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Naomi Campbell and Lotus raise money for Haiti
 Tragedies happen each year, without exception. The only thing that is different is the location. This year hurricanes and floods in the U.S.A. and China, next year wild fires in the forest in Australia and next year unimaginable snow storms in Western Europe. You get the picture. Each time, all the stars and companies compete themselves in generous donations and humanitarian campaigns to help the people in need. Obviously, the help is very useful for the poor unlucky people in pain, but the stars and companies that do this kind of gestures do not do it out of the love for a fellow human in ...
Tags: evora, naomi-campbell, naomi, campbell, haiti, raise, money, fundation, charity, lotus
New photos and details of 2011 Lotus Elise
 Yesterday we told you about the official launching of the 2011 Lotus Elise that got a facelift and a new engine to the range. Now, the British automaker has revealed new details and eight new photos that you will find below. More precisely, the new details are about the new 1.6 liter four cylinders Toyota engine that will be found on the new entry level version Lotus Elise S and that will take the place of a 1.8 liter unit. Thus, the new 1.6 liter Toyota unit has an output of 134 horsepower at 6800 revs per minute and 160 Nm of torque at ...
Tags: elise, 2011, details, photos, new, lotus
2011 Lotus Elise facelift launched
 The Lotus Elise sports car has been in production since 1995, being one of the most successful roadster models of the past decades. The Lotus Elise has a middle located engine, two seats and a rear wheel drive system. Currently, the Lotus Elise is at its second generation, since 2002. The Lotus Elise is popular for being extremely lightweight, thus not needing high capacity engines. Currently, the Lotus Elise gets its power from a variety of 1.8 liters engine, Toyota and Rover sourced, but it is still able to go from 0 to 100 km/h in under 5 seconds. Another ...
Tags: elise, 2011, facelift, launched, lotus
Club Racer Lotus Elise is coming to Australia
 The Australians have now a new reason for visiting their local dealership representing Lotus, as the British builder just launched its in Australia Lotus Elise Club Racer. The vehicle has exclusive, new color schemes, lightweight components and bespoke interior. With Elise CR you can drive fast, still keeping down the CO2 emissions.Club Racer is inspired from the Elise S model, featuring a 4-cylinder 1.8 liter engine making 100 kw (136 HP). The auto weights only 860 kg. The CR has a retro look with 4 classic colors used by the firm in the ‘60s - Carbon Grey, Old English White, Sky Blue and Elite Yellow.Lotus ...
Tags: club-racer, elise, lotus, australia, special-edition
Lotus revealed its Exige S Type 72
 Lotus - British automaker just announced the release of an Exige commemorative edition, called S Type 72. The vehicle has been made for celebrating the gold and black Type 72 Lotus livery that was driven by Emerson Fittipaldi, Jacky Ickx, Ronnie Peterson and Jochen Rindt and won 3 F1 Constructors’ Championships (1973, 1972, 1970) and 2 Drivers’ Worldwide Championships (1972 and 1970).Luke Bennett, the operations director of Lotus, stated for the press 'The Lotus Exige S Type 72 is an evocative sportscar, combining cutting edge handling and performance with the iconic Type 72 colour scheme, one of the most famous racing liveries of all time. ...
Tags: exige-s, exige-s-type-72, lotus, f1
Jarno Trulli driving a Lotus
 After the confirmation we all hear, that Jarno Trulli is 1 of the drivers in F1 Racing Lotus' team, this Italian, red-blooded driver visited his brand new employer' HQ testing the new Evora, the 1st Lotus for him. Trulli enjoyed a special tour of the workshops Classic Team Lotus by Clive Chapman, which is the son of Colin Chapman - Lotus founder. Dany Bahar, the CEO of Lotus affirmed when announcing the first encounter of Trulli with a vehicle made by his brand new team: 'The family gets bigger with the arrival of Jarno. It was very special to host Jarno at Group Lotus, he ...
Tags: jarno-trulli, evora, chapman, lotus, british, f1, formula-one
Donato Coco is the new design director of Lotus
 Lotus just announced Donato Coco's appointment, ex Design, Development Director, as the firm's new Design Director. He will start designing for Lotus Cars' and Engineering's on 4th of January, next year, while Russell Carr, the present Design Director, will continue to work on both Lotus units and 3rd party work of design.Dany Bahar, the CEO of Lotus Group stated for the press 'The appointment of Donato Coco as the new Director of Design for Lotus puts even more prominence on design within Lotus and strengthens the already talented team' . 'We have a very busy few years ahead of us as we are working on ...
Tags: design, donato-coco , ferrari, lotus, director
Lotus Exige Scura revealed at the Tokyo Auto Show
 In the lack of foreign automakers at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show, all eyes were naturally turned towards the only two European automakers (no Northern American automakers at all) participating, Lotus and Alpina. Maybe the most part of the attention was drawn by the Lotus Exige Scura displayed by the British automaker in Tokyo. The Lotus Exige Scura is distinguished by the matte black paint finish accented by high gloss Phantom Black stripes and carbon fiber aerodynamic parts, including the rear spoiler, the front splitter, the side air scoops and the oil cooler inlet vanes. The Lotus Exige Scura is lighter and more powerful than ...
Tags: exige, scura, tokyo, show, reveal, lotus
Claudio Berro is the new Motorsports Lotus director
 Lotus – the British automaker announced the Director of Motorsports' appointment - Claudio Berro, reporting to, Dany Bahar - the firm's CEO. The brand new director, that a time ago was also Peugeot Talbot Italia's Rally Co-Driver in a Lotus Talbot Sunbeam and twice Rally Champion - Group 2 in 1981 - 1982 will be joining Lotus on 2nd of November. Dany Bahar affirmed when the appointment was announced: 'I am delighted that Claudio is joining us as Director of Motorsport. He has a proven track record of not only setting up and managing the motorsport’s divisions within sportscar brands but also winning championships in ...
Tags: claudio-berro, lotus, motorsports,f1, executive, director, berro, bahar, dany-bahar, gt
Lotus Exige Scura coming to Tokyo
 The 2009 edition of the Tokyo Auto Show will be the debut stage for another special edition model named Lotus Exige Scura. The British automaker has confirmed today that on the 21st of October (the day when the 41st edition of the Tokyo Auto Show will open its gates) we will get to see the debut of the limited edition Lotus Exige Scura. The Lotus Exige Scura will have a menacing matt black paint finish with contrasting Phantom Black triple stripes that run the length of the car. In Italian, the name ``Scura`` means ``dark``. This name has the meaning to reflect the stealthy character ...
Tags: exige, scura, tokyo, coming
- february 2008
Lotus Elise
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 155 km/h- september 2003
Lotus Europa
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 155 km/h- july 2007
Lotus Exige
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: NG
Topspeed: 140 km/h- august 1997
Lotus Esprit
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 196 km/h
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