Lotus has decided that its bloated Elise GT – the Lotus Europa – will end production immediately. Lotus had a Europa in the 1960s. It was in many ways a bigger version of the successful Lotus Elan, a trick Lotus tried to pull off with the 2006 Lotus Europa – but failed. So it’s no real surprise to see […]
Lotus Hybrid – the Lotus Evora 414E – at Geneva
Lotus are taking a hybrid Evora to Geneva – the Lotus Evora 414E – fitted with the Lotus Range Extender Engine and a pair of electric motors. Last year we reported on a range extender engine developed by Lotus for use in hybrid cars. The range extender engine was part of a joint project between […]
Lotus Elise 2010 Facelift
Lotus has revealed a facelift for the Lotus Elise with changes to the front and back and a new 1.6 litre engine in the Elise S. They don’t like to rush things too much at Hethel. Maybe it’s the pace of life in rural Norfolk or maybe they think that if “it ain’t broke why fix it?”. […]
Lotus Exige S Type 72 celebrates F1 return
Lotus has launched a limited edition Exige – the Lotus Exige S Type 72 – to commemorate the return of Lotus to F1 in 2010. Lotus is back in Formula One for the first time since the early nineties and to celebrate they’ve announced a new car. But don’t get too excited, it’s not the […]
Lotus gets Ferrari Designer
Former Ferrari designer Donato Coco is to join Lotus as Director of Design alongside his former Ferrari colleague Dany Bahar who is now Lotus CEO. As we’ve reported umpteen times this year, Lotus are getting things very right. They’re selling the new Lotus Evora hand over fist and have plans in place to a convertible […]
Lotus to double production – Return to Motorsport
Lotus has big plans to increase production to 8,00 cars a year in the next decade, and return to Le Mans, Indy Car and GT Racing. Through all the gloom and doom car makers have reported over the last year and more there has been one shining light which has seemed impervious to the downturn […]
New Lotus Esprit gets green light
Lotus has given the green light to a new Lotus Esprit featuring the V10 from the Lexus LF-A. Scheduled to hit the road in 2012. Back in September – when we reported that Lotus had delivered the first Evora to a customer – we noted that the success of the Evora would underpin the future […]
Lotus Evora platform up for grabs
Lotus are offering their Evora platform to car makers looking to produce niche cars. Lotus is a small, profitable and innovative company working miles away from any tech valleys or high profile sites, buried away in rural Norfolk. But with the car world losing shed loads of cash on a daily basis Lotus has remained […]
Lotus Exige Scura Press Release
The Lotus force has a dark side: Revealed – the exclusive ‘Exige Scura’ Lotus Cars unveils its latest special edition – the Exige Scura, so called due to its dramatic matt black and carbon fibre theme, at the Tokyo International Motorshow on 21st of October 2009. Translated as ‘dark’ from Italian, the name ‘Scura’ reflects […]
Lotus Exige Scura revealed
Lotus has revealed the Exige Scura – to be know as the Stealth Edition in Japan – a tweaked Exige S offering 260bhp. It will debut at Tokyo. The organisers of the Tokyo Motor Show must be chuffed that at least one non-Japanese car maker is turning up to show their wares. And that one […]