Following many years of support from the Lotus community around Australia, SSC are delighted to announce Harrop Performance Centre as their dealer and representative in Victoria. Building on their all new, state of the art workshop facility within the Harrop HQ at Preston, VIC, the Harrop Performance Centre now offers Lotus specific aftermarket performance upgrades, track preparation and general servicing / maintenance. Simply Sports Cars has begun sharing its extensive inventory of Lotus specific parts, knowledge and experience with the team at Harrop, allowing them to immediately engage and support Victorian Lotus owners the same way that SSC does in NSW.
“As an OE supplier of superchargers systems to Lotus Cars, Harrop also has a proud history partnering with Simply Sports Cars (SSC) on their aftermarket Lotus supercharger systems. SSC is renowned for its Lotus performance excellence and the obvious synergies with Harrop Performance Centre in Melbourne create a great platform to deliver well engineered enhancements and service for Victorian Lotus enthusiasts” - Heath Moore (General Manager), Harrop Performance Centre
“The relationship between Simply Sports Cars and Harrop has always been strong from a technical and engineering perspective. After many years of collaboration on Lotus aftermarket supercharger systems it’s great to see the relationship with Harrop Performance Centre progress into something that Lotus owners in and around Melbourne can now experience first-hand. Harrop have made significant investments in their facility, resources and Lotus specific equipment which will provide Victorian owners a new SSC style hub for Lotus servicing and upgrades as well as Events” - Lee Knappett (Director) Simply Sports Cars
EVENTS IN VICTORIA
With the following events centred around the Victorian community there has never been a better time to get re-engaged with your Lotus and experience Lotus ownership at it’s best:
13th October (TODAY): Lotus Club Victoria Monthly Club Night – Harrop & HPC HQ, Preston
: Come for a look at the new workshop facility, a tour of the world class supercharger production plant and meet some of the Harrop and SSC team. The doors will be open from 7pm so we hope to see you there! Follow this link to find the location.
24th – 25th October: Harrop Ultimate Street Car Invitational (HUSCI) - Winton Raceway: HUSCI is about providing a safe and competitive platform for enthusiasts to have fun, challenge their vehicle, driving skills and in the end have quantitative data of their performance. Split into Design & Engineering, Road Rally, Motorkhana, Auto Test, Drag Strip & Circuit events it’s almost made for a Lotus to take out the title! For more information follow this link.
6th – 8th November: Targa High Country – Mt Buller: Simply Sports Cars will be supporting a number of customers in this year’s event. Split into a number of divisions including Touring, Regularity & Outright there are different levels of safety requirements and competition (or lack thereof) to suit everyone. It’s a rare chance to experience your Lotus on clear roads with no oncoming traffic! To find out more about the Targa Events, follow this link.
21st November: SSC Lotus Only Track Day - Winton
: The LOTD’s are always popular on the Lotus calendar and there’s always plenty to see with around 65 Lotus vehicles of all flavours attending. Split into Drive, Sprint & Race categories there is something to suit absolute beginners trying the track for the first time right through to wheel to wheel racing. All the spaces are almost sold out so don’t hesitate to snap up the last of the remaining entries at this link.