What makes a sports car a great or even the greatest sports car? Is it all about handling, or is it power in combination with handling? And what about design, does it add greatness? And top speed? Should it be a rear wheel drive car or can iconic sports cars have a front wheel…
They say 20 January 2020 is Blue Monday. We say: no way! Because here’s a video that takes you (back) to the brilliant Stelvio 20 Years Revival Meeting of September 2019. This major European Lotus event was organised by Luciano Curti, Daniele Trosa and Joerg Uhr. Bends and Curves organised a road trip from…
An interview with a sixties Lotus manager and a race car driver from that era, a Classic Team Lotus Tour, a meeting with the East Anglia Lotus Drivers Club chapter, an overnight stay in one of my favorite pubs and maybe, just maybe my Elise might be the means of transport. All this packed…
Preparations for our first road trip of 2020 are in full swing. The Spring Tour 2020 starts on 8 May in Heeze (NL) and we’ll return there on 15 May. During these 8 days we will be in drivers heaven. Ultimate driving roads in the Eifel, Black Forest, Vosges and Ardennes anyone? Status quo…
The Bends and Curves Spring Tour 2020 (8 – 15 May) is all about driving the most beautiful roads for sports cars in the Eifel, Black Forest, Vosges and Ardennes. Half way this road trip, a visit of the ‘Cité de l’Automobile’ in Mulhouse is planned. This museum, nicknaming itself ‘the largest car museum…
Bends and Curves will be attending Salon Retromobile in Paris. This show takes place from 5 – 9 February and is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the year when it comes to classic cars. Retromobile will feature the glorious Alfa 8C that sold at 2019’s Artcurial auction for €17m. The 1954 MK1 Sunbeam…
Despite Colin Chapmans’ ambition of the sixties to conquer the Clubmans Formula with a series of Lotus 37’s, in the end he chose to build only one. Apart from a number of formula cars, hardly any regular Lotus type is unique. This fact makes the 37 instantly ‘special’. Why was only one Three-7, or…