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Celebration of motorsport icon Jim Clark at Bo’ness Revival Hillclimb 60 years after he competed Story of Clark’s participation told in a new film featuring a Lotus Exige Sport 350. Download it now at media.lotuscars.com Event featured unique ‘honourable run’ celebrating cars driven by Clark, plus road tour to newly redeveloped Jim Clark Motorsport Museum Sir Jackie Stewart OBE opened Jim Clark Motorsport Museum ahead of the event (Hethel, UK – 06 September 2019) – Lotus legend Jim Clark – a national hero, one of the greatest drivers of his generation and a true motorsport icon – has been celebrated at the Bo’ness Revival Hillclimb 60 years a…
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Lotus Evija, the world’s most powerful production car, made its public debut in Monterey this week as thousands of fans flocked to the electric hypercar’s reveal North America’s excited reception of the first all-electric British hypercar, resulted in strong double-figure orders being taken, and most of the initial production for the US market now allocated to customers (Monterey, California – 19 August 2019) – The all-new Lotus Evija hypercar has made its public debut at the world-renowned Monterey Car Week, which drew to a close at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday. Evija received plaudits from across the automotive world at Car Week, from …
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Lotus presents a collection of classic and current Lotus road and race cars New Evora GT4 Concept race car makes its continental debut Automobilclub von Deutschland (AvD) honours Lotus with a special award for its pioneering contribution to the automotive industry (Hethel, UK – 08 August 2019) For the Old Timers Grand Prix (OTGP) – Nürburgring 2019, Lotus will show the latest range of cars, Elise Sport 220, Exige Sport 410 and Evora GT410 Sport, together with some legendary classic road and race cars, a white Esprit S1, a rare Lotus Type 23C (one of only 6 built), Lotus Type 51 (Formula Ford single seater) and the new Lotus Evora GT4 Concept race car, wh…
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Lotus and newly promoted Premier League team Norwich City Football Club announce multi-year global partnership Norwich City’s training facility and Academy renamed The Lotus Training Centre and The Lotus Academy Lotus, which is embarking on a major global transformation, has been making cars at Hethel – close to Norwich – since 1966 and employs 1,200 people in the region Lotus branding on all Norwich City Academy team shirts, from U23s to U9s Pitch-side digital boards and team ‘walk-out’ jackets also feature Lotus branding during Premier League matches Partnership marks debut of new Lotus corporate identity, with revised logo and wordmark …
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Lotus Evija, the world’s first all-electric British hypercar, to make its North American debut next week Scheduled to appear at ‘The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering’ and Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance With a target output of 2000 PS, Evija is the world’s most powerful series production road car First North American customer order received on day of reveal (Hethel, UK – 6 August 2019) – The all-new Lotus Evija hypercar will make its North American debut later this month as it takes centre stage at Monterey Car Week. The world’s first all-electric British hypercar made its global debut in July, and the popular and influential west coast festiva…
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Lotus Evija makes world debut in front of more than 350 international media and VIP guests Convoy of 12 historic and current Lotus cars – all yellow – whipped up interest around London and outside the venue UK Business Secretary calls Evija “a testament to the skills and expertise of the workforce at Lotus” Huge interest on social media: more than 500,000 YouTube views in 12 hours Evija is a bold statement of intent from Lotus, illustrating the company’s ambition Target output of 2000 PS means Evija is world’s most powerful series production road car First all-electric British hypercar and first Lotus with an electrified powertrain …
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Lotus Evija – the first all-electric British hypercar – makes its world debut in London Target power output of 2,000 PS makes it the world’s most powerful series production road car Target 0-62 mph (0-100km/h) in under three seconds, top speed over 200 mph (320 km/h) Ultra-lightweight carbon fibre monocoque makes it the world’s lightest production EV hypercar, at 1,680kg Pure electric driving range target of 250 miles (400 km) Mid-mounted battery pack echoes celebrated Lotus mid-engined sports car layout World-first main and dipped beam laser lighting technology …
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New Evora GT4 Concept race car makes its world dynamic debut Fans given an exclusive sneak peek of the Lotus Evija hypercar during a dramatic ‘sound and light show’ experience Emerson Fittipaldi reunited with his championship winning Lotus 72 Lotus 49, as driven by Graham Hill, united with his grandson Josh Hill (Hethel, UK – 8 July 2019) – The Goodwood Festival of Speed has finished for 2019 and Lotus had cause to celebrate throughout the four days with memorable events and activities following the theme of ‘Speed Kings – Motorsport's Record Breakers’. Highlights included: The special Lotus Type 25/R6 F1 racing car, in which Jim Clark…
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Lotus confirms Type 130 hypercar is named EVIJA Fans attending the Lotus stand at Goodwood Festival of Speed will be offered a sneak peek at the car Dramatic ‘light show’ experience reveals new design details ahead of the world premiere later this month Classic and current Lotus cars on static and dynamic display, celebrating this year’s Festival theme ‘Record Breakers’ (Goodwood, West Sussex – 3 July 2019) – Lotus has chosen the Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal the name of its new all-electric hypercar, and is calling on fans to visit its stand for an exclusive glimpse. Due to start production in 2020, the world’s first British EV hyperca…
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Celebrating the unbreakable Goodwood lap-record New Evora GT4 Concept race car world dynamic debut Legendary cars reunited with legendary drivers Prize draw to win the Jim Clark Trust Lotus Evora, signed by all 2019 F1 drivers Lotus is following this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 theme ‘Speed Kings – Motorsport's Record Breakers’ with a celebration of some of the most successful, pioneering and record-setting cars ever made, and the drivers that steered them. Goodwood is the perfect setting for Lotus to follow up on last year’s 70th anniversary celebrations with an even greater presence in 2019. The Lotus stand will house the cu…
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World’s first British all-electric hypercar – project code Type 130 – will be revealed in London, the birthplace of the brand, in July A maximum of just 130 examples will be available to own, with first customer deliveries to commence in 2020 Production of the Type 130 confirmed for Lotus HQ in Hethel, Norfolk (Hethel, Norfolk – 31 May 2019) Lotus confirms today that Type 130, the brand’s first all-new model in more than a decade, will be revealed to the world’s media at an exclusive event in Central London on 16 July. Following first confirmation of the project in April at the Shanghai International Auto Show, several hundred potential owners have …
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Elise named overall winner out of 17 automotive icons including Porsche 911, Land Rover, Ford Mustang, Mini and VW Beetle Elise took more than a quarter of the total vote from tens of thousands of Autocar readers around the world The Lotus Elise has been awarded the prestigious Readers' Champion award at the Autocar Awards 2019. In a recent poll, Autocar readers were invited to vote for their favourite icon from a list of 17 cars that are still in production and using the same name since launch. Each of the selected icons were championed by a different member of the Autocar editorial team. Receiving the award were Lotus Cars’ Design Director, Russell…
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Senior international automotive executive Geoff Dowding joins Lotus Dowding brings deep experience in the development of global automotive networks and distribution routes Lotus is delighted to announce the appointment of Geoff Dowding as Global Sales and Aftersales Director, reporting to Lotus Cars CEO, Phil Popham. Geoff joins from Al Habtoor Motors, one of the largest distributors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where he was COO. Prior to this, he held a variety of senior roles with brands including VW, Nissan, Porsche, Harley-Davidson and Bentley. At Bentley he played a pivotal role in the development of the specialist Mulliner business and in esta…
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British built Evora GT4 Concept race car unveiled at Shanghai Auto Show GT4 Concept car aiming to compete in 2020 Successful Chinese racing drivers, Cui Yue and Gaoxiang Fan appointed factory drivers for China Lotus driver training school established in China Marking a return to the international racing arena, one of the most famous names in competitive motorsport, Lotus, launches its brand new Evora GT4 Concept. Using 70-plus years of engineering innovation on road and track, the iconic company unveils its latest, British-built motorsport entry, at the Shanghai Auto Show 2019. Retaining the personality and natural ability of the road-going L…
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Lotus continues its legendary bloodline with Type 130 confirmed as an all-new hypercar, now in advanced stages of development First glimpse of the new vehicle is revealed at Shanghai International Auto Show 2019 Lotus embarks on an exciting new era today with the announcement of its first all-new product in more than a decade – set to become the first all-electric hypercar from a British manufacturer. Type 130 continues the legendary bloodline from Lotus during its 71-year history, which has seen a number of true game-changers introduced from the Norfolk, UK based brand in both motorsport and sportscars. CEO Phil Popham said: “Type 130 will be t…
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