A Good Read In Forbes Magazine.

[MSH]

Ths makes for a good read. It looks like Jean Marc Gales is having a very positive effect in Hethel.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markewing/2015/01/21/can-lotus-blossom-again/

[DeanB]

I agree, a really good read. I honestly think that Lotus are very very lucky to have Mr Gales in charge. I am hugely impressed by him - and I love the bit about him still having the Lotus brochures he got from the Luxembourg motor show when he was a kid. I can relate to that...

[pa28pilot]

Forbes need to better research their geography. The caption for the Hethel photograph begins...

"Since the 1960s, Lotus has been headquartered at a former RAF bomber base in Norfolk, not far from the English Channel".

 

Well, I guess the coastline from the North Sea does, eventually, reach the Channel :-)

[MSH]

I agree, a really good read. I honestly think that Lotus are very very lucky to have Mr Gales in charge. I am hugely impressed by him - and I love the bit about him still having the Lotus brochures he got from the Luxembourg motor show when he was a kid. I can relate to that...

It is reassuring to know that the company is being helmed by an enthusiast and not just a businessman.

 

Forbes need to better research their geography. The caption for the Hethel photograph begins...

"Since the 1960s, Lotus has been headquartered at a former RAF bomber base in Norfolk, not far from the English Channel".

Well, I guess the coastline from the North Sea does, eventually, reach the Channel :-)

I did an American road trip a few years ago, from Chicago to LA. Based on some directions I was given, I would say 3 or 4 hours drive does constitute "not far" to our trans Atlantic friends. I was told one place I was looking for was just up the road. When I pressed for mileage, that translated to "oh, not too far, maybe a couple hundred".

[MilesH]

 

 

I did an American road trip a few years ago, from Chicago to LA. Based on some directions I was given, I would say 3 or 4 hours drive does constitute "not far" to our trans Atlantic friends. I was told one place I was looking for was just up the road. When I pressed for mileage, that translated to "oh, not too far, maybe a couple hundred".

 

I agree with that. When I was backpacking in the States many years ago I remember asking for directions in LA and the response 'that's just local' was infact an hour away and made even worse that I didn't even have a car and the public transport system didn't even cover the whole city!