1968 Lotus Europa S2 Pre-production [Type 54]

1968 Lotus Europa S2 [Type 54] in The Avengers, TV Series, 1961-1969 Ep. 7.25+

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1968 Lotus Europa S2 Pre-production [Type 54]

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
Alexander ◊ 2005-10-20 01:59	It obviously must be a later episode of The Avengers!
Jaqob P. ◊ 2006-01-07 22:05	It's the serie's of 1968, the car of the character (to the Avengers fans) Tara King.
Jaqob P. ◊ 2006-01-12 16:44	It's driven a lot, so should'nt it be 3 stars?
antp ◊ 2006-01-12 17:23	If you say it, yes. Until now it had an "unknown role" since nobody specified it. -- Last edit: 2006-01-12 17:31:55
xj12c ◊ 2006-02-11 19:03	actually, it's not an Europa S1, but one of the first 1969 S2's
antp ◊ 2006-02-11 19:55	What's its type then ? still 46 ? Or 54 or 65 ?
Jaqob P. ◊ 2006-03-20 20:32	Now I think it should be 4 star's because it's used by a maincharacter in about 6/7 eps.
stronghold ◊ 2006-08-13 10:58	in eps 7.27 -- Last edit: 2021-02-27 17:35:22 (no-a)
marsh ◊ 2007-01-13 01:04	This isn't a '69, it's more likely a '67 built or '68 registered and like the Elan +2, it was a factory supplied demonstrator. The first Europas were only available for export (to France, in particular and this one is a very rare UK market car. This is quite clearly a Series 1, as it doesn't have the front indicators that the later (series 2) cars have and its F plate dates it as registered between and hence built before August 67 - July 68, so a Series 1 it most definitely is. -- Last edit: 2017-08-19 09:23:48
stronghold ◊ 2007-04-06 14:00	main pic + below from eps 7.25
rpcm ◊ 2007-08-19 19:37	The S2 was produced from April 1968. This one has the features of one of the first S2s and so its F-suffix reg. makes sense.
xj12c ◊ 2007-09-27 21:19	and Tara's car had electric windows (only available on S2s. you had to dismantle them on S1s, I think they were plastic panels.) so... an early S2 between February and July 68 ?...
sixcyl ◊ 2010-03-22 13:13	Ep.7.07 "False Witness" Faux témoins 4 First appearence of PPW 999F
sixcyl ◊ 2010-03-24 18:43	Ep.7.09 "Legacy of Death" Le legs 4
sixcyl ◊ 2010-04-14 08:11	Ep.7.15 "The Rotters" Du bois vermoulu 4
sixcyl ◊ 2010-04-14 12:42	Ep.7.17 "Killer" Meurtres au programme 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-04-15 08:36	Ep.7.20 "Wish You Were Here" Etrange hotel 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-06-02 08:06	Ep.7.21 "Love All" Amour quand tu nous tiens 3
garco ◊ 2010-06-02 08:25	Nice additional images. But wat an ugly (maybe strange) car...
Lateef ◊ 2010-06-02 08:27	This is, at least in my opinion, the best-looking Lotus ever to hit the road.
garco ◊ 2010-06-02 08:29	Really? I like the Esprit.
Lateef ◊ 2010-06-02 10:48	You do? Well I think the Espirit is cool, but not half as satisfactory as the Europa.
antp ◊ 2010-06-04 12:07	Esprit is also my favourite Lotus
sixcyl ◊ 2010-07-16 13:20	Ep.7.22 "Stay Tuned" Le visage 4 -- Last edit: 2010-07-16 13:20:35
sixcyl ◊ 2010-07-24 13:04	Ep.7.25 "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?" Affectueusement vôtre 3 Ep.7.27 "Thingumajig" Haute-Tension 2 -- Last edit: 2010-08-01 12:22:03
sixcyl ◊ 2010-07-25 12:57	Ep.7.29 "Requiem" Requiem 2 Ep.7.31 "Pandora" Mademoiselle Pandora 2 -- Last edit: 2010-10-10 12:33:38
xj12c ◊ 2010-12-30 01:23	Might be an S1B after all (the very last S1's had S2 rear lights apparently), but the windows still bug me, they look electric (like on an S2)
dsl ◊ 2012-05-07 19:57	PPW xxxF series issued Norfolk April-May 68. S2 Europa introduced May 68 for export only until UK launch July 69. My first reaction was S1 for front lights, but I don't know what lights were used on export-only S2 production until July 69. So clearly Lotus-supplied for date, plate and RHD, and likely to be an S2 launch/promotional car in a unique spec 14 months before normal UK spec was confirmed.
jetlagged ◊ 2017-01-22 00:29	It's a type 46, an S1a or b I can never remember which.
abihabi69 ◊ 2018-02-28 12:03	This is definitely a type 54, clearly recognisalbe by the black rim under the cabin side, a feature that a type 46 never had. An interesting feature is the application of a litte fixing screw in the alu triangular window surrounding top piece close to Tara´s attactive face. This screw did not make it to the the production line, so this should be a pre-series car. Note that the door is painted (Carnival Red) inwardly, a detail that only type 54 cars had, wereas the lower part with the electric drives for the side screens had to be hidden behind a big black vinyl cover. 46 doors were black.
dsl ◊ 2020-08-08 05:12	Found info which confirms this as S2 due to quarterlights - S1 didn't have them. Early S2 did not have bonnet lights until July 69 when start of UK sales brought a slight revamp. Unclear if there was RHD production before July 69, so this one is very unusual.