Anyone with half a heart will admit there have been tough times at Lotus just recently. First was the public meltdown of ex-CEO, Dany Bahar, and then came the ousting [...]
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Lotus Launches Fully-Loaded Evora Sports Racer
I was privileged enough to visit the Lotus factory back in 2008, on the very day the last of the first consignment of Lotus Evoras came off the production for [...]
Lotus Claims Bahar Did An Abysmal Job As CEO
We’ve followed Lotus’ story since 2009 when it took on ex-Ferrari designer Donato Coco, as well as their former sales executive, Dany Bahar. It all looked rather promising from where [...]
Long Live Lotus
Some of the uncertainty surrounding the future of Lotus has been settled this week, after the DRB-Hicom CEO, Aslam Farikullah, revealed some near term plans from Lotus during an interview. [...]
Uncertain Future Of Lotus Esprit
It comes as no big surprise to hear via Inside Line that development of the Lotus Esprit has been put on hold, however, this may, or may not, be the [...]
Renault Alpine A110-50: Bye-Bye Lotus, Hello Caterham
When Renault unveiled their head turning Alpine A110-50 Concept earlier this year, one couldn’t help but wonder how the struggling French automaker was ever going to bring it to life. [...]
Ex-Lotus CEO Dany Bahar Files Lawsuit Against DRB-Hicom
It seems Lotus’ former CEO, Dany Bahar, is not in the habit of making idle threats. Bahar, who was dismissed with immediate effect in early June after allegations of mismanagement, [...]
Lotus Scraps Five New Models
“Five cars at one go, is no go,” Proton deputy CEO Datuk Lukman Ibrahim told the Malaysian paper The Star last week. Ibrahim was referring to former CEO Dany Bahar’s [...]
DRB-Hicom Declines Offer To Purchase For Lotus
DRB-Hicom, owners of embattled sports car maker Lotus, have reportedly turned down an offer to purchase by, wait for it… Volkswagen. The offer did not officially come from Volkswagen, because [...]
Lotus Withdraws From Paris Motor Show
Lotus seems to be on the back foot of late, following news of CEO Dany Bahar’s removal from office and now the announcement that the company won’t attend the 2012 [...]
