Newswheel staff :: 16 October 2006 :: Filed under Lotus, Proton, Europe & UK, US
Fact: Proton was founded 23 years ago by Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of the car maker’s motherland, Malaysia, for 22 long years from 1981 to 2003. So, when Dr. Mahatir says Proton, owner of Lotus since 1996, is near collapse, well, it’s worth paying attention…
Newswheel staff :: 25 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lotus, Europe & UK, US
Worrying command-economy connotations aside, just what to make of Lotus’s recently announced new five-year plan? Well, Lotus is certainly the sort of company where a major meltdown has always seemed a realistic possibility, even during the rudely healthy heyday of the Elise. Whatever, the company has announced a new mid-range model for 2008, along with a new Lotus/Proton high performance car and the delay of the Esprit until the fag end of 2009…
Newswheel staff :: 15 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lotus, Lotus Europa S, Europe & UK
An Elise variant too far. That’s the overall impression from the first round of road tests of Lotus’s latest in UK print magazines. Indeed, it’s telling that weekly title Autocar doesn’t even give the Europa S pride of place on its cover. That’s got to be a first for a new Lotus model…
Newswheel staff :: 23 June 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lotus, Lotus Elise, Europe & UK, US
Not another five-year plan, surely? What with the Stalinist connotations and Lotus’s track-record for the unceremonious defenestration of said far-reaching future formulations, you might expect the Hethel-based sports car maker to steer well clear. Nope. This week’s Autocar Magazine has an interview with new Lotus CEO Mike Kimberley (if the name is familiar the reason is simple: this is Kimberly’s second innings at the helm of Lotus) in which the company’s new model roadmap is divulged in (not a great deal of) detail…
Newswheel staff :: 08 June 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lotus, Lotus Elise, Europe & UK,
Another month, another Lotus Elise model. But instead of the usual pimped-out performance special, Lotus has launched a new entry-level offering, the Elise S. Powered by a detuned version of the Toyota 1.8-litre VVT-i lump, the S can be yours for a piffling £23,995. That’s fully £4,000 cheaper than the previous starter model, the 111R (now known simply as the Elise R)…
Newswheel staff :: 02 February 2006 :: Filed under Crossover, Lotus, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
Lotus knocks up a crossover vehicle? Yup, but don’t whip out the oriental disembowelling cutlass just yet. The British sportscar maker hasn’t sold out à la Porsche Cayenne. The APX is a client-wooing exercise for Lotus Engineering, designed to show off the merits of its VVA architecture and a new engine. And very definitely not a vehicle that has any chance of seeing production with a Lotus badge on the front.
Newswheel staff :: 07 December 2005 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lotus, Lotus Europa S, Europe & UK
Business class by Lotus. That’s the official spiel on the new Europa S mid-engine sports car. Production starts next summer with prices kicking off around the £33,000 mark. Full details and high res pictures after the jump…
Newswheel staff :: 19 September 2005 :: Filed under Lotus, Lotus Elise, Lotus Exige, US
Ten years ago, the vultures were circling its Hethel headquarters. Now Lotus is selling so many Elises in the US it’s planning to expand its North American dealer network.
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