The Lotus 107 is one of the Lotus entries the open record knows by name, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable. Peter Wright (Technical Director) / Chris Murphy (Chief Designer) / Mark Hennings (Head of Aerodynamics) drew it.
How it came about
The Lotus 107 was a Formula One car used by Team Lotus. Designed for the 1992 Formula One season, and used throughout most of 1992, 1993 and part of 1994, it brought in a final, albeit short-lived period of competitiveness for the team in Formula One.
The hardware
700 hp @ 13,000 rpm (Ford-Cosworth V8), 725 hp @ 13,500 rpm is the published figure. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the 102D; its successor was the 109. Its Lotus stablemates include the Lotus 100T and the Lotus 101.