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Colin Chapman, an Uncommon card
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 82,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Chapman founded Lotus in 1952 and initially ran Lotus in his spare time, assisted by a group of enthusiasts.
- His knowledge of the latest aeronautical engineering techniques would prove vital towards achieving the major automotive technical advances for which he is remembered.
- Chapman's design philosophy focused on cars with light weight and fine handling instead of bulking up on horsepower and spring rates, which he famously summarised as "Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Colin Chapman article was read about 82,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Colin Chapman
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Colin Chapman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joost Evers / Anefo,, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
