UK — Lola Cars is producing 16 new T70S continuation cars configured either for historic racing with FIA homologation papers or as a UK road-legal version called the T70S GT. The original Lola T70 debuted in 1965, with more than 100 units built before the company filed for bankruptcy in 2022.

For the new T70S, Lola extracts magnesium from seawater via electrolysis powered by solar energy and uses a shielding gas for casting that is not environmentally damaging. Matt Faulks, executive innovation director at Lola Cars, said, "What we end up with is magnesium ingots, which we can then go do whatever we want with at a massive amount less carbon cost and a massive amount less of, shall we say, general pollution cost than doing it any other way."

The T70S bodywork utilizes a composite system with basalt outer layers, flax inner layers, and a PFA resin system derived from sugarcane. Faulks described it as "a combined fiber system" that acts as "a system that you can go make parts with." The material is used for body panels, interior trim, and seat backs, though it is not intended for structural use. According to the verified facts, this natural composite system outperforms fiberglass in tensile strength and stiffness.

According to Lola's lifecycle analysis report on the T70S, the car's carbon footprint is reduced by 54 percent compared to vehicles manufactured with traditional materials, resulting in a cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of 4.6 tons of CO2e.

The road-going T70S GT is equipped with a modern GM 6.2 L V8 engine producing 500 hp (372 kW) and 455 lb-ft (616 Nm) of torque. The racing version uses a 5 L engine delivering 530 hp (395 kW) and 400 lb-ft (542 Nm) of torque. The T70S GT features a sequential, electronically controlled Hewland transmission.

The T70S GT incorporates a fly-by-wire H-pattern selector with no mechanical connection to the gearbox. "So it's a modern Hewland gearbox with all that that entails, but your interaction with it as a driver is via an H-pattern that feels like the original Lola T70," Faulks said. He added that the transmission allows flat upshifts with the accelerator pinned and blips the throttle on downshifts in track mode.