Cathedral Square Display - October 2008

Words by S. J. Perry
Pictures by Various Artistes

Central City shoppers and office workers were treated to a lovely display of 22 Lotus cars in Christchurch's Cathedral Square in mid October. The cars were owned by members of Club Lotus NZ (North Island) and our own Southern Lotus Register (SLR). This display was a precursor to the celebrations centred around the 60th Anniversary of the foundation of the Lotus Car Company and our annual SLR Transalpine Rally. These, along with our Wigram Finale thrown in as well - it was going to be a very busy week!

The display attracted a great audience with many people stopping by to ask in depth questions about the various Lotus cars which ranged from a beautiful early generation Elite all the way up to some of the latest products from Lotus UK with a sprinkling of Lotus Sevens in between.

All in all....a VERY worthwhile public exercise!

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Thanks Everyone!    

Early Display Lineup of mostly
Southern Cars.

Lotus Invasion from the North!

Deep Discussions Abound and Definite Interest Shown by the General Public

 

 

All Shapes & Sizes

And the Crowd Were Enthralled......

A Change of Modus Operandi Perhaps.....

Phone Home ET!
       Tell Everyone About It.......

Attention Getter:
The Ladies or the Cars - I'm Not Saying!

Beautiful Type 14 Lotus Elite (It's about time our President got his on the Road!)

 

And Now for Something Completely Different....a Lotus Type 211
- The modern reincarnation of the old Lotus 'Eleven'

Why an Opel Speedster?
Lotus Engineering Design of Course!

 

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