in addition to a notable selection of Lotus Indy cars, saloons, sports and road cars, all forming the key attraction on the 2012 Autocar Festival of Speed. Lots of current and ex-works Lotus drivers also are most likely to appear at Goodwood.

Full details of the Lotus vehicle and driver line-up, coupled with further news regarding the main Lotus Central Feature installation, will probably be revealed across the coming months.