News By Topic: Lotus

Evora Carbon Concept Makes Motorshow Debut

Mar 2, 2010

The multi-award winning Lotus Evora provides the basis of the stunning carbon design concept unveiled at the 80th Geneva Motorshow. The car boasts a stylish carbon fibre, leather and alcantara interior, aggressive carbon diffuser and an evocative high tech composite body. ... Continue reading

Lotus Hybrid Power For The Proton Concept

Feb 23, 2010

The PROTON Concept car, to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, showcases an advanced series hybrid drivetrain, designed and developed by Lotus Engineering. ... Continue reading

The New Lotus Elise Probably Has The Lowest Co2 For Its Performance for Any Gasoline High Performance Sportscar in the World

Feb 17, 2010

The Lotus Elise revolutionised the sportscar market 14 years ago when the small lightweight agile 2-seat mid engine sportscar was introduced. By ensuring that the Elise stuck rigidly to Lotus' core values of performance through light weight, the Elise was able to produce supercar performance with city car economy. ... Continue reading

Supermodel Naomi Campbell and Sports Car Manufacturer Lotus Cars Join Forces For Haiti

Feb 15, 2010

In response to the horrific natural disaster that has crippled the nation of Haiti, Naomi Campbell together with Lotus Cars will be auctioning eight special edition "Naomi for Haiti" Lotus Evora sports cars, with the proceeds from the auction going to help the relief effort in Haiti. ... Continue reading

International Car Brands See Mixed Start to 2010

Feb 4, 2010

As the new year began, international automakers experienced mixed results in January’s sales figures. While international nameplates maintained their share of the U.S. market – averaging a 1.5 percent improvement over January 2009 – some, such as Toyota, saw sales decline. “January was a mixed bag f ... Continue reading

Lotus Elise Club Racer to Make Australian Debut

Feb 4, 2010

Special Edition Elise combines performance, efficiency and style. ... Continue reading

Lotus Puts Horse Power Behind Cancer Charities

Feb 2, 2010

Lotus Cars Limited is delighted to sponsor the Bob Champion 60:60 Challenge and support both the Injured Jockeys Fund and the Bob Champion Cancer Trust in their fund raising pursuits ... Continue reading

Roger Becker Announces His Retirement From Group Lotus

Feb 1, 2010

Roger Becker Lotus' Director of Vehicle Engineering is retiring from Group Lotus after a long career of 44 years. ... Continue reading

Andreas Prillmann appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of Lotus Cars

Jan 28, 2010

Lotus continues to expand and strengthen its Senior Management team with a further appointment to announce Andreas Prillmann as Chief Commercial Officer responsible for Sales, Marketing and After-sales functions. ... Continue reading

Lotus Evora - the Australian Beginning

Jan 20, 2010

First full production, award-winning Lotus Evoras arrive on Australian shores. ... Continue reading

Continued Growth for Lotus Engineering in the New Decade

Jan 14, 2010

Lotus Engineering starts the New Year strongly, announcing significant new contracts and welcoming a new Director of Lotus Engineering. ... Continue reading

Lotus Appoints New Director of Design

Dec 21, 2009

Group Lotus is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Donato Coco as Director of Design for Group Lotus starting 04 January 2010. In this newly created role, Donato will lead all Lotus Design activities for Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering ... Continue reading

F1 Driver Jarno Trulli Sits in His First Lotus

Dec 18, 2009

F1 driver Jarno Trulli straight from being announced as driver for Lotus F1 Racing in Malaysia made the trip to the home of Lotus at Hethel in England, visiting where Lotus history was made. ... Continue reading

Exclusive Venom GT Images from Hennessey Performance

Dec 18, 2009

Hennessey Performance Engineering published some exclusive images on its Venom GT super car (based on the Lotus Exige) which is coming in 2010! ... Continue reading

2010 North American Car Of The Year Nominees

Dec 17, 2009

NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR NOMINEES By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Good news for GM and Ford came out of a press conference at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit yesterday as four of the six finalist were from the Detroit manufacturers. An exceptionally large group of journalist ... Continue reading