Lotus: A New Dawn.

[sheriff464]

Hi all, just seen this; Lotus: A New Dawn. being aired on Channel 4 HD, on Saturday 17th. after Live: F1 British GP Sprint....at 17:40hrs. ish! Cheers from Clive.

[BarryDalHerbert]

I downloaded a copy.
I can make it available to anybody who is interested.
It is a 755.2 MB .TS type file which can be read by the VLC media player in Windows and Linux, but I don't know what you fruity Apple people would have to do.

Tuross Head NSW
BdH
16-Aug-21 13:29

[BarryDalHerbert]

The file the I downloaded from the web was 755.2 MB, it ran for 45 minutes and it contained some of the UK's Channel 4 drivel at the beginning, two ad breaks, and more drivel at the end. It was also recorded in TS format, something that I had not heard of (not that I am any sort of video whizz!).

I fed the file into a video editor in my Linux system, took out all of the junk (although I did leave in what I think is quite a classy advertisement for the Lotus Emira), and then saved the file in the far more common MKV format.
The result is now 524.5 MB and runs for 34.5 minutes. Winner!


I enjoyed the video, and I am pleased to see that at long last Lotus may be on the way to actually competing with Porsche and the likes rather than just in their minds!

The new logo (made with Microsnot Paintbrush?) is a backward step that to me reeks of a new broom making their mark. And having a bigger badge on the Emira is a mistake too - just because everybody else has done it does make it right. The badge on the nose of my S2 M100 is far more sophisticated and is the correct size.

There is the briefest glimpse of an M100 in the video, be ready for it!

BdH
Tuross Head NSW
17-Aug-21 10:29