Chicane the official magazine of the Midlands based Lotus Drivers Club.
The origins of LDC started in late 1976 when a small group of Lotus owners met up at a pub (nothing new there then). One of the founder members was Gary Weston and being an enthusiastic friendly type it was decided that they meet again and this developed into a regular occurence. Soon they decided to form a club and given the location of the meeting place, they called it the West Midland Lotus Drivers Club.
It was not until the following year however, that things really started to take off. As the word spread and more people started attending from further afield the “West” was dropped from the title. They published a club magazine called Slipstream. The magazine continued by this name for around 3-years until a dispute amongst the committee lead to some sweeping changes.
A split occurred and some of those who left started another Lotus club with a magazine called Slipstream! In order to avoid any confusion, it was decided that the title “Midland” should be dropped from the club’s name to become Lotus Drivers Club and the club magazine be re-launched under the name Chicane. Issue #1 of Chicane was dated July 1980 and by the end of 2020 the club were about to publish issue 120. Visit the LDC website for more info on Chicane.
As the club has continued to develop “Chicane” has gone from strength to strength and is widely regarded as one of the best club magazines available and is well respected by leading Lotus luminaries. It has come a long way from a few photocopied pages stapled together or those that were produced on a Gestetner printer (if you don’t know what that is, you’re just too young).
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Issue #112, Spring 2018
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Issue #115, Spring 2019
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