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Lotus appoints former Ferrari exec, Dany Bahar, as CEO

Posted: Sep 03, 2009

Filed under: Ferrari, Industry News, Lotus

Lotus announced today that it has replaced retired CEO Michael J. Kimberley with Dany T. Bahar, former Senior Vice President, Commercial & Brand for Ferrari SpA.
At Ferrari, Bahar was responsible for worldwide road car sales and after sales business, overall road car and F1 marketing activities, licensing, and merchandising business.
“I am looking forward to taking on the [...]

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Lotus Elise Club Racer to be unveiled in… you guessed it – Frankfurt

Posted: Sep 03, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, Lotus

Joining the 2010 Lotus Exige Cup 260 at the Frankfurt Motor Show will be the new 2010 Lotus Elise Club Racer – a lightweight, high-performing, low-emissions model.
Based on the 134-hp Elise S, the Lotus Elise Club Racer goes from 0 to 60 mph in just 5.7 seconds. Lotus says that combined fuel-economy comes in at [...]

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First Lotus Evora delivered, 150 jobs added to help meet demand

Posted: Sep 02, 2009

Filed under: Lotus

Lotus has delivered its first Evora to Matthew Melling of Twickenham, UK. Melling took the keys to his new Storm Titanium Evora from Luke Bennett, Director of Lotus Cars Limited at the Lotus Headquarters.
“I was determined to be the first in the world to get my hands on an Evora so with Stratton Motor Company’s help, [...]

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2010 Lotus Exige Cup 260 unveiled with more efficiency and better handling

Posted: Aug 26, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Lotus

Lotus’ line of Exige Cup has generated somewhat of a cult following with dedicated fans of the vehicle since its inception with the Lotus Exige Cup 240 in 2006. During the last 4 model years, Exige Cup cars have been sold either for racing on the track or for pure road-going adrenaline.
For the 2010 model [...]

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Lotus offering Supercharger kit for naturally aspirated Elise and Exige

Posted: Aug 03, 2009

Filed under: Lotus

Lotus USA has announced that it is offering a factory 50-state legal Surpercharger Kit for naturally aspirated Elise and Exige models. The kit uses the same supercharger fitted into the production Elise SC and can be installed on any naturally aspirated Elise or Exige powered by Toyota’s 2ZZ-GE engine.
The kit, which also consists a integrated intake manifold, [...]

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Lotus city electric-car gets 30 miles on a single charge

Posted: Jul 17, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Lotus

What you’re looking at here is a new city car design created by Lotus Engineer and commissioned by Automotive Engineering Magazine. As a result, the two ended up creating a supermini Lotus electric-vehicle that is even smaller than the Toyota iQ but manages to match the car’s 3+1 layout.
Designed for urban settings and short trips, [...]

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Lotus CEO steps down due to ongoing back problem

Posted: Jul 15, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Lotus

Mike Kimberley, CEO of Group Lotus, announced today that he will be stepping down from his role due to an ongoing back problem. 71-year old Kimberley has been suffering from sever back pain for a number of months and underwent surgery in late 2008, which was partially successful.
His doctor has now advised him to retire to [...]

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Lotus Elise SC joins Hertz rental fleet in Italy

Posted: Jul 09, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Lotus

Lotus Cars Limited announced today that it has teamed up with Hertz Italiana and to supply Lotus cars for its rental business in Italy. Hertz Italiana SpA will be renting out a Lotus Elise to driving enthusiasts, fans of Lotus or those who want to drive one of the finest sportscar on their next vacation.
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Video: Jeremy Clarkson test drives the Lotus Evora

Posted: Jun 22, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Lotus, Videos

Our favorite TV show, Top Gear, came back for season 13 this past weekend. Of course, Top Gear is very strict about having their videos hanging around YouTube – so we’re not going to waste any time and get straight to it. Check out Clarkson’s test drive of the Lotus Evora before BBC and YouTube have [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Man drives Murcielago LP640 Roadster in rain, Lotus may return to F1

Posted: Jun 09, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Lamborghini, Lotus, Miscellaneous Thoughts

First of all, we’d like to apologize for the low number of posts today (we’ve been doing some back-end development work that’s been causing delays). Nonetheless, it’s now time for some of the random findings from around the internet.
Man drives Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 in the rain: Yes, there are people like that out there and [...]