i was just curious if lotus is an independent company cause i cant rember but it seems to they are anyone help? and yes i did search for it first and i couldnt find anything.
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i was just curious if lotus is an independent company cause i cant rember but it seems to they are anyone help? and yes i did search for it first and i couldnt find anything.
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The used to be in partership with GM, but i think they are fully independent now...Originally Posted by ferrarifreak013
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They work with other companies for help with their parts.
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dont proton own them?
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yeah i thought they were with gm for a while. and yeah now that i think about it dont they get there engines from toyota or at least parts of them?
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Yes.
GM used to own Lotus (hence the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton etc.), now they just collaborate with them. The Opel Speedster / Vauxhall VX220 are essentially the same car with different bodywork, made in the same factory. Lotus still work on many GM chassis (mainly Opel / Vauxhall, such as the Astra) and in return Lotus use GM (again mainly Opel / Vauxhall) switchgear (The Elise and Exige for example, use Vauxhall steering columns and indicator stalks as well as electric window swiches etc.)
Hope that clears things up.
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My understanding was that they were not owned by Proton, but both Lotus and Proton were owned by the Malaysian gov. Please, due correct me if I am incorrect as I may well be.
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Everyone loves Lotus. Honestly, who doesn't, deep down inside, love a company that continues to produce, perform, and persists without the aid of a giant cash cow present.
it was actually me who killed vasilli zaitsev, heinz thorwald, carlos hatchcock, and simo hayha
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All hail the esprit!
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The esprit should be laid to rest, permenantly. I love the esprit, until the V8 was brought into the picture. A v8 in a Lotus is rubish. Lotus eas always about lightweight, excellent handling and a small high performance engines. Long live the straight 4! V8 engines are great, just not in a Lotus.
Last edited by Mr.Tiv; 08-25-2006 at 07:57 AM.
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True, GM owned Lotus between 1986 and 1993. In 1993 Lotus was sold to ACBN Holdings, a company controlled by Romano Artioli, who at that time was also the owner of Bugatti Automobili. In 1996 the company's majority share was sold to Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton).
Nope. Proton isn't government-owned. It's a public company, listed on the malaysian stock market.
Umm, actually it already has beenLast Esprits were produced in 2004.
It only means you don't know where or how to look for it. It took me 30 seconds to find all the info.
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I think he means never to be resurrected.Umm, actually it already has been
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Umm, actually it already has been
I am well awhere of that. They plan to revive it as a v8, and, potentially, new body style. That is why is used the word permantly. It should never return. Out of respect for a great car, Lotus should never use the name Esprit again.
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Well, IMO V8 engines are perfect for Esprit. Small high-performance 4-cyl. engines are good in racers like Elise/Exige. Esprit was competing with Porsche, Maserati, Ferrari etc. It wouldn't be powerful enough to face this competition with a straight 4
If something spoiled the Esprit's image for me, it wasn't the V8 engine but all the restylings it got in the 90s.
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this vid on the internet and it was this guy trying to get to 200mph in a lotus esprit
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