festival of speed 2012

[mvf906]

I thought people might be interested in a few pics of the M200 concept car of the Glasius collection, designed by Julian Thompson, that was on sale at Bonhams, at the festival of speed 2012.
it says in the book that it was basically a rush job at the last minute for 1991 Frankfurt motor show and a returned blue car from a customer was used.
The interior cloth was based on 'a ladies swimsuit' (awful, aready wearing with only 30 miles on the clock but it must have had a lot of 'sitting in' in its lifetime i'm sure) and was so rushed that when it was first used, the brakes fell off !
It was then sold to Paul Matty and then on to Olav Glasius who had it recommissioned by Ken & Neil Myers to the correct colour and made it a road registered car.
It had a estimate of £80,000 - £120,000, it didn't sell .......

[tigerdog]

Thanks - I've never seen a photo of the back of the M200. I see the car uses Fed-style rear fenders, with the boot lid separate. I see it also incorporates a change I thought would benefit the Fed boot - moving the rear wing support struts to the far edges. I always wondered why the current design was chosen. Oh, I've never seen that wild purple seat fabric, either! Thansk again for sharing these photos

[nhaynes]

It's a sahme the M200 never made it into production. Anyone know what happened to the latest Lotus proposal to relaunch the Elan? I saw the concept car a year or so ago but nothing since. I guess Kia have ditched the idea?