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  Preview details of Lotus Project Eagle car

  17 July 2008 / 34 comments

  Group Lotus CEO Mike Kimberly calls the above car the biggest milestone that Lotus has achieved since the original Lotus Elise 13 years ago. This milestone car is currently known by its codename Project Eagle, […]

   

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  Lotus gets two UK government green projects

  24 June 2008 / 11 comments

  Lotus Engineering has won two green vehicle projects from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board. The first project involves working as part of the Zero Emission London Taxi Commercialisation consortium to develop a fuel cell […]

   

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  Lotus and Continental’s Low CO2 Project

  23 February 2008 / 10 comments

  Click to enlarge Lotus Engineering and Continental Division Powertrain have just posted the results of a Low CO2 research project, involving an Opel Astra equipped with a new prototype inline-3 1.5 litre pressure-charged engine. The […]

   

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  A local firm wants to buy Lotus?

  28 December 2007 / 66 comments

  The Malaysian Reserve reports that a local firm has approached Proton with a proposal to take over Proton’s stake in Lotus. The business daily did not mention which local firm this is – but whispers […]

   

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  Lotus and Siemens VDO to reveal new engine

  11 September 2007 / 12 comments

  Lotus Engineering and Siemens VDO will be jointly exhibiting a new 1.5 litre 3-cylinder force inducted hybrid engine at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show which should be starting any time now. The new engine combines […]

   

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  No made in China Lotus

  16 August 2007 / 19 comments

  Something Lotus generally does not do is respond to individual articles in the media, but this time the British company has stepped up and responded to the recent news that Jinhua Neoplan will be assembling […]

   

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  Jinhua Neoplan to assemble Lotus cars in China

  13 August 2007 / 20 comments

  Jinhua Neoplan will be assembling CKD kits of Lotus cars in China, with one of the first cars set to be the Lotus Europa. Interesting to note that Jinhua Neoplan is part of the Jinhua […]

   

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  RM272 million ringgit to cover Lotus debts

  27 March 2007 / 18 comments

  Proton has loaned the Lotus Group £40 million, or RM272 million ringgit, to cover the Lotus Group’s third successive year of losses. This loan will be converted to equity, which actually means Proton is basically […]

   

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  Zap releases more details on ZAP-X

  20 March 2007 / 10 comments

  Remember Zap? I reported earlier in February that US electric car maker Zap was employing the services of Lotus to develop the ZAP-X for them, an all-wheel drive crossover MPV which would be fully powered […]

   

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  Spyker wants to buy Lotus

  16 March 2007 / 17 comments

  Dutch car manufacturer Spyker has made a bid for Lotus, reported Dutch auto magazine AutoWeek. AutoWeek’s unnamed sources claims the Dutch company is already in talks with Proton about the possible porchase. Spyker’s owner however, […]

   

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  Lotus Integrated Exhaust Manifold

  14 March 2007 / 17 comments

  Lotus Engineering displayed their Integrated Exhaust Manifold technology at the 2007 Geneva International Motor Show. Basically, it is an exhaust manifold integrated into the cylinder head. A demonstration of this was shown as a cylinder […]

   

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  Proton and Lotus Engineering develop Proton GEN2 EVE Hybrid Concept

  7 March 2007 / 44 comments

  Lotus Engineering will have this on display at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, a Proton GEN2 equipped with Lotus Engineering’s EVE Hybrid technology. EVE, which stands for Efficient, Viable, Environmental, basically pairs Proton’s 1.6 litre […]

   

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  ZAP-X: Performance MPV with in-wheel motors based on Lotus APX

  2 February 2007 / 5 comments

  Zero Air Pollution, or ZAP, is a US-based company that will be debuting a new vehicle, the ZAP-X, at the North American Dealers Association show next week. ZAP already has electric cars and trucks on […]

   

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  Lotus gets Jinhua Youngman engineering deal

  26 November 2006 / 16 comments

  The feasibility study between Lotus Engineering Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Youngman Automobile Group Co Ltd (Jinhua Youngman) recently concluded with positive results, and Lotus has managed to secure the deal to assist Jinhua Youngman produce […]

   

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  More on Lotus turnaround plan – Lotus Satria Neo?

  23 September 2006 / 15 comments

  We have more details on Group Lotus’ plan to turnaround the company within the next 5 years. Previous details on the plan revealed plans to produce more of it’s own cars, re-engineer third party cars, […]

   

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