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  1. Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars. [1]

  2. It is impossible to consider the history of Lotus without a look at the life of Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman – known to all as Colin – who built his first car in 1948. The word ‘genius’ can be overused, but his impact and influence on automotive engineering and global motorsport lasts to this day.

  3. Aug 19, 2023 · One such luminary is Colin Chapman, a brilliant engineer and visionary founder of Lotus Cars. Chapman’s innovative ideas, unorthodox approaches, and relentless pursuit of speed not only changed the landscape of motorsports but also left an indelible mark on the automotive industry as a whole.

  4. Sep 8, 2023 · Six decades on from Lotus's first F1 world championship, designer Tony Southgate recalls a frenetic 15 months working there in the eye of the storm that was Colin Chapman: the brilliant founder with a surreal management style.

  5. Jan 30, 2024 · Colin Chapman was the team principal of the team, but he was also the chief designer. After the first few front-engine cars, Colin Chapman developed lightweight cars with engines in the...

  6. Lotus was founded by Colin & Hazel Chapman in 1948, in London, UK. A maverick engineer and era-defining mind, Chapman believed in the power of simplicity, subtracting the redundant and investing in the essential.

  7. Jul 19, 2022 · Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of Lotus Cars. In 1952 he...