It’s looking like 2012 will be a great year for LoTRDC and the Elise Trophy, Lotus Cup UK and Lotus Cup Europe series, so check out the 2012 Season Preview video to whet your appetite for the year ahead.
You can find the full calender for the series below. Continue reading
Lotus have posted up more information on the launch of the Lotus F1 E20 this coming weekend.
Source: Lotus Cars – Don’t Stop Me Now
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Lotus F1 Fired Up for 2012
Lotus F1 Team announces new chassis nomenclature commencing with the E20
Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce that this year’s Formula 1 challenger will be named the E20, with a new nomenclature commencing to commemorate the twentieth chassis designed at the team’s base in Enstone, Oxfordshire. Continue reading
After the purchase of Lotus’s parent company, Proton, from the Malaysian government by DRB-Hicom, the Malaysian auto group owned by billionaire Syed Mokhtar, the Sunday Times featured a story today suggesting that current CEO Dany Bahar may be attempting to raise funds for a buyout of the company.
Since the sale of Proton it has been widely rumoured that DRB-Hicom may be looking to offload the Norfolk based company, and if so it seems likely that Bahar will be competing with Genii Capital who owns a stake in the Lotus F1 team and have reportedly been carrying out due diligence on the firm ahead of a possible purchase.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Bahar looking for backers for Lotus buyout?
Like the Evora but find yourself bemoaning it’s severe lack of footwear branding and matching trainers? Then you might want to take a trip over to Munich as we’ve found just the thing for you!
German retailer Amen, in collaboration with Nike and artist Paul Snowden, have created this ‘artist edition’ car as centre piece for their Munich store, along with a matching pair of Nike iD Lunar Glide + 3 trainers.
You can find out more in the full press release and gallery below.
Source: Being Hunted – Lotus Amen/Evora by Paul Snowden
Discussion: SELOC Chat -Amen Evora
The January Issue of the SELOC Newsletter is out now – featuring our favourite new items from the past month.
In this edition you’ll find two pages of photos and comment on Autosport International 2012, detail of the MSA approved innaugural SELOC Speed Championship 2012, dates for the SELOC Novice Track Days for 2012, pictures & video from this year’s “Azlan & Del’s Winter Warmer” run, and the regular update on events.
News from Enstone today that the Lotus F1 Team have fired up the engine on their 2012 contender for the first time ahead of it’s launch and first shakedown test on February 5th at Jerez.
The team has also shared a selection of pictures in their Pre-Season 2012 album on Facebook, giving a first glimpse of the teams new chassis which will be raced by Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Lotus F1 Fired Up for 2012
This one might be of particular interest to our German readers, the Hockenheim Historic Jim Clark Revival is being held between the 13th and 15th of April with a wide range of classic race series including the FIA Historic Formula 1, Euro Boss series and European Formula 2.
It’s set to be a fantastic year for Lotus fans as they celebrate the companies 60th anniversary and 50 years of the Lotus Elan, and the Hockenheim Historic could be a great way to begin the celebration ahead of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Lotus Festival at Brands Hatch.
We’ve already covered the major performance, fuel consumption and emissions, and specification news for the new MY12 Exige S over the past few months, along with giving our first impressions of the car.
Now you can find all the information on the new Exige S straight from the horses mouth, as the 8 page brochure is available now on Issuu.
Source: Issuu – Lotus Exige S Brochure
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Full MY12 Exige S Brochure
Autosport are reporting that former Virgin Marussia Racing driver Jerome D’Ambrosio will be joining the Lotus F1 Team as the third driver for 2012.
D’Ambrosio, who finished ahead of team mate Timo Glock in the drivers standings in 2012, is managed by Genii who also hold a significant stake in the Lotus F1 Team.
Source: Autosport – Jerome D’Ambrosio joins Lotus as third driver for 2012 F1 season
Discussion: SELOC Chat – Jerome D’Ambrosio joins Lotus as third driver for 2012 F1 season
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