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LRGP – Romain Grosjean: “I’m already training hard”
Lotus Renault GP have posted an interview with returning driver Romain Grosjean, who last raced for the team in 2009, about his preparations for next season. You have mentioned the physical preparation needed for the challenge of Formula 1. Have there been any significant differences in your approach to training? My training has remained very […]
First Impressions of the Exige S V6
After a week of preview events showing off the new Exige S we thought it was only right that we weighed in with our thoughts on Lotus’s latest model. You can read our First Impressions here, check out the full image gallery and let us know what you think in our forums. With the new […]
Elise Garden Party Site Revamped
Over the past 7 years the Elise Garden Party and associated auctions and evenings, with the help of the Lotus community including Group Lotus, have raised £170,000 for charities such as Little Havens and HALOW. The Elise Garden Party website has today been revamped, and organiser Michael Hipperson has sent news that further events are […]
EliseParts Christmas Sale
The EliseParts Christmas Sale is now on until December 22nd with at least 5% off almost everything in the store – making it the perfect time to pick up a gift for that Lotus owning friend/partner/yourself! Amongst the deals you can find 15% off uprated uniball toe link kits, 10% off a baffled sump for […]
Gallery – Exige S Preview Days Underway
Dealer preview days of the new Exige S are now under way, with the Frankfurt show car being taken on a tour of some of the UK dealerships after the Ride and Handling development car originally scheduled for use was unfortunately damaged during testing at the companies Hethel test track. You can find the times […]
LRGP – 2012 FIA Regulations Highlights (Part 2) – with James Allison
Lotus Renault GP have posted the second of their pieces on the technical regulation changes for the 2012 F1 season with Technical Director James Allison. Today’s piece looks at changes to the rules regarding suspension, the car floor, the use of helium to power wheel guns, changes to the testing of the energy absorbing structures, […]
Video – Exige S 0-100mph Timing
After taking a look yesterday at the new Exige S development video and how it validates Lotus’s performance claims from Frankfurt we’ve taken the liberty of extracting the standing start sequence from the video and overlaid timing data on top of it. Watch the original video on YouTube As you can see the test driver […]
Lotus News Roundup
There have been a fair few new Lotus stories in the last day or so, so rather than retread ground you can find a selection of articles to hit the web in the last 24 hours below. Autocar – Bahar’s Lotus stay extended – Announcement of Dany Bahar signing a new contract to stay on […]
Exige S Mini-Site Updated, Gives Credibility To 0-100mph Claims
Lotus have updated the Exige S Mini-site with more owners cars and a new development video showing the car undergoing on the test track at Hethel. Interestingly the video shows a standing start with the car being run to the redline in the first three gears, so we decided to try and work out the […]
Lotus Cars – Be Original, Be Lotus
Lotus Cars have opened the first of their European Lotus Originals retail stores at the companies headquarters in Hethel. The new store not only will give customers a chance to try out the Lotus Originals range of clothing and accessories, but also gives an insight in to how the revamped dealerships may look in future, […]
Full Details on the Hangar 111 Rover Supercharger Kit
Following on from news a couple weeks ago of the new K-series supercharger kit in development, Hangar 111 have announced full details of the Rover Supercharger Kits they have been developing. The power output of the kit can range from 190bhp up to 260bhp depending on engine build and specification, with prices starting at £5,665 […]
LRGP – Romain Grosjean to race alongside Kimi Räikkönen in 2012
Lotus Renault GP have finalised their 2012 driver line-up with the announcement that Romain Grosjean will be taking the second race seat alongside Kimi Räikkönen. The move means that both of the 2011 drivers, Russian Vitaly Petrov and the Brazilian Bruno Senna, are left to look for a race seat elsewhere, or potentially to stay […]