Why did Chapman chose Lotus as company name ?
Andreas
Lotus as the name of the company ?
Rory S. Brown
his custom cars. The cars were labeled at the top of his list of cars: Lot
u/s (for lot unsold). I sales person read the list and called them a Lotus.
The name stuck from then onwards. I don't know if this is true but it was
told to me by someone who worked with Colin Chapman in the early days. In
fact, he was one of the only employees who was fired and rehired by Colin.
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In article <g%Pi2.20513$9S3....@nntpserver.swip.net>, "Andreas"
Mark
because Colin named the company after the Lotus flower.
Rory S. Brown wrote in message ...
Stawsh Murawski
I heard that it was the flower, and that the original garage had a dirt
floor and that "out of the mud grows the Lotus".
Stawsh Murawski
Robert Groom
>floor and that "out of the mud grows the Lotus".
By that logic, it's only a matter of time before TVR release the Deathcap GT
'In the boot grow the mushrooms etc...'
Featuring a red bonnet with several white racing circles and silver gnome
hood ornament complete with fishing pole.
--
Rob.
(Sans Elise)
Jon Huxley
<Sta...@WinREXX.com> wrote:
>> ... why Colin chose Lotus as the name of the company ?
>
>I heard that it was the flower, and that the original garage had a dirt
>floor and that "out of the mud grows the Lotus".
>
> Stawsh Murawski
>
>
I'd heard that Hazel Chapman is the only person who knows the true
story to this.
Anyway, Colin Chapman was renowned for using drugs, and was perhaps
inspired by Lord Alfred Tennyson's "The Lotus Eaters" (which is all
about eating hallucinogenic flowers, tripping, etc.)?
A long shot, but I'd always fancied the perverse idea that there was a
less than innocent explanation. Too deep... I'm off to get a life...
Jon
James Bush
(The Lotus Garden) he and his mistress visited during a particularly arduous
night on the tiles in Bangladesh.
Or did he...
rosswil...@hotmail.com
No, he knew, somewhere down the line, his Company would build a car requiring
the adoption of this position for entry ...... The Lotus Elise
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Iain Ogilvie
rosswil...@hotmail.com wrote in message
<77ijku$1h$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
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>
>> It is a little known fact that Chapman got the name from a chinese
take-away
>> (The Lotus Garden) he and his mistress visited during a particularly
arduous
>> night on the tiles in Bangladesh.
>>
>> Or did he...
>
>No, he knew, somewhere down the line, his Company would build a car
requiring
>the adoption of this position for entry ...... The Lotus Elise
Met an ex racing driver a few years back who knew Colin Chapman when Lotus
was still in it's infancy - he mentioned something about a label on a shoe
box.... but I'm not convinced.
Regards,
Iain
Simon Cunningham
baz...@bb.com.au wrote:
>
> he got the name from a bathroom fitting, i should imagine he was standing
> having a piss at the trough when it came to him
>
> Andreas wrote:
>
> > Is it true that it os only Colin Chapmans wife that know why Colin chose