Lotus Sport, the racing and performance arm of Lotus Cars, will unveil the Lotus 2-Eleven at the Geneva Motor Show. The 2-Eleven is a 1,477 lb track special based on a modified version of the aluminum chassis from the Elise. With a 252-hp supercharged and intercooled 1.8L engine, the Lotus 2-Eleven boasts a power to […]

While Lotus denies that this is a prototype of the forthcoming Esprit, spy photographers and sources confirm that is Lotus’ flagship supercar. Esprit prototypes have begun popping up more frequently, and now we see it on the road.
The Esprit is expected to be powered by a BMW supplied V8 engine — either 4.4L or 4.8L […]

The folks over at AutoGespot have acquired the best shots yet of the forthcoming Lotus Esprit. Until now all we have seen are shots of test mules disguised to look the previous model. Lotus’ new supercar is has been in development for years, but the car appears to finally be on track, as long as […]

General Motors has shown interest in acquiring Malaysian automaker Proton, according to Reuters reports citing Malaysia’s Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop. Proton is losing local market share and struggling in foreign markets against South Korean and Japanese automakers. GM could use Proton’s production facilities to build low-cost cars.
“Let me put it this way; GM […]

Malaysian automaker Proton Holdings will collapse unless it finds an international partner, according to the automaker’s founder, Mahathir Mohamad, who set up the company more than two decades ago. Mahathir recently told Bloomberg that that the automaker will be unable to hang on much longer without an international business partner.
“At the rate it is going, […]

Spy photographers for AutoExpress caught a test mule for the new Lotus Esprit during testing. Although these images are quite clear, Lotus is still keeping things under wraps. The test mule is wearing a heavily cladded body of the previous Esprit.
Insiders say that Lotus’ new flagship will use a version of BMW’s 4.4L V8, which […]

Group Lotus has announced that it will offer its top-of-the-line 2007 Exige S in the U.S. market. The supercharged version of the Exige develops 220-hp from the Toyota sourced 1.8L four and with a weight of just 2,077lbs delivers 0-60 mph in a supercar challenging 4.1 seconds. The Exige S will reach the 100 mph […]

Earlier this year, Lotus officially announced its plans for a successor to its Esprit supercar. Today, the automaker announced it also is planning two other new models. The first of the new models is a Lotus/Proton high-performance model, due in May 2008. Following in December 2008, Group Lotus will introduce a new mid-range Lotus model.
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Lotus Engineering unveiled the ethanol-powered Lotus Exige 265E. Lotus has produced not only an environmentally-friendly Lotus Exige, but Lotus says the car is probably the world’s fastest ethanol vehicle, and the most powerful of the Lotus Exige made. The “265″ in the Exige 265E comes from the car’s 265-hp, which is 25-hp more than the […]

Back in May, Group Lotus officially announced that it would build a new mid-engined Lotus, which will be positioned at the higher end of the Lotus range, for the 2008 or 2009 model year. Lotus has not officially announced a name for the new sports car and has downplayed any rumors that the new vehicle […]