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This is the fastest Lotus convertible, ever. And it has just been unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Say hello to the Lotus Exige S Roadster. It has the same 3.5-litre engine as the Exige S Coupe, but the fixed-roof has been replaced by a soft-top. So essentially it’s an Elise with a bigger [...]
Proton is in big trouble. And by definition so is Lotus. Profits at the Malaysian company fell by 76% last quarter prompting speculation that they could offload the legendary sports car company to raise money and cut costs. Proton’s Situation Lotus hasn’t made a profit since Proton bought them in 1996. So given the dramatic [...]
Welcome to the first ever Motoring Spy Awards. It’s that time of year again dear reader, when the interweb is awash with awards and year-end reviews. So here is our humble contribution to the world of motoring medals. We’ve got 14 prestigious awards to dish out including 3 awards voted for by Motoring Spy readers, [...]
The weekly drip feed of news from Lotus continues with three new developments in recent days including a new V8 engine, a new four year deal for CEO Dany Bahar and more vague talk about lightness being good. But we doubt how much longer they can keep dining out on that one. 1. New Lotus [...]
Lotus has unveiled yet another special edition car. This time it’s a Lotus Evora GTE developed in conjunction with Swizz Beatz. Lotus CEO Dany Bahar pulled the covers off the special edition chrome Evora GTE at a special event at the IAC building in New York City last Wednesday. The PR But strip away all [...]
The 1963 Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger has been named Britain’s favourite movie car. The online poll held by Auto Express asked readers to choose from 50 film cars including Tom Cruise’s climbing Lexus from Minority Report and Ron Weasley’s flying Ford Anglia in Harry Potter. Here are the top 5 [...]
After reports of falling sales figures at Lotus, the Norfolk-based car manufacturer has received a £10 million grant from the UK Government. The money from the Regional Growth Fund will ensure that Lotus remains in the UK for the foreseeable future and help them to realise their ambitious five year, five car plan announced at [...]
The Porsche Cayman R has been named Britain’s Best Driver’s Car for 2011 by Autocar magazine. After a three-day test involving extensive tests on public roads and a racetrack, the Cayman R was selected as the car which provided the greatest driving thrill. The Contenders Eleven cars worth almost £900,000 took part in the contest; [...]
Lotus has drawn upon its racing pedigree to produce this special edition Evora S GP. Inspired by the Lotus-Renault F1 car from the 1980′s it features the John Player Specials colour scheme used by the racing team. That means black paintwork with red wing mirrors, distinctive thin gold stripes and gold coloured diamond cut design [...]
Behold the new Lotus Evota GTE. Its supercharged V6 packs 438bhp making it the most powerful Lotus road car ever. And it’s coming to the UK. Inspired by the GTE racing series, Lotus planned to build just 25 Evora GTE’s for the Asian market. Photo courtesy of Autoviva.com Within days they sold 114 in [...]
