The Gordon Lamb Group has sold its multi-franchise Sheffield dealership (housing Saab, Mitsubishi and Lotus) to property developer, Rapid Elevation for an undisclosed sum.
Lotus is about to launch the inaugural Lotus Summer Festival across its retail network.
No, you haven’t picked up a Seventies back issue. Those cut and shut panel inserts, mangled wheel-arches, deep fat fryer-vents and Exige-alike wing confirm that this is a prototype of Lotus’s Esprit replacement.
The new Lotus Europa S willl be priced from £32,995.
Lotus will be building it’s new mid-engine sports car at the Group Lotus headquarters at Hethel, Norfolk.
Lipscomb Motors is adding a Lotus franchise this month to its Volvo operation in Maidstone.
The man who revived Lotus, Mike Kimberley, has become acting chief executive officer following the shock departure of Kim Ogaard-Nielsen.
Kim Ogaard-Nielsen has stepped down as Lotus chief executive to concentrate on ‘other business interests’.
When Proton first publicized the new Savvy towards the end of last year, it told the UK’s media that buyers should think of it as being their first Lotus – a promising start for the company’s first city car.
Group Lotus is launching a long-term expansion programme to triple production and launch new models.
A former Lotus manager is starting a two-year jail term having been convicted of committing more than £80,000 of fraud.
Lotus has appointed Heathcliffe Robertshaw as general manager of its UK and Ireland division.
At last, Lotus dealers have a reason to be cheerful. Make that three reasons, for the Norfolk firm will add two new models to its stable by late 2007 – an Elise-based Grand Tourer and a new Esprit supercar – with another due at the end of the decade.
Lotus has created a unique Exige Espionage model in conjunction with Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes for an exhibition at London’s Harrods store.
Lotus Cars has appointed Trevor Houghton-Berry as head of commercial operations, effective from October 10.
The British Lotus Elise has set a sales record in America for the Norfolk-based sportscar manufacturer.
Proton Cars has begun its Cars to the People tour, which it hopes will raise brand awareness and highlight its link with Lotus.
Proton’s boss hopes customers will find similarities in its new small car to a Lotus.
Lotus has confirmed it is to build a new version of its Esprit outside the UK, but insists its manufacturing plant in Norfolk has a long-term future.
Lotus’s workforce has been dealt a blow with the news that production of the new Esprit is set to be moved abroad as the British manufacturer looks to cut costs.
