His comments were published in Automotive News with additional reporting from the Reuters news agency. Read all our Lotus car reviews here. By James Taylor.
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Marketing Cookies We use cookies to understand how you engage with our website across all your devices, this includes recording your browsing habits and activity. Save preferences. Ultimately, the only way to truly understand a Lotus is to drive it. Lotus Exige Sport 20th Anniversary Twenty years young: Lotus celebrates the Exige with sensational 20th anniversary special edition. Exige Sport Exige Sport launched. Elise S Cup The Elise has never been better.
Jean-Marc Gales The multi-lingual, international, automotive businessman took over the reins of Group Lotus plc in May Evora Sports Racer A visually enhanced and optimised version of the mid-engined 3. Exige S Roadster The first time an Exige model has been offered with a factory-fitted soft top roof. Lotus Range Extender Lotus Engineering unveil the supercharged, extremely compact, lightweight, low-cost engine and generator designed specifically for hybrid electric vehicles.
Lotus returns to F1 The iconic Lotus name returned to Formula 1 for the season after a more than 15 year long absence. Evora Launch The all new Evora is unveiled. Canaries Lotus became the shirt sponsor for Norwich City Football team. End of an era The last Lotus Esprit rolled off the production line. Extreme Concept Lotus, famous for taking things to extremes, provided support to Coventry University design student, Ted Mannerfelt.
New Elise The new generation Elise was launched, with improved performance, styling, handling and quality. Elise Sport In response to enthusiasts demand for even more performance Lotus responded with the introduction of the Sport Exige Launch On the eve of the inaugural round of the Autobytel Lotus Championship race series, Lotus thrilled the crowds by unveiling the new Exige. M Lotus revealed an all-new mini-supercar concept that fitted into the range between the Elise and Esprit.
Esprit Sport The lightweight and big-braked Esprit Sport supercar was released as a dramatic limited edition model. Elise The Elise was unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show, to the obvious delight of the press and public.
Team Lotus Disbanded Spiraling costs led to the disbanding of Team Lotus at the start of the F1 season, closing an important chapter in Lotus history. Lotus Sport Multiple successes with the Lotus Sport carbon-composite bicycle.
Esprit S4 The Esprit S4 had a minor facelift and a range of mechanical refinements including power-steering as standard. Type The Lotus Type introduced the normally aspirated 3. Chrysler Corporation Contracted with Lotus Engineering to develop a family of high performance valve engines for its future range of passenger cars. Etna Concept.
Toyota At the request of Lotus, Toyota acquired a Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman Died suddenly from a heart attack at only 54 years of age. Meanwhile, the Elan goes out of production and the rights to build the 7 are sold to a Lotus dealer, Caterham Cars, which continues to build the lightweight roadster to this day. The Eclat—known as the Sprint in the U. Europa production ends. Styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the wedge-shaped Esprit runs from 0 to 60 in 9.
Cornering performance is notably better. When Chapman says Boy Racer, he means it. He deserved at least that. Changes to the bumpers, structure, chassis, and engine mean that a U. Lotus plans on selling between and Elans a year, and initial volumes are promising, but then sales fall flat.
By , the Elan is dead. When production stops, Lotus has engines stockpiled. In , under new ownership, Lotus builds more Elans for European consumption with the leftover engines. To make it handle like a Lotus, the Carlton gets a Lotus-tuned chassis and seriously meaty tires. Lotus claims a 0-to time of 5. Top speed is a still-impressive mph.
Lotus goes back to basics and starts building the mid-engine, lightweight, two-seat Elise. Underpinned by a novel tub made of aluminum sections glued together, the Elise weighs a scant pounds.
We cry out for Lotus to bring the Elise to our shores. Lotus develops a hp twin-turbo V-8 and drops it into the Esprit V In November , we test the Esprit V-8 and find that it moves from 0 to 60 in 4. Sales begin in America as a model.
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