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Originally Posted by MikeB
Group Lotus still doesn't own the right to the 7.
Its all very confusing
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When Caterham bought the Lotus 7, it was the series IV fibreglass uglyness that they bought. After a short time they restarted building the Series III. I was never sure that they actually bought the Series III design.
As far as owning the number "7". My Mini wasn't called a Mini when it was built in 1961. It was an Austin 7 850. There were Austin 7's long before there were Lotus 7's. I don't think you can copyright a number.