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Lotus Cars – Lotus sales up 54% world-wide for the first nine months of the financial year
News from Lotus that sales have continue to improve world-wide, with new announcements planned for Geneva Motor Show in March. Source: Lotus sales up 54% world-wide for the first nine months of the financial year Discussion: SELOC Chat »Outlook looking up for Lotus 81% sales increase EU overall 88% increase in UK 143% increase in […]
Lotus Cars – New Chief Engineer, Vehicle Test and Development for Lotus
Lotus today announced that Dave Marler has been appointed Chief Engineer, Vehicle Test and Development for the companies cars. Marler will certainly have some large shoes to fill – replacing Matthew Becker who is leaving Lotus after 26 years at the company and who together with his father Roger Becker, who retired in 2010 after […]
Lotus Cars – Lotus Cars Celebrates 1000th Exige S
Lotus announced last week that they had built their 1000th Exige V6, with this milestone car destined for the Lotus Test and Development team for sign off of the new automatic gearbox option. Source: Lotus Cars – Lotus Cars Celebrates 1000th Exige S Discussion: SELOC Chat – Lotus Cars Celebrates 1000th Exige S The 1000th […]
Lotus Cars – Lotus Expands Exige Product Range with Introduction of Exige S Automatic
Following it being spotted recently testing at the Nurburgring, Lotus have today announced the latest addition to the Exige range – the Exige S Automatic. Although specs haven’t yet been given the Exige S Automatic likely shares its drivetrain with the Evora S IPS, with the gearbox calibration suitably altered to match the Exiges more […]
Lotus Cars – Russell Carr appointed Head of Design for Lotus
News today that Lotus Head of Design, Donato Coco, will be leaving the company at the end of October, to be replaced by Evora designer and 24-year Lotus veteran Russell Carr. Discussion: SELOC Chat » Russell Carr appointed Head of Design for Lotus Group Lotus plc announces the appointment of Russell Carr as Head of […]
Lotus Cars – The Lotus Elise S Cup, a road-going variant of the Elise S Cup R completes testing.
Following on from it being spotted undergoing testing at the Nurburgring recently, Lotus have announced the road going version of the Elise S Cup R racer – the Elise S Cup. You can find the full press release below… Discussion: SELOC Forums – SELOC Chat – Lotus Elise Cup R roadcar? Lotus Cars – The […]
Evora, Exige and Elise prototypes spotted in the wild
Whilst news of new model variants has been fairly quiet of late signs are emerging of revisions being made across the Lotus model range. Evora First up, a camouflaged Evora was posted recently testing on the continent on AutoJunk.nl. Little is known about this car, however photographs suggest that the front bumper has been re-profiled […]
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Lotus Cars – Lotus Delivers Best June Results in 4 years and Best First Quarter Sales in 3 years
Positive news from Lotus this week, with the company announcing their best June and First quarter international sales figures in a number of years. Today, Group Lotus plc is pleased to announce a 31% rise in global sports car sales for the first financial quarter of 2014. For the period 1st April-30thJune the company increased […]
Lotus Cars – 3: It’s the Magic Number
Lotus have added a great new incentive for new owners in the UK and mainland Europe, with 3 years (or 27,000 miles) free servicing across the Elise, Exige and Evora range on top of their existing 3 year, unlimited mileage, warranty for cars ordered between now and the end of September. With 3-year warranty and […]
Lotus celebrates Formula 1 provenance with limited edition ‘Exige LF1’
Lotus unveiled a new special edition this week at the Canary Wharf Motorexpo – the Lotus F1 Team inspired Exige LF1. The LF1 features a number of unique additions over the standard Exige S model and is limited to just 81 cars – the same as the number of victories by Lotus teams in their […]
Lotus Cars – PROTON Appoints New Lotus CEO
PROTON Holdings Berhad (“PROTON”) last week announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Gales as the new Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus plc, effective 1 May 2014. Lotus is a wholly owned subsidiary of PROTON and a member of the DRB-HICOM Group. Gales, a Luxembourgian, holds a MSc in Management from London’s Imperial College, and a […]