Some cars leave a paper trail; the Lotus 25 left a name and a place in Lotus's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it. Colin Chapman drew it.
Where it came from
The Lotus 25 was a racing car designed by Colin Chapman for the 1962 Formula One season. It was a revolutionary design, the first fully stressed monocoque chassis to appear in Formula One. In the hands of Jim Clark it took 14 World Championship Grand Prix wins and propelled him to his 1963 World Championship title. Its last World Championship win was at the 1965 French Grand Prix. It was the first Formula One car to use Esso fuel.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Lotus 21 / Lotus 24; its successor was the Lotus 33. Nearby in the Lotus catalogue sit the Lotus 100T and the Lotus 101.