If you own a Lotus, or are planning to buy one, ownership just got a lot cheaper as Lotus slash the cost of servicing by up to 50 per cent. New brooms do sweep away old ideas, and Geely’s arrival as a set of ambitious deep pockets – and a track record with under-performing car […]
New Lotus Esprit with Evora underpinnings and V6 Hybrid on the way
Lotus are planning a new Lotus Esprit for 2021 based on the Evora underpinnings with V6 Hybrid, bridging the leap to a new platform and models. Now Lotus comes under the global umbrella of Geely, we can expect big things to happen at Hethel, not least the arrival of the Lotus Evija as an electric […]
New Lotus Evora GT410 – more comfort, lower price
There’s a ‘new’ Lotus from Hethel in the guise of the Lotus Evora GT410, a more comfortable, quieter and better-equipped take on the Evora GT410 Sport. It’s going to be a while before we get a properly new Lotus from the now properly-funded Lotus with Geely in the mix. But that doesn’t mean we’re getting […]
Lotus Evija struts its 1,972 ELECTRIC horses on track
The Lotus Evija, the 1,972bhp electric hypercar from Lotus, begins testing, with video showing the EV out playing on the track at Hethel. As Lotus starts to evolve with Geely money behind it, we had the reveal in the summer of what will be the Lotus halo car – the new electric Lotus Evija. Revealed […]
This is the 1973bhp electric Lotus Evija HYPERCAR
The Lotus Evija is revealed as Lotus’s 1973bhp electric hypercar – the first British electric hypercar – with low weight and stunning performance. Lotus may now be owned by Geely, but it’s still a ‘British’ company through and through and has delivered what is – or will be when it launches – the world’s most […]
The Lotus Type 130 Electric Hypercar gets a name – Lotus EVIJA
The new electric Lotus Hypercar we’ve known as the Lotus Type 130 until now will be the Lotus Evija when it’s revealed later this month. Now Lotus has Geely money behind it, they have plans. Big plans. Not Dany Bahar plans, but real plans with real money. And the start – and the halo – […]
Lotus Type 130 Electric Hypercar CONFIRMED for reveal on 16 July
The Lotus Type 130, an electric Hypercar from Lotus, will be revealed on 16 July and just 130 will be built at a price expected to be around £1.5 million. Now Lotus has Geely funding behind it, and Phil Popham at the helm, it’s starting to make real moves to make proper progress for perhaps […]
This green will-o’-the-wisp is the Lotus Type 130 ELECTRIC Hypercar
Lotus announces the Type 130 – their first new car for more than a decade – will be an electric hypercar, teased with a misty green image. There was a time, under Dany Bahar’s tenure at Lotus, when the announcement of a new hypercar would have to be met with scorn. But Lotus is a […]
New Lotus SUV to be built in NEW Geely Factory in China
Geely are planning to make Lotus SUVs in a new factory in China, but plan to retain Lotus’s Hethel base as the ‘home’ of Lotus Cars. Things are starting to change at Hethel since Geely took control, with new jobs being created and building work underway. But, if Geely are to succeed with Lotus in […]
Lotus Colchester adds to Endeavour’s Geely offerings
Endeavour Automotive are capitalising on the impending resurgence of Lotus under Geely ownership by opening a new Lotus dealership – Lotus Colchester. Unless you’re in the South East, you’re unlikely to have heard of the Endeavour Automotive dealerships, but they seem to be a dynamic bunch with a good eye for what the car-buying public […]