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    • Why Lotus is returning to engines

      15 May 2025 by Nick Gibbs

      Lotus engines

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    • ‘Our brand must work globally’: Lotus design boss talks new product push and weight-reduction

      17 September 2024 by Guy Bird

      What's next for Lotus? We find out from the boss of design, Ben Payne

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    • New Lotus sports car factory: the first tour

      16 April 2021 by Phil McNamara

      Lotus's new factory to build Type 131 sports car

      Lotus's owners have poured £100 million into revamping Hethel for the next sports cars and we’re first to tour it

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    • New Lotus boss: what I learned at Tesla

      15 April 2021 by Phil McNamara

      New Lotus Cars boss Matt Windle spent seven years at Tesla

      Exclusive: Lotus Cars boss Matt Windle on his seven years at Tesla, and how he became an electric car believer

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    • Lotus: ‘we’ll go global with volumes to support that ambition’

      13 April 2021 by Phil McNamara

      New Lotus boss Matt Windle

      Exclusive: big Lotus growth to come from Chinese-assembled electric SUV and aggressively priced 2022 sports car, says new boss

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    • Lotus and Williams team up to make ‘next-generation powertrains’

      28 January 2019 by Curtis Moldrich

      Lotus and Williams Advanced Engineering are going to make EVs together

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    • Exit, stage left: Jean-Marc Gales resigns as Lotus CEO

      04 June 2018 by Nick Gibbs

      Gales replaced by Geely's chief technical officer, plus what we know about Lotus' future product plans

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    • Lotus now officially owned by Geely

      30 September 2017 by James Taylor

      It's written in ink now: Geely takes a 51% stake in Lotus

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    • Back in black... sort of: Lotus reveals finance improvements

      11 August 2017 by Jake Groves

      But it's still not out of the woods yet...

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    • Extreme dieting: how Lotus saved 207kg from its cars in 2016

      28 April 2016 by Tim Pollard

      The lightweight Elise chassis: just 68kg

      Hethel shares its diet tips

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    • Lotus 3-Eleven final spec confirmed: fastest-accelerating production Lotus ever is very, very fast

      15 January 2016 by CJ Hubbard

      New Lotus 3-Eleven is fastest, most powerful Lotus road car ever

      Most powerful Lotus road car ever also available as even faster Race version

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    • The £72,000 Lotus Evora 400 is here: production starts

      02 July 2015 by James Taylor

      Production of the Lotus Evora 400 began in July 2015

      Production of Evora 400 gets underway at Hethel

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    • Lotus Evora 400: six seconds faster around Hethel than last Evora

      30 April 2015 by Tim Pollard

      Lotus Evora shakedown test at Hethel

      Hethel announces a 1min 32sec lap time

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    • Lotus confirms SUV to fight Macan

      29 April 2015 by James Taylor

      Lotus confirms it is building an SUV

      New Lotus 4x4 to be built in – and for – China

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    • Lotus builds 40,000 Elise-platformed cars

      22 April 2015 by Tim Pollard

      The 40,000th member of the Lotus Elise family

      New milestone passed for Hethel’s ‘Small Car Platform’

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    • How Lotus plans to stem losses of £71m in 2015

      22 December 2014 by Tim Pollard

      Lotus Group International Ltd lost £71 million in the financial year to 31 March 2014

      New CEO tells us how he’s going to fix Lotus

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    • New design chief at Lotus

      22 October 2014 by James Taylor

      Russell Carr retakes his position as chief designer at Lotus from November 2014

      Former head designer Russell Carr back at Lotus

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    • Lotus launches Hethel factory tours to new customers

      14 October 2014 by Tim Pollard

      Anyone buying a new Lotus Elise, Exige or Evora qualifies for the Homemade In Hethel factory collection scheme

      Lotus buyers offered Porsche-style factory pick-ups

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    • Lotus cuts staff by quarter – 325 jobs at risk

      19 September 2014 by Tim Pollard

      Jean-Marc Gales, CEO of Group Lotus: 'painful' job cuts ahead at Hethel

      Hethel confirms hundreds of jobs likely to go in restructure

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    • Lotus fights back with three-year warranty and servicing deal

      02 July 2014 by Tim Pollard

      Lotus is now offering three-year warranty and servicing on all Elise, Evora and Exige models until 30 September 2014

      Lotus tempts buyers with three year peace of mind

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    • Detroit Electric SP:01 (2014) nears production. The next Tesla?

      19 June 2014 by CAR magazine

      Detroit Electric SP:01 - the start of the next Tesla?

      More info on the battery sports car from Detroit

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    • Lotus to create 100 new jobs (2013)

      01 August 2013 by Ollie Kew

      Good news from Hethel at last: 103 new jobs created

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    • Lotus’s glimmer of hope: Proton stands by Hethel

      09 January 2013 by CAR magazine

      Malaysians invest, boss sends message of support

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    • Lotus CEO fired – Dany Bahar won’t return to Lotus

      07 June 2012 by Tim Pollard

      Dany Bahar: fired from his post as CEO of Lotus Cars

      It's official: Bahar is ousted from Hethel top job

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    • Lotus chief exec Dany Bahar suspended: what’s next?

      28 May 2012 by Tim Pollard

      Lotus chief suspended 'over expenses investigation'

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

      17 April 2012 by Ben Barry

      Dany Bahar, CEO of Lotus. Should he be worried by the rumours circulating in the media?

      The full transcript of our interview with Dany Bahar

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    • Lotus CEO Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus Cars

      17 April 2012 by Tim Pollard

      Lotus CEO Dany Bahar: putting the record straight to CAR

      We track down the Lotus chief, grill him on latest news

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    • Lotus owner Proton tries to quell sale rumours

      01 February 2012 by Tim Pollard

      Dany Bahar, reading the newspapers. He is bidding to put together an MBO in case Proton decides to dump Lotus, according to The Sunday Times

      Malaysians move to scotch talk of a Lotus sale

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    • Lotus V8: the new engine plan in full

      23 June 2011 by Tim Pollard

      Out with the Toyota V8, in with the Lotus inhouse 4.8 V8

      V8, V6 and 4cyl to be designed and built by Lotus

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    • Lotus supermini ‘here in October 2013’ – Bahar

      16 December 2010 by Tim Pollard

      Baby Lotus will be built with Proton and partner

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    • Lotus Evora (2009) Live Drive – real-time CAR review blog

      04 May 2009 by Chris Chilton

      Lotus Evora Live Drive: blow by blow road test by CAR live from the Scottish launch

      CAR's live real-time test drive of brilliant new Lotus

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    • Lotus wants Carlton successor

      07 August 2006 by Phil McNamara

      Lotus should engineer a new halo car like the legendary 176mph Carlton supersaloon, says the Norfolk firm's new boss. The 377bhp Lotus-Carlton was produced on Mike Kimberley's last watch as CEO, from...

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