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 […]
Lotus need YOUR help to find the original Lotus Mark I
This is the 70th year of Lotus, and Lotus are on the hunt for the original Lotus Mk I, built by Colin Chapman in 1948 and sold in 1950. 2018 is the 70th anniversary of Lotus Cars, and Lotus are calling on the car loving public to help them find the very first Lotus ever […]
Lotus celebrates its 70th with a burning rubber ’70’ logo (video)
Lotus is 70 years old this year, and to celebrate they’ve delivered a video of two Lotus cars doing their thing at Hethel and creating a real-time ’70th’ logo in rubber. It’s 70 years since Colin Chapman built his first competition car, and Lotus are celebrating that 70th anniversary by demonstrating what Chapman strived for […]
Lotus set for £1.5 BILLION investment from Volvo owners Geely
Lotus look set to get a £1.5 billion in investment from new owners Geely – which also owns Volvo – to put Lotus back in to the big league. It’s more than a year since Geely – best known in the West as the Chinese firm that gave Volvo back its Mojo – took effective […]
Lotus Exige Sport 410 REVEALED – yes, it’s ANOTHER new Lotus
The Lotus Exige Sport 410 arrives as a new addition to Lotus’s Exige range, as a road-focussed take on the Exige Cup 430. Costs from £85,500. We’ve had a raft of ‘Special Edition’ Lotus models in the last few months as Hethel works to keep revenue coming in ahead of big changes expected from Geely’s […]