[2][3][4] A new regulatory change that would come into force for the 1972 season put Lola back in a position to offer its customers a car with which to face the competition serenely.

[7][8][9] Logically, the biggest difference between the T280 and the T290 lay in the engine, which in the three-liter served as a structural element, as in many of his contemporaries' Formula 1 single-seaters, while in the two-liter there was an additional subframe on which the suspensions were mounted, given the lower structural rigidity of the small four-cylinder in-line engines generally used in the lower class.

Furthermore, the T280 required the assembly of the rear brake discs at the differential output instead of on the wheel hubs in order to be able to mount the wider wheels necessary to unload to the ground the greater power of the larger engine, which were mounted on rims size unsuitable to accommodate brake discs.

[10][11][12] The following season the T282 and T292 were presented, which saw improvements in aerodynamics, with a sharper nose and a full-width rear wing: only one three-liter model of the T282 was produced (purchased by Scuderia Filipinetti with the sponsorship of the Gitanes), and while further four examples were made later (called T286 - 1976/77) which incorporated the aerodynamic modifications conceived for the two-liter cars derived from the T290, while in the meantime the spare parts of the second Ecurie Bonnier car - chassis No.HU02, which was destroyed in the 1972 Jo Bonnier accident - was assembled by the Swiss tuner Heini Mader for his compatriot Heinz Schulthess to create a car called T284 and competed starting from the 1974 season.

[14][15] Two Lola T280-Cosworth DFVs were set up by the Ecurie Bonnier of the driver Jo Bonnier for the 1972 season of the Marche world championship, where they faced competition from the official teams of Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, and Matra, to which were added the Mirage M6 of the JWAE, also pushed 'they from the Ford Cosworth DFV, which proved to be an engine with destructive vibrations for itself and for the cars that mounted it.