Above is the VW GX3 concept that Lotus help to make work, this is not the only three wheeler they also made the electric Zap Alias electric car go round corners..(not sold in the UK sorry...)



Morgan has shown there is a demand for three wheelers. Now a Lotus three wheeler, to fit below the Elise sound a bit crazy. The above shows Lotus could do it. Would you buy one?

Ex White Evora owner, right ? Did you not have that for a short time, then go Quattroporte?

Either way, look forward to seeing a new Exige around Edin !

Hybrid Evora ? Oh FFS, what a way to burn money they don't have.

I'm a tad concerned that the impending range is merging into 1, they have roughly the same tub and comparable driving dynamics repackaged too many times (Elise/Exige/Evora, all hard top, all cabrio), that's 6 cars when demand is probably only for 2 (Hot Elise, well specced Evora). How much money could they save if they made just 2 cars and built the business model around that ? Have a 'skunkworks' (turnipworks ? - part of their engineering arm) to do customisation for wealthy clients who want 1 off special stuff, encourage owners to use the lovely new track there more often, drop dreams of selling thousands, focus on what they're good at !

I wish them every success, I really do.

On the article itself. I really am becoming disappointed in the quality of PH journalism, particularly as regards Lotus. PH writers, you are professionals, it is your job to inform. Lotus does not only sell cars in the UK, quoting UK only figures is a nonsensical approach which I must assume you take deliberately to suit a narrative. Even worse, the reason for these figures is well known and in the public domain. You choose not to inform readers though.

After the DRB takeover Lotus suspended manufacturing totally for many months to comply with the Malaysian law on acquisitions. If you knew this and chose not mention it then that is clearly misinforming to paint a deliberately negative picture. If you didn't know then frankly you should think about standards. This following PH very prominently pushing the Joe Saward story on Bahar awhile back with a narrative of "Lotus is in trouble", rather than "employee of Tony Fernandes puts out fake news story intended to damage rival". That would have been more enlightening.

I don't suggest bias, but I do suggest that the impending demise of Lotus has become the latest ongoing soap opera story of the motoring press (stoked by Bahars behaviour) and PH is pushing this story for all its worth. It used to be the case that drivers could read PH for informed stories on sports cars, now it is becoming very obviously ill informed or provocative journalism intended to start the kind of "my brand is better than yours" playground fights that now dominate the forums.

I whinge because actually I've enjoyed PH for a long time. I don't really enjoy the motoring version of The Sun quite so much. You have the budget to pay Chris Harris to compare the latest Renault Twizy and then a Massey Ferguson tractor to a 911 week in week out, why not reach out to someone like Dicky Meaden or even Cathpole to contribute? If not I assume the next step will be Richard Porter belching spite like a schoolboy on these pages and PH becoming Top Gear online.

At the risk of wading in here, your accusations are a little unfair. Lotus has not stopped production. Any law that demanded that post takeover would be an ass.

I asked Lotus what global sales were. They declined to comment. Fair enough, but any manufacturer who sees their home market plummet by two thirds is by definition in trouble, especially when similarly niche brands like Bentley are doing fine here.

Talking of two-thirds, that's the proportion of the article that was positive about Lotus. Your favourite writers aren't going to help you out with the final third. Only Lotus itself can do that and that means answering questions, even the difficult ones.

Nobody wants a 4 pot supercar

At the risk of wading in here, your accusations are a little unfair. Lotus has not stopped production. Any law that demanded that post takeover would be an ass.

I asked Lotus what global sales were. They declined to comment. Fair enough, but any manufacturer who sees their home market plummet by two thirds is by definition in trouble, especially when similarly niche brands like Bentley are doing fine here.

Talking of two-thirds, that's the proportion of the article that was positive about Lotus. Your favourite writers aren't going to help you out with the final third. Only Lotus itself can do that and that means answering questions, even the difficult ones.