• One of only five built • Formula 1-style track car • 3.8-litre Cosworth V8 engine (640bhp) • Comprehensive spares package included Surely the ultimate track car, the Lotus Type 125 was the brainchild of the British firm's then CEO, Danny Bahar, who unveiled it to a select group of potential clients on the eve of the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

The Type 125 was inspired by Lotus' successes in Formula 1, which had begun back in 1960 when Stirling Moss's Rob Walker-entered Lotus 18 triumphed at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Amazingly, this was only eight years after company founder Colin Chapman had set up Lotus Engineering Ltd at premises in Hornsey, North London.

He later relocated to the stables behind his father's pub, also in North London, from which the first 'production' Lotus car – the Mk VI – emerged in 1953.

Chapman had begun racing with the Lotus Mk II in 1949 and from then onwards he became obsessed with achieving success in competition, reasoning that this was the most effective wa...