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You might say the same for any number of automakers, but in this case it rings particularly true:
Lotus wouldn't be Lotus without racing. It's what forged the company at its outset, and that hasn't eluded the management team lead by Dany Behar. Say what you will about his overly ambitious plans to expand the company's product portfolio - he's also lead the company (or at least the brand) into a variety of racing series, and this is its latest product.
A further evolution of the
Evora GT4 Enduro, the new Evora GTC packs carbon-fiber body panels in place of fiberglass and plexi windows to help trim 30 kilograms (66 pounds) off its the GT4's curb weight that's now down to 1,130 kilograms (less than 2,500 pounds, depending on customer specification).
The 4.0-liter V6 carries over with 450 horsepower and an Xtrac six-speed sequential gearbox, both of which are further enhanced by new traction control and Bosch ABS, with eighteen-inch competition alloys packed into flared fenders.
Having already undergone exhausting testing at the company's Hethel test track, the Evora GTC has already found its first customers that will be fielding theirs in the Grand-Am series and Britcar MSA Endurance Championship.
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Lotus rolls out new competition-spec Evora GTC originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 11 May 2012 17:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 11th, 2012
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Lotus, Racing
You might say the same for any number of automakers, but in this case it rings particularly true:
Lotus wouldn't be Lotus without racing. It's what forged the company at its outset, and that hasn't eluded the management team lead by Dany Behar. Say what you will about his overly ambitious plans to expand the company's product portfolio - he's also lead the company (or at least the brand) into a variety of racing series, and this is its latest product.
A further evolution of the
Evora GT4 Enduro, the new Evora GTC packs carbon-fiber body panels in place of fiberglass and plexi windows to help trim 30 kilograms (66 pounds) off its the GT4's curb weight that's now down to 1,130 kilograms (less than 2,500 pounds, depending on customer specification).
The 4.0-liter V6 carries over with 450 horsepower and an Xtrac six-speed sequential gearbox, both of which are further enhanced by new traction control and Bosch ABS, with eighteen-inch competition alloys packed into flared fenders.
Having already undergone exhausting testing at the company's Hethel test track, the Evora GTC has already found its first customers that will be fielding theirs in the Grand-Am series and Britcar MSA Endurance Championship.
Scroll down for the full press release.
Continue reading Lotus rolls out new competition-spec Evora GTC
Lotus rolls out new competition-spec Evora GTC originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 11 May 2012 17:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 11th, 2012
Filed under: Performance, Etc., Europe, Lotus, Earnings/Financials, Luxury
Lotus isn't going anywhere, according to parent company
Proton.
Autocar reports representatives of Proton's new owner,
DRB-HICOM, stopped by Lotus HQ to reassure the company's staff.
Dato Sri Haji Mohd Khamil Bin Jamil, DRB-HICOM group managing director, said his company "is not thinking about a sale." While the executive said that he could never fully dismiss the prospect of sending Lotus off to another owner, right now such a move isn't one of his company's top priorities. Instead, figuring out a course for Lotus could take months. In the meantime, Dato Jamil said his company would continue to support Lotus financially.
Until recently, Proton was owned by the Malaysian government, but DRB-HICOM purchased the company three months ago. Since then, the future of Lotus has been anything but certain. All production and development stopped for 60 days after the deal was inked, but has now officially resumed. Even so, with no clear long-term decision from DRB-HICOM, it remains unclear whether Lotus will pursue the five-year plan laid out by company
CEO Dany Bahar.
Proton has no plans to sell Lotus originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 11 May 2012 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 11th, 2012
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May 10th, 2012
Lotus cup driver Andreas Holzleithner enters the tortuous arena of his garage to pull the engine out of his
Exige-bodied Mk1 Elise racer. Over two-and-a-half hours, how many licks will it take to get to the motor in the middle?
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May 9th, 2012
Any kid who had Hot Wheels or Matchbox car tracks as a kid knows that cars only make it safely through the loop-the-loop about one time out of ten. Definitely worth yelling for your brother to show him when it happens, then never being able to duplicate it. Sadly, the promoters of this
Proton/Lotus driving exhibition clearly didn't recall their childhoods well enough.
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May 8th, 2012
