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The Europa S, the Lotus that introduces the brand to enhanced levels of practicality and refinement, has a new Luxury Touring Pack Option which stretches the Europa S towards the more luxurious end of the spectrum. The Luxury Touring Pack Option dresses the interior in the smart attire of ...    Read more

There has literally been a surge of electric vehicle (EV) activity since the Chevrolet Volt debuted at North American International Auto Show in Detroit earlier this month. Now Lotus, well known for its high-performance cars, and ZAP, makers of inexpensive urban electric vehicles, have teamed together to show their ...    Read more

ZAP, the latest pioneer in the development of electric cars, has asked Lotus Engineering, one of the world's leading automotive design consulting companies, to do engineering concept studies for a number of electric vehicles. The study is to determine the feasibility of creating a new generation of ultra-efficient electric cars ...    Read more

Many Lotus enthusiasts, who have been wondering where their beloved Esprit has been, can now rejoice as their years of consistent questioning and begging for a new Esprit is reward: Lotus has finally given the Esprit a green light for production in 2009.The Lotus Esprit series has been Lotus’s Claim ...    Read more

Lotus announced on Tuesday (09/27) that the supercharged edition of its Exige coupe was going to be sold in the United States at a price of $56,990In addition to the exceptional handling dynamics that Lotus is famous for, the Exige S is powered by a supercharged version of its 1.8L ...    Read more

France’s PSA Peugeot Citroen SA announced on Monday that it is exploring a cooperation agreement with Malaysia’s state-controlled Proton, best known as the owner of Lotus.Should an agreement be reached, Peugeot-Citroen would gain a foothold in Asia while Proton would gain valuable expertise to improve its lineup and return to ...    Read more

Group Lotus is set for a bright future with a greatly expanded and extended car model programme and new opportunities for the engineering business on a re-aligned basis.Following a major review of the entire business and with the full support of the Lotus Group International Limited (LGIL) holding company board, ...    Read more

Group Lotus has released details of the Exige 265E, which is not only powerful but runs on ethanol. The sportscar is powered by a modified version of the 2ZZ VVTL-i 4-cylinder engine currently powering the standard Exige S. However, not only have the engine calibration and the four ...    Read more