Ron Hickman the 105E Ford Anglia. He became the director of Lotus Engineering in the 1960s, designing the first Lotus Europa as part of Lotus's GT40 project bid. He left Lotus in 1967. Hickman invented the wood-and-steel foldable Workmate bench after sawing through a piece of wood into a chair used as support, when making a wardrobe. His offer of a licence for the product he developed was rejected by several companies who could not see a large market for it, so Hickman sold the benches himself to professional builders at trade shows until Black & Decker saw the light in 1973
Lotus Europa S M32 6-speed manual transmission. This allows the car to accelerate from in around 5.5 seconds, and in around 13.8 seconds. The Europa S can attain a maximum speed of . The Europa S model was not a sales success. Due to this reason, Lotus engineering director Roger Becker took charge of the car’s development programme and the Europa SE variant was launched replacing the Europa S. It was an improved version of the Europa S with an improved engine and other driving amenities. The Europa SE utilises the same engine as the Europa S, but is fitted with a revised