ISBN: | 978-5-5105-0955-7 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! After building multiple trials and road racing cars, Colin Chapman introduced his first `production` car, the Lotus Mark VI, in 1952. The heart of the Mark VI was a space frame chassis. Rather than a complete car, it was available to the general public as kit, wherein the customer could install any preferred engine and gearbox, making it eligible for a wider number of formulae.