Group Lotus has appointed former Sunseeker International chief executive and Jaguar Land Rover director Phil Popham as its new senior vice-president of commercial operations.
Lotus Silverstone has completed its showroom relocation to a much bigger 11,000 sq ft premises that sits alongside Formula 1 and Formula E motorsport teams.
Lotus has appointed Marcus Blake as its commercial director responsible for all sales, marketing and aftersales activities worldwide.
The deal meant to rescue UK sports car manufacturer Lotus is set to be closed this month.
Lotus has launched its fastest, most focused four-cylinder sports car ever – the Elise Cup 250.
The Volvo-owning Zhejiang Geely Holding Group could be poised to buy 49.9% of Proton and a controlling stake in Lotus as part of a deal announced today.
Hexagon has opened a new Lotus showroom at its flagship headquarters in East Finchley.
JCT600 has relocated its Lotus dealership from Gelderd Road in Leeds to a new centre in Yeadon.
Leading classic car dealer Hexagon has moved into its newly upgraded flagship headquarters ahead of plans to introduce a Michelin-starred chef and design store to the premises later this year.
Lotus customers from London’s Hexagon dealerships are now able to get on track at the sports car brand’s Norfolk HQ as part of a new test drive tie-up between the two businesses.
After 235 sales in 2014, a fall of 8% on the year before, dealers have been given something to shout about by beating that figure already in 2015.
The first Evora 400 sports cars destined for customers and dealers have driven off the assembly line and are soon to arrive at Lotus dealerships across the UK.
The first new Lotus Evora 400 has driven off the British sportscar maker’s assembly line at Hethel in Norfolk.
London-based classic and sports car dealer Hexagon now sells the full range of Lotus models from two central London locations.
Lotus says the launch of a volume car – a lightweight rival to the Porsche Macan - will see it return to profit.
The Lotus brand centre in London’s Piccadilly has been refitted to include a fully interactive sports car configurator.
Lotus dealership Lotus Silverstone has become the first franchised dealer to offer paint protection from Gtechniq.
The new chief executive of Group Lotus says the company will return to profitability in the "very forseeable future".
Lotus registrations have been in a downward trend for the past 12 years and show little sign of improving.
The real issue is that developing a genuinely new car costs several hundred million pounds. Lotus has neither the volume to generate cash for R&D nor the prestige to charge high prices.
