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CAR interviews Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus (2012)

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Ben Barry, 17 April 2012 14:41

CAR yesterday sat down with Dany Bahar, the chief executive officer of Lotus Cars, to discuss the company's financial situation. He talked about the recent takeover of parent company Proton by DRB-Hicom and what it means for Lotus, the financial performance of Hethel and the latest on plans to launch the new Esprit supercar and all the other new Lotuses in ...

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CAR interviews Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus (2012)

CAR interviews Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus (2012)

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Ben Barry, 17 April 2012 14:41

CAR yesterday sat down with Dany Bahar, the chief executive officer of Lotus Cars, to discuss the company's financial situation. He talked about the recent takeover of parent company Proton by DRB-Hicom and what it means for Lotus, the financial performance of Hethel and the latest on plans to launch the new Esprit supercar and all the other new Lotuses in ...

Lotus CEO Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus Cars

Lotus CEO Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus Cars

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 17 April 2012 09:34

Lotus chief executive Dany Bahar has laid bare the business position at Lotus Cars since the takeover of parent company Proton by Malaysia's DRB-Hicom. Norfolk's sports car maker has been buffeted by rumours of financial crisis and looming collapse since development was frozen by the new owners (click here for our coverage of the crisis at Lotus. CAR scored an interview with Bahar at ...

Lotus owner Proton tries to quell sale rumours

Lotus owner Proton tries to quell sale rumours

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 01 February 2012 16:37

The Malaysian owners of Lotus have taken the unusual step of quashing rumours circulating of an impending sale of its British sports car division. Several newspaper articles have suggested that the new owners of Proton may divest its loss-making Lotus subsidiary. The ownership structure of Proton has changed in recent weeks, after the Khazanah Nasional Berhad sold its entire stake ...

Bedford Autodrome to get Ariel Atoms for 2012

Bedford Autodrome to get Ariel Atoms for 2012

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Kendall, 15 December 2011 16:21

Corporate track-days at the Bedford Autodrome will get lairier in 2012 - Somerset-based Ariel has announced it’ll supply ten cars for the PalmerSport track-day events next year. Stopping short of the unhinged Atom V8, the PalmerSport-spec cars get the normally aspirated 245bhp Civic Type-R engine, and some key changes to set it aside from the Joe-Public Atom. The Palmer-spec car ...

Honda to show new NSX supercar at Detroit 2012

Honda to show new NSX supercar at Detroit 2012

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 12 December 2011 10:14

Honda has officially confirmed it will show a concept car for the next NSX supercar at the 2012 Detroit auto show. 'American Honda has announced it will unveil four all-new vehicles at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, including a concept version of the next-generation Acura NSX supercar,' said the statement issued today. Acura NSX? That's Honda's upmarket wing ...

CAR interviews Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa (2011)

CAR interviews Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa (2011)

Rated 4 out of 54

Phil McNamara, 11 October 2011 10:28

This week CAR is publishing a string of interviews with Ferrari management. Today we speak to Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa, a trained engineer who now runs Ferrari day-to-day. CAR’s October 2011 issue – on sale now – contains a VIP tour of Ferrari and interviews with the company’s top brass: president di Montezemolo, Ferrari CEO and engineer Amedeo Felisa and ...

CAR interviews Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo (2011)

CAR interviews Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo (2011)

Rated 4 out of 54

Phil McNamara, 10 October 2011 12:14

Fiat will not sell a stake in Ferrari, Formula 1’s governing body should stop knee-jerk rule changes and Lewis Hamilton is a top driver – those are the views of Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, expressed in conversation with CAR Magazine. CAR’s October 2011 issue – on sale now – contains a VIP tour of Ferrari and interviews with the ...

Tomorrow's world: lightweight carbon composites

Tomorrow's world: lightweight carbon composites

Rated 4 out of 54

Jesse Crosse, 10 October 2011 09:09

Once all the dust settles on The Great Battery Farce (the idea that the world's ills will be taken care of by sticking a battery in everything that moves and charging it up) we may eventually face up to the fact that the best way to move something around more economically, is to move less of it. That means making ...

Bugatti 'will continue to produce world's fastest car'

Bugatti 'will continue to produce world's fastest car'

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 16 August 2011 09:51

Bugatti will continue to produce the world's fastest cars - and that's a promise by the new chief executive of Bugatti. Wolfgang Durheimer, who took over as combined boss of Bugatti and Bentley in spring 2011, told CAR that being the fastest was a cornerstone of the modern Bugatti philosophy. 'It is vital that Bugatti produces the world's fastest car,' ...

Bentley will return to top-level motorsport

Bentley will return to top-level motorsport

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Tim Pollard, 12 August 2011 11:08

Bentley will return to top-level motorsport, new chief executive Wolfgang Durheimer has revealed. Bentley pulled out of racing after its 2001-2003 stint at Le Mans, culminating in an outright win in its last year at the 24-hour race. But Durheimer, who was previously Porsche's R&D chief and who now runs the Volkswagen Group's entire motorsport division, is keen that Bentley ...

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