Lotus has bought back the last company car owned by founder Colin Chapman, and used it to launch the Lotus Certificate of Provenance programme. Back in May, we revealed that Lotus founder Colin Chapman’s last company car, a 1981 Lotus Esprit, was up for sale with a specialist dealer, with a rather chunky asking price […]
Lotus Exige 20th Anniversary Special Edition is what it says on the tin
Lotus is celebrating 20 years since the arrival with the appropriately-named Lotus Exige 20th Anniversary Special Edition with Series 1 colours and added spec. Lotus are hardly averse to a special edition or three to garner added attention for its cars, a ploy which has kept sales ticking over even if it feels like there’s […]
There’s a new Lotus Esprit on the way – but you could have Colin Chapman’s last Lotus Esprit now
Lotus appear to be planning a new Lotus Esprit, but you could have Colin Chapman’s 1981 Lotus Esprit Series 3 – his last car – now. The Lotus Esprit firts showed its face to the world in 1975, effectively replacing the Lotus Europa in the Lotus line-up and delivering a Lotus Supercar to the world. […]
Lotus Elise Classic Heritage Editions with liveries from Lotus racing history
Lotus is back with another limited edition run of cars, this time the Lotus Elise Classic Heritage Editions with liveries from Lotus racing history. Lotus has managed to scrape a living in the past few years by repackaging their rather ancient line-up, delivering incrementally tweaked versions of their range and regular ‘limited edition’ specials to […]
New ‘Practical’Lotus sports car planned – sitting somewhere between a Porsche Cayman and Porsche 911
Lotus is planning its last ICE sports car as a practical everyday car with usable room and sitting in price somewhere between the Porsche Cayman and 911. We know that the Lotus Evija is on its way as a limited-run electric halo model for the reborn Lotus brand, and we know Lotus plans to refresh […]
Electric Lotus Evija hypercar EXCLUSIVE configurator detailed in new video
The Lotus Evija electric hypercar – the first British electric hypercar – is being configured by its buyers using a special state of the art configurator. Lotus is heading back to proper health as Geely’s money allows them to drive in to the future with confidence, and nothing demonstrates that more than the Lotus Evija. […]
Own a Lotus? It just got a LOT cheaper to service as Lotus SLASH costs by up to 50%
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 […]