New Esprit to see the light of day?
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Picked this up from the BBC's World Service site as I om on vacation in the South of France at the moment. You can't get it in the UK.
Its the 'Roundabout Blog' take on the recent good news coming out of Hethel. I don't know where they got the news on the Esprit but if true.....
At Lotus Cars’ factory in Hethel, England, the production line for the supercharged V6-powered Exige S is humming.
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The whole company is humming, in fact. Flush from an infusion of £100m ($155m) by its new Malaysian owners, the investment group DRB-Hicom, the British sports car maker has embarked on an ambitious recruitment drive. Lotus is currently hiring more than 100 employees, including more than three dozen specialised engineers.
Looking forward, it seems clear that the five-models-in-five-years plan championed by former Lotus chief Dany Bahar has been scrapped. But his most ambitious vision, that of Lotus battling Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren with a new Esprit flagship, is likely to carry on under the company’s new management. Development of the Esprit, which is expected to pack a gasoline-electric hybrid V8 powertrain producing upwards of 620 horsepower, has continued apace since the car’s debut at the 2010 Paris motor show. With luck, a production version will debut at next year’s Paris show.
Its the 'Roundabout Blog' take on the recent good news coming out of Hethel. I don't know where they got the news on the Esprit but if true.....
At Lotus Cars’ factory in Hethel, England, the production line for the supercharged V6-powered Exige S is humming.
Related
James Bond sub: Under the gavel
A surplus of speed
The whole company is humming, in fact. Flush from an infusion of £100m ($155m) by its new Malaysian owners, the investment group DRB-Hicom, the British sports car maker has embarked on an ambitious recruitment drive. Lotus is currently hiring more than 100 employees, including more than three dozen specialised engineers.
Looking forward, it seems clear that the five-models-in-five-years plan championed by former Lotus chief Dany Bahar has been scrapped. But his most ambitious vision, that of Lotus battling Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren with a new Esprit flagship, is likely to carry on under the company’s new management. Development of the Esprit, which is expected to pack a gasoline-electric hybrid V8 powertrain producing upwards of 620 horsepower, has continued apace since the car’s debut at the 2010 Paris motor show. With luck, a production version will debut at next year’s Paris show.
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