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May 22, 2013

Lotus Exige S Roadster arriving Summer 2013 (video)

Photo of Lotus Exige S Roadster from cabin

The Lotus Exige S Roadster will arrive in production guise in the Summer of 2013 Lotus has revealed, and given us a video teaser of the Roadster to whet appetites. Any Lotus news that doesn’t revolve around the financial mess left by Dany Bahar’s tenure counts as good news. But a new Lotus counts as [...]

Detroit Electric SP:01 – it’s a Lotus Exige EV

Detroit Electric SP:01 EV Photo

Detroit Electric has revealed the SP:01, a Lotus Exige based electric sports car promising 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds and a range of 190 miles. 999 are being built. It may sound a bit familiar as a project: Take the underpinnings of a Lotus Exige, bolt in an electric motor and a battery bank and produce a fast [...]

Lotus Evora & Evora S Sports Racer revealed

Photo Lotus Evora S Sports Racer

Lotus has revealed a special edition of the Evora – the Evora Sports Racer – with extra kit and special colours. Available as Evora or Evora S. Lotus is not having the easiest of times of late (has Lotus ever had any easy time?) with most of the news from Hethel being about ex-CEO Dany [...]

Lotus sues Dany Bahar for £2.5 million

Photo of Dany Bahar and Lotus car

Lotus are suing ousted CEO Dany Bahar for £2.5 million to recover the cost of his expensive lifestyle billed to Lotus. After lots of grandstanding and lots of promise, but little in the way of substance, ex-Ferrari man Dany Bahar was ousted as CEO of Lotus in May. It seems DBR-HiCom, new owners of Proton [...]

Lotus Evora 414E Range Extender EV moves forward

Photo of the Lotus Evora 414E

The Lotus Evora 414E – a Lotus Engineering range extender hybrid project – is still moving ahead with dynamic and durability testing now underway. It’s getting on for three years since Lotus turned up at Geneva with an Evora like no other – the Lotus Evora 414E. On the surface the Evora 414E looked like [...]

New Lotus Esprit cancelled? Not according to Lotus

Photo of new Lotus Esprit

The Interwebs are rife with rumours that the new Lotus Esprit has been cancelled. But Lotus say it’s not and the claims are made up. This year has not been an easy one for Lotus Cars. Dany Bahar was finally ousted from Lotus after the new owners of Lotus managed to remove the flamboyant former Ferrari man [...]

Dany Bahar wants £6.7 million compensation from Lotus

Photo fo Dany Bahar Lotus

The Dany Bahar saga at Lotus continues with Bahar claiming £6.7 million compensation for his firing as Lotus CEO. Back in May, ex-Ferrari man Dany Bahar was ousted as CEO of Lotus, confirmed a month later by Lotus parent DBR-Hicom who appointed Aslam Farikullah – an engineer, not a marketing man – to oversee a way forward [...]

Dany Bahar’s restored V8 Lotus Esprit for sale

Photo of Dany Bahar's Lotus Esprit

With Dany Bahar now ousted as Lotus boss, his fully restored 2002 V8 Lotus Esprit is up for sale. When Dany Bahar joined Lotus from Ferrari, he brought with him some grandiose plans – and an ability to spend money – that were ultimately his undoing. And it appears Bahar was a bit too grand to run [...]

Lotus Exige S V6 rolls off the production line

Lotus Exige S V6 first production car photo

The Lotus Exige S V6 with the 3.5 litre Supercharged engine from the Evora S has started rolling off the production line at Hethel. How nice to be able to report a new car arriving from Lotus instead of more doom and gloom. The Lotus Exige S V6, with the supercharged 3.5 litre engine we first saw [...]

DRB-Hicom reject offer for Lotus

Lotus Elise

DBR-Hicom – owners of Proton and Lotus – have rejected an offer for Lotus and are intent on nursing it back to health. The rumours surrounding the fate of Lotus - especially after the Dany Bahar saga – have been rumbling around the car world for a long time. Will DRB-Hicom – who bought Proton, owners of [...]