Lotus Automobiles Blog

Having already partnered with musician and producer Swizz Beatz, Lotus Cars has now joined forces with German tuning company Mansory Design. Lotus has enlisted Mansory as its official customization partner, and the two companies will consummate their relationship by launching a new vehicle at the Paris Motor Show later this ...    Read more

Lotus Cars has been forced to temporarily halt development of its new vehicle line while the Malaysian government sells its stake in parent company Proton. Evo reports that Lotus CEO Danny Bahar is "completely taken aback" at the lockdown period. The temporary halt is due to Malaysian trading regulations, which require ...    Read more

This open-top sports car, set to make its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show, is what Lotus calls its fastest roadster ever. The Exige S roadster simply chops the roof off the Exige S coupe that debuted at last year's Frankfurt Motor Show. The car looks mostly identical to the ...    Read more

It's funny: Los Angeles is packed full of exotic and lustworthy sports cars, but its crowded city streets and clogged freeways aren't exactly conducive for actually exercising that sort of machinery. Motor Trend took a page from Snake Plissken: when presented with the opportunity to try out the new ...    Read more

Lotus Group will dip its hand even further into the realm of racing by providing engines for Le Mans LMP race cars built by Lola Group. The announcement, which will see the Lotus-powered cars purchased by German race team Kodewa, comes as CEO Danny Bahar looks for a new business ...    Read more

The last time we saw Lotus’ new Exige R-GT, the rally-spec racer was sitting pretty on the automaker’s display stand at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Now, the automaker has released an array of photos showing the purpose-built Evora doing what it was meant to do: turn a wheel ...    Read more

The outlook didn’t look so good for Saab until now, as Youngman Lotus Automobile has finally taken the first step in saving the Swedish automaker with a payment that may affect the outcome of the court hearing on December 16 that will determine its ...    Read more

As we eagerly await the arrival of the upcoming Lotus Esprit, the British automaker has released a teaser video that discusses the progress of its V-8 engine. The video features Lotus CEO Dany Bahar and an engine developer, whose long hair and loose-hanging jewelry gets uncomfortably close to some moving ...    Read more

It was a sad day here in the states when it was announced that the Lotus Elise and Exige would be banished from our shores because their smart-airbag exemption had expired. Lotus tried to lessen the sadness with a slew of special edition models, but that only did so much ...    Read more

Lotus has big plans for the future. The tiny Hethel, England-based automaker wants the cultural recognition that rivals at Ferrari and Lamborghini get. Part of CEO Dany Bahar’s plan for Lotus’ cultural (and world) domination is Lotus’ collaboration with rapper, record producer, and husband of Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz. Last ...    Read more

Hennessey Performance Engineering dropped its top today when it unveiled the latest addition to its ludicrously fast Venom GT lineup, the Hennessey Venom GT Spyder. The Venom GT Spyder carries on the tradition of the Venom GT by offering a massive 1200-hp American V-8 in a lightweight British body. Texas-based Hennessey ...    Read more

Not all rock and roll stars are all about sex and drugs. Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of The Who, has worked with the Teenage Cancer Trust since 2000 to help raise money to give teenage cancer patients the support they need. Now, Daltrey has teamed up with Lotus to ...    Read more

2012 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana The Problem: The front airbags may not deploy in a severe frontal collision. Specifically, the second-stage of the dual-stage system may malfunction during the crash, and an improperly deployed bag may result in passenger injury. The Fix: The recall ...    Read more

If you thought that the Lotus Evora didn’t need much in the way of revisions, you might be right, but the British automaker took its time at the Los Angeles Auto Show to show a spruced up 2012 Evora S anyways. The Evora S now gains a new submodel, the Evora ...    Read more

California-based tuning shop Galpin Auto Sports will bring 12 new show cars to the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas. The shop, perhaps best known as one of the garages used for MTV’s show Pimp My Ride, has put its talents to work on ten Ford products, one ...    Read more

Lotus has announced a special GP Edition of the Evora S designed to mimic the company’s Formula 1 race cars. According to Autocar, only three copes of the special car will be built. Key to the car’s design are black paint with gold accents, red mirror housings, and red accenting on ...    Read more

Lotus presented its Exige R-GT rally racer at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Designed to compete in the newly-formed FIA GT class of the FIA Rally Championship, the Exige R-GT marks Lotus’ return to professional rally competition in over 20 years, and will race in tarmac stages of the series, ...    Read more

The tried and true 0-60 mph test is so 2010 -- at least to the Hennessey Venom GT it is. For more than a year, Hennessey Performance has teased us with its latest creation, which is essentially a Lotus Elise/Exige body modified to handle ...    Read more

Lotus plans to take the wraps off a high-performance version of the Evora at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Scheduled to debut Thursday, August 18, the Evora GTE Road Car Concept is meant to celebrate its racing progenitor. The car’s inspiration comes from the Lotus Evora GTE, a dedicated race ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. Cadillac Teases ATS, Promises XTS to Debut Spring 2012 Cadillac will soon launch two new luxury cars, ...    Read more

With production of Toyota’s 2ZZ four-cylinder engine coming to an end, and with the smart airbag exemption also about to expire, 2011 will be the last year for the Lotus Elise and Exige in North America. Lotus is giving the two models one last hurrah, releasing three extremely limited special ...    Read more

John Hennessy made his name tuning Dodge Vipers and other high-performance vehicles, but he's now making headlines by crafting a wicked, 1200-hp Bugatti killer out of what once was a Lotus Exige. That product is the Hennessey Venom GT, and though we've seen pictures, specs, and all sorts ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. Chevrolet Confirms Cruze Diesel Arriving in U.S. for 2013 As we had long expected, Chevrolet will soon ...    Read more

Some extremely fortunato members of Italy’s Arma dei Carabinieri will get to drive one of two new Lotus Evora S sports cars. The Evoras will be put to use by the Carabinieri, a division of the Italian military, in Rome and Milan. The cars have been outfitted with lights, communications ...    Read more

Wish Lotus was competing in more race events within the continental United States? Good news: the company announced late last week that it’s opening a U.S. wing of its Lotus Sport operation, will soon field a race-spec Evora in a number of IMSA events. According to Group Lotus, the company’s Lotus ...    Read more