The Lola T290,[3] and its evolutions, the T292,[4] T294,[5] T296,[6] T297,[7] T298,[8] and T299,[9] are a series of Group 5 (and later Group 6) Sports 2000 prototype race cars, designed and developed by Bob Marston, John Barnard, Patrick Head, and Eric Broadley, and built by British manufacturer and constructor Lola, for European 2-Litre Championship sports car racing series, between 1972 and 1981.

[10] 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.

[11][12] Lola boss Eric Broadley understood that the market would demand a simple car to match the DFV and therefore designed the two cars (named T280 for the three-liter class and T290 for the two-liter) together with chief designer Bob Marston, with the help of the then in their twenties Patrick Head and John Barnard, around a monocoque frame in aluminum alloy, a technology already used for the T210 and its derivative T212, around which a highly profiled fiberglass bodywork was modeled.

The only appreciable diversification at a mechanical level was the relocation of the disc brakes at the differential output rather than on the wheel hubs, in such a way as to reduce unsprung masses and consequently increase the maneuverability of the car.

[11] Driver Chris Craft won the European title in the "2-liter sports car" category in 1973 using a T292 equipped with a 275 HP Cosworth BDG engine.