{"id":3712,"date":"2012-07-19T09:04:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T08:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seloc.org\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2012-07-19T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T08:04:01","slug":"lotus-cars-business-secretary-visits-lotus-flagship-lotus-originals-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/2012\/07\/19\/lotus-cars-business-secretary-visits-lotus-flagship-lotus-originals-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Cars – Business Secretary visits Lotus\u2019 flagship ‘Lotus Originals’ store"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Business Secretary Vince Cable joined the members of DRB-HICOM yesterday at the Lotus Originals store on London’s Regent Street as part of a three day visit by Lotus’s new parent company.<\/p>\n

Discussion: SELOC Chat – ‘LOTUS ORIGINALS’ Regent Street Store Opens its Doors<\/a><\/p>\n

New Lotus owners DRB-HICOM\u00a0welcomed\u00a0Business Secretary\u00a0Vince Cable to the Lotus Originals flagship store on Regent Street today. Present during the visit was His Excellency Dato’ Sri Zakaria Sulong, Malaysia High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

The DRB-HICOM delegation led by DRB-HICOM Chairman Dato\u2019 Syed Mohamad Syed Murtaza and DRB-HICOM Berhad’s Group Managing Director and Executive Chairman of Proton Holdings Berhad, Dato Sri Hj Mohd Khamil Jamil met with the\u00a0Business Secretary\u00a0before showing him\u00a0around the new flagship store in London.<\/p>\n

The Regent Street store opening marked the end of a three day visit by DRB-HICOM to Group Lotus which began with two days at the Hethel based headquarters. During the visit, the delegation from DRB-HICOM was given a thorough tour of the facilities including the production line, design studio and engineering facilities before putting current Lotus products through their paces out on the test track with a ride and drive experience. The feedback from Lotus\u2019 new owners was very positive and senior staff at Hethel were reassured regarding DRB-HICOM\u2019s support for Group Lotus going forward.<\/p>\n

Dato\u2019 Sri Hj Mohd Khamil Jamil, Group Managing Director DRB-HICOM & Executive Chairman PROTON said: \u201cGroup Lotus has some of the most technically gifted and talented members of the automotive industry and we are determined that they will be given the opportunity to flourish under the new management. DRB-HICOM has invested new funds and it is our job to make sure that investment is used in a way that can drive the company forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working on a number of new developments and are confident of the company\u2019s bright future as we continue to leverage on our engineering excellence and innovation culture. Meeting with Dr Cable and hearing about his\u00a0continued\u00a0support for this great British brand was very heartening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Business Secretary Vince Cable said: \u201cI’m pleased to\u00a0have been invited to meet with DRB-HICOM on what is a milestone\u00a0day for Lotus. Lotus\u00a0is an important part of the UK\u2019s automotive sector, and I particularly welcome DRB-HICOM\u2019S continued commitment\u00a0to the future of Lotus in Norfolk.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Business Secretary Vince Cable joined the members of DRB-HICOM yesterday at the Lotus Originals store on London’s Regent Street as part of a three day visit by Lotus’s new parent company. Discussion: SELOC Chat – ‘LOTUS ORIGINALS’ Regent Street Store Opens its Doors New Lotus owners DRB-HICOM\u00a0welcomed\u00a0Business Secretary\u00a0Vince Cable to the Lotus Originals flagship store […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[228,507,541,703,890,891],"class_list":["post-3712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lotus","tag-drb-hicom","tag-london","tag-lotus-originals","tag-regent-street","tag-vince-cable","tag-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}