Americans Luck Out On New Lotus Europa
Being able to see new and beautiful cars is a great experience. Being able to test drive them is an even better one. But what happens when that great new car isn’t available for us to look up at close or even swing by somewhere and randomly test drive it(is that were even possible).
Bond’s Lotus Espirit Up For Auction
Yet, another great peice of Hollywood history is about to go up for auction. Only this time it is a Lotus Espirit S1. This particular vehicle was driven by the infamous James Bond(played by Roger Moore) in “The Spy Who Loved Me”. This movie helped to launch the Lotus as a powerful supercar and gave it fame that has lasted for about 30 years.
Lotus Introduces Collector’s Elise Type 72D
Lotus Cars USA, Inc. is pleased to announce the 35th Anniversary commemorative edition type 72D. This exclusive Collectible Edition model memorializes one of the finest Formula 1 designs of all time, the Lotus 72. It was in this vehicle that the legendary Emerson Fittipaldi proved unstoppable, winning five of eleven races in 1972, thus becoming the youngest champion in F1 history.
2009 Lotus Espirit
Lotus has a checkered history apart from its seven Formula 1 World Championships. The road-car and engineering businesses have gone through periodic crises, and since Colin Chapman, the founder and inspiration of Lotus, died in 1982, the company has had three different owners.
Nowadays Lotus appears to be settling down in the experienced hands of Michael Kimberly. Kimberly, who joined Lotus in 1969 and was CEO from 1983 to 1991, returns as CEO after the departure of Kim Ogaard-Nielsen and promises to secure the future of Lotus through a comprehensive five-year plan that calls for new models including a replacement for the Esprit.
Lotus Sport Elise
One of the world’s most hard-core sports cars has just gotten a little harder with the introduction of the Lotus Sport Elise. Lotus Sport has produced track-ready Elise and Exige variants for the European market in the past, but U.S. buyers have had to make do without.
Lotus announced in New York that Americans now will get the chance spec out their Elises with high performance parts from Lotus Sport. And for those who want the whole hog, a complete vehicle also will be available directly from the factory as the Lotus Sport Elise.
