Spend wisely, buy a Lotus!

The latest money saving advice comes from British sportscar maker Lotus, and is very simple – buy a Lotus and save money!

18/12/08 Serious. Fun.

The all new Lotus Driving Academy has been developed to link Lotus’ adrenaline-fuelled track experiences and it’s hugely successful driver training to create an unrivalled programme that creates better drivers.

Lotus Evora Wins Another Award

The new Lotus Evora has added yet another award to its growing trophy cabinet, this time for iMotor Magazine’s “Overall Winner - Most Rated Car of 2008”. In every issue of iMotor (which has an ABCe of 108,600), readers have been ‘rating’ and ‘slating’ the cars featured; and out of 40,000 votes counted, 95 per cent of voters rated the Lotus Evora, compared to just 5 per cent slating it making the new 2+2 the most highly rated car in 2008 by iMOTOR readers.

Craig, Clooney and Grohl waiting to drive the new Lotus EVORA

The new Lotus Evora is everything a sports car should be; sculptural, stylish and fast; considerably faster than the famous Elise and more refined at speed than the track-focused Exige.  Lotus promises its trademark exemplar performance credentials and suggests the Evora will achieve a maximum speed of 160 mph and a 0-60 time at less than 5 seconds!

2009 Lotus Design Calendar - Available online

The latest Lotus Design limited edition calendar is now available and hints at a design language of the future.

Latest Award for Lotus

This prestigious award comes just a week after Lotus announced a £2 million profit for the last financial year, citing the growth of Lotus as a world leading high technology, ecological automotive engineering consultancy and the unveiling of the visually stunning Lotus Evora, the first new Lotus for 13 years, as amongst the key reasons for the accolade.

Mike Kimberley, Chief Executive Officer was delighted to receive the award on behalf of Group Lotus Plc, “It is an honour for me to be presented with this award, recognising the hard work of all our tremendously loyal and dedicated global staff over the last two years to execute the turnaround in the business fortunes of Lotus.  Our ‘can do’ attitude has ensured the continued growth of Lotus into a much stronger and stable position consolidating our reputation as a global premium advanced automotive company”.

Racebred 2-Eleven Unleashed

12/11/08 - Racebred 2-Eleven Unleashed

The Lotus Sport 2-Eleven GT4 Supersport race car asserts itself at the pinnacle of the 2-Eleven range, combining race winning pedigree with unparalleled handling and balance.

Lotus – Year End Financial Results to 31 March 2008

Improvements in efficiency, careful cost cutting, together with steady sportscar sales and increased 3rd party engineering consultancy sales, contribute to a £2 million profit for Lotus Group International Ltd, (LGIL). Investment into R&D and new products rises by 95%.

Lotus Wins Award for Engine Research that Delivers 15% CO2 Reduction

Lotus Engineering, the world renowned automotive consultancy division of Lotus, is celebrating its latest accolade after triumphing at ‘The Engineer Technology + Innovation Awards 2008’ with another environmentally focused project. The winning project, Project HOTFIRE, developed a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine concept that reduces fuel consumption by 15% and was named the leading academic collaborative project in the automotive sector.

The 2009 Model Year Lotus Exige Cup 260: Add Lightness to Increase Performance

Lotus Cars Ltd, has unveiled the MY2009 Exige Cup 260.  A direct development of the 2008 Exige Cup Car, this year’s car uses advanced light weight components and carbon fibre body material, to reduce the overall weight by 38 kg to a total mass less than 900 kg. Maximum power output of 257 hp (260 PS), remains the same as the 2008 car, but with careful attention to weight reduction detail, the 2009 Model Year Exige Cup 260 provides a more agile and dynamic track focused drive and is more than capable of taming Europe’s most challenging race circuits.

New Lotus Cup Europe Race Series

The series will be organised and run by LoTRDC who, with MotorSport Vision Racing run the successful “Elise Trophy” race series in the UK. LoTRDC and MotorSport Vision are independent companies not connected with Lotus. The Proposed Calendar will have drivers racing on some of the most prestigious and demanding circuits in Europe:

The provisional calendar is as follows:
· Donington Park (UK)
· Le Mans (France) or Zolder (Belgium)
· Zandvoort (Holland)
· Brands Hatch Grand Prix (UK)
· Dijon-Prenois (France)
· Spa Francorchamps (Belgium)

Lotus Evora Aluminium Structure Celebrated

The Lotus Evora, the all new sportscar from one of the leading global car marques has won a prestigious award at the European Aluminium Awards 2008. The aluminium structure of the Lotus Evora, the world’s only mid-engined 2+2 was triumphant, capturing the Overall Jury Prize, celebrating the technological advancements of the Lotus aluminium vehicle architecture.

Lotus Developing Hybrid Drivetrain for Motorsport

Lotus Engineering, the world renowned automotive consultancy division of Lotus is collaborating with Oaktec to develop the performance of a Honda Civic Hybrid for stage rallying and circuit racing.

Britcar 24 hour Race at Silverstone

Britcar 24 hour Race at Silverstone
20th & 21st September 2008

Lotus Exige entered by Red Motorsport
 finishes 1st in Class3 and 5th overall

Lotus Europa receives diamond treatment

This year Lotus celebrates its 60th birthday and to properly mark the occasion, the British sportscar manufacturer has produced a real gem of a car – a fully customised, diamond-set Lotus Europa valued at £150,000 which will be launched at Lotus’ birthday celebrations in Hethel, Norfolk on Sunday 14th  September 2008.

Update on the Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations at Lotus

On Sunday 14th September 2008, Lotus is opening its Hethel Factory gates to host an anniversary open day and is inviting enthusiasts old and new.

Fresh from its global unveiling at the British International Motorshow, the new Lotus Evora will be on display as part of a development story exhibition about Hethel’s latest 2+2 sportscar.

Guests will be free to tour the impressive engineering and factory facilities and sections of the design studios will be open for all to see.

Clark Type 25 Elise SC Limited Edition

Jim Clark is considered by many as the finest and most naturally gifted racing driver of all time. He won the F1 World Championship twice for Team Lotus in 1963 and in 1965. In total, he won 25 Grand Prix races and was the first Briton to win the Indianapolis 500. Clark won a third of all the F1 races he entered, as well as racing in other formulae such as F2, F3 and Touring Cars. Typically he would race in as many as three different categories per race meeting! How many of the current crop of F1 drivers would do that?

Lotus to develop OMNIVORE Research Engine

Lotus conduct research study into engine efficiency when utilising sustainable second and third generation bio fuels

05/08/08 - Lotus introduces Safe & Sound Hybrid

Lotus Engineering, the world renowned automotive consultancy division of Lotus, has developed technologies to synthesise external sound on electric and hybrid vehicles to counteract the growing concern these ‘quiet’ vehicles pose to pedestrians and cyclists. A simulation of a real engine sound is used on the ‘Safe & Sound’ Hybrid technology demonstrator vehicle, making it instantly recognisable that the vehicle is in motion.

01/08/08 - Drive the Lotus Evora at the British International Motorshow in association with Gran Turismo the real driving simulator on PLAYSTATION 3

In a hi-tech twist to the unveiling, Lotus fans will find it easier to test-drive the brand new Evora than ever before, thanks to the car’s inclusion in a special demo of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue™.