Lotus Cars has opened the doors of its manufacturing site to the public as it celebrated 60 years of the brand being based in a village.
The company said about 1,600 people attended its event on Saturday at its site at Hethel, Norfolk, with all ticket proceeds going to the Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity.
The sports car firm, which was founded in the 1950s and moved to Norfolk in the 1960s, provided James Bond’s underwater car in The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 film.
Clive Chapman, whose father Colin Chapman founded Lotus, said: “To open up the factory site, which really is a centre of modern engineering excellence to so many people today, is just terrific.”
He added: “The guys at Classic Team Lotus have prepared 16, Formula 1 cars. As you can imagine, that is a bit of a challenge.”