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Marketing Cookies We use cookies to understand how you engage with our website across all your devices, this includes recording your browsing habits and activity. Save preferences. Ultimately, the only way to truly understand a Lotus is to drive it. Lotus Exige Sport 20th Anniversary Twenty years young: Lotus celebrates the Exige with sensational 20th anniversary special edition.

Exige Sport Exige Sport launched. Elise S Cup The Elise has never been better. Jean-Marc Gales The multi-lingual, international, automotive businessman took over the reins of Group Lotus plc in May Evora Sports Racer A visually enhanced and optimised version of the mid-engined 3.

Exige S Roadster The first time an Exige model has been offered with a factory-fitted soft top roof. Lotus Range Extender Lotus Engineering unveil the supercharged, extremely compact, lightweight, low-cost engine and generator designed specifically for hybrid electric vehicles.

Lotus returns to F1 The iconic Lotus name returned to Formula 1 for the season after a more than 15 year long absence. Evora Launch The all new Evora is unveiled. Canaries Lotus became the shirt sponsor for Norwich City Football team. End of an era The last Lotus Esprit rolled off the production line.

Extreme Concept Lotus, famous for taking things to extremes, provided support to Coventry University design student, Ted Mannerfelt. New Elise The new generation Elise was launched, with improved performance, styling, handling and quality.

Elise Sport In response to enthusiasts demand for even more performance Lotus responded with the introduction of the Sport Exige Launch On the eve of the inaugural round of the Autobytel Lotus Championship race series, Lotus thrilled the crowds by unveiling the new Exige.

M Lotus revealed an all-new mini-supercar concept that fitted into the range between the Elise and Esprit. Esprit Sport The lightweight and big-braked Esprit Sport supercar was released as a dramatic limited edition model. Elise The Elise was unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show, to the obvious delight of the press and public. Team Lotus Disbanded Spiraling costs led to the disbanding of Team Lotus at the start of the F1 season, closing an important chapter in Lotus history.

Lotus Sport Multiple successes with the Lotus Sport carbon-composite bicycle. Esprit S4 The Esprit S4 had a minor facelift and a range of mechanical refinements including power-steering as standard. Type The Lotus Type introduced the normally aspirated 3.

Chrysler Corporation Contracted with Lotus Engineering to develop a family of high performance valve engines for its future range of passenger cars. Etna Concept. Toyota At the request of Lotus, Toyota acquired a Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman Died suddenly from a heart attack at only 54 years of age. F1 Dominance Team Lotus dominated Formula One, achieving 12 pole positions, and 8 wins, and winning the double.

Texaco Star Lotus causes confusion by naming its next race car the Type 74, a type number already given to the Europa. New Engine Europa became one of the worlds quickest production sports cars. Type 72 Team Lotus unveils the innovative Type 72 formula one car that went on to achieve twenty grand prix wins.

Seven S4 Vastly different from its predecessor, the S4 was designed to be sold to a much wider public through an all-new dealer network. Lotus, the British sports car maker, is being bought by China's Geely. The purchase is part of a deal by Geely to buy a Jean-Marc Gales, who became Lotus chief executive in , has been trying to return the Norwich-based company to consistent profit after two decades in the red.

It was effectively locked out of United States in when its airbags failed to comply with new car safety regulations, but Lotus returned to the American market last summer. While the Lotus car company has not been involved in Formula 1 racing since the s it runs an engineering consultancy selling sports car technology. Geely is expected to use its research in composite materials and lightweight technology to help it comply with increasingly demanding emission regulations in China.

The stake in Proton is expected to give Geely access to the south-east Asian market, where it wants to use Volvo technologies to reclaim market share. James Chao, of consultancy IHS Markit Automotive, said: "Geely has validated the model of using their Volvo technology platform to create good products.