Lotus are looking to grab GM’s Bob Lutz in an effort to take the Hethel car maker away from founder Colin Chapman’s vision and firmly in the direction of bigger and more luxurious. The Lotus five year plan calls for the track day cars to make way for much more substantial and upmarket cars to […]
Lotus Europa bites the dust
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 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 […]