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Originally Posted by SwiftDB4  Rich,
Colin Chapman was a genius with great small sportscars and single seaters, but his big bore sports racers left a lot to be desired. Ford was wise to go with the Lola and not a Lotus 30 or 40. |
Lotus built a version of the Europa for GKN with a Rover V8 (bored out to 4.4L). It can do 0-100 MPH in 11 seconds and has a top speed of 160+ MPH.