March 28, 2024
Lotus

Lotus Evora GX Grand-Am racer unveiled

Those who are big fans of Lotus and racing might be getting mixed feelings from Formula 1 but unfortunately for them things aren’t going to change soon. Their favorite British brand has just unveiled a refreshed version of the Lotus Evora GX that will take place in the Grand-Am fights. Lotus make big claims that

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Lotus send Evora GTE and Exige racing

The British car makers don’t seem to get the idea that motor racing costs money. They’re all taking place in these sports and trying to get more customers in their showroom. Now, Aston Martin is doing well enough to afford it, Jaguar is backing off the efforts and the guys over at Lotus, starved of

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Lotus will take part in Le Mans 2012

In our modern times, I think there’s plenty of stuff that died out about the motor industry and the personality of the car makers and the people who run them. At Lotus however we just keep finding that genuine example of British pluckiness. They just don’t want to let go of their ambitions or, worse

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2012 Lotus Exige S will be sold in the US – sort of

American buyers tend to be starved for lots of low production models for a variety of legal issues. Lotus is the sort of company that makes desirable products yet few of them slip through the net and over the Atlantic. The recently unveiled 2012 Lotus Exige S is one of the rare models that enthusiasts

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Lotus Evora GTE Limited Edition revealed

The British sports car manufacturer unveiled today at Frankfurt a special edition of the current Lotus Evora GTE, a model which is available only for the Chinese market in a limited series of around 115 units. The GTE Limited Edition is, as expected, based on the standard Evora GTE being equipped with the same 3.5-liter

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Lotus unveils 2012 Exige S in Frankfurt

Your favorite lightweight focused British manufacturer just came up with another new model, it’s the pretty interesting 2012 Lotus Exige S. Meant to be the ultimate vehicle Lotus can make it does seem to have all of the best parts the company has in its bin, mixing the smallest and lightest car with the biggest

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Hennessey Venom GT gets proper debut in Monterey

The long teased and developed Hennessey Venom GT will be getting a serious debut in Monterey, California. Forget Coffee and Cars, this time Hennessey’s flagship creation is getting a proper welcoming to the U.S. market. It will happen at the McCall’s Motorworks Revival, an event which doesn’t sound completely glorious but it is a part

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NHTSA launches investigation on Lotus Elise

This feels almost romantic, after quite a few years of unfaithful and boring reliability records, the British car maker once again falls under investigation for quite a serious problem. I’m talking about Lotus and their beloved Elise. Pending a few complaints from customers about specific oil leaks, the chaps at NHTSA decided to investigate the

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Lotus Evora S joins ranks of the Carabinieri

Not since the Italians at Lamborghini gifted a couple of Gallardos to the country’s police force have we seen a publicity stunt of this size. In a moment of madness inspiration, the British at Lotus decided to help out the Carabinieri (Italy’s paramilitary police) with a couple of supercars for daily runabouts. Actually, the two

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Lotus Esprit – possibly the fastest car from the UK

News from Lotus: The small British company with a big heritage toots its horn once more, this time they claim their future Lotus Esprit may end up being the fastest car made in the UK. Quite an impressive claim, and as we will find out in just a few, attached to quite some impressive numbers.

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Lotus CEO praises future Esprit over 458 Italia and MP4-12C

There must be something about the British car companies and their leaders that makes them occasionally talk smack about the opposition. It’s the only way it makes sense. A few months ago, just after McLaren launched their MP4-12C supercar, Ron Dennins, head of the company talked down the mighty Bugatti Veyron. Today, looking at Lotus

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North American Lotus Elise and Exige soon to be killed off

Despite the immense racing history and heritage the British Lotus brand is associated with they have to concede that their operation is still a small one. As part of this sort of financial and technical affair, their current model lineup isn’t exactly as long as Moby Dick and even so they are struggling. Proof of

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Lotus may be for sale

The British at Lotus, specifically their management have been sharing some very interesting information in their latest of interviews. Lotus CEO Dany Bahar claims that his company’s plans on models and such are going well only somehow he feels that a break off from the Malaysian owners at Proton is on the table. If this

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Lotus creates special editions with last Toyota engines

It’s been so long ago that few still remember that the British at Lotus use Toyota engines in the Elise and the more hardcore Exige. The engines at hand are Toyota 2ZZ-GE units and stocks are headed for depletion. Trying to capitalize on what’s left, Lotus is going to make a few special edition units

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Lotus Evora sees Mansory before going to Geneva

The Geneva Motor Show may be far away, but its importance is so great that many manufacturers can’t afford to sustain from showing off their Swiss stand products before it. The British at Lotus are no exception and they’ve decided to show us a special version of their Evora. In its current form, the Evora

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Bruno Senna will race for the Lotus-Renault F1 Team

Formula 1 is getting tougher and tougher to understand these days but this bit of news does feature quite a reasonable translation possibility. Lotus-Renault is the team that’s actually helped along by the actual British manufacturer at Lotus and not just another team with legal rights of a name.

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Lotus’ F1 team and livery are headed for court

The British at Lotus have had quite the series of achievements throughout 2010. The clearing of a situation with the F1 team’s name and livery ownership isn’t one of them. The legal fight between Lotus Group and Team Lotus was quite a tense situation and the two entities were due to enter the court room

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Lotus Evora joins the force

Which one? The crime-fighting one of course, where else would a high performance car be seen? Well, as it happens, there are some less then law abiding activities you got undertake while driving a Lotus Evora, but that’s another story.

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New Lotus Exige to be revealed at Geneva Motor Show

According to the latest statements made by Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, we could expect a new Lotus Exige to be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show starting in March. The British manufacturer will cooperate with the Germans from CSI to redesign the interiors of their new models. According to another rumors we can expect a

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Lotus City Car is under way

It’s been two months since the world of city cars was shaken by a Lotus Concept that wore exactly the same name. Since then, some paperwork has been done and a lot of management decisions have been made at the lightweight oriented manufacturer. This is the only explanation I can find for their latest announcement.

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