Good or bad news? Supposedly they turned Volvo around fairly well.
Geely buying Lotus and Proton
Justin Smith
Luis Richardson
Has Lotus even done anything worthwhile in years
Owen Hernandez
Has Lotus even done anything at all in years?
Logan Thompson
I don't think they've done anything at all.
There's a Lotus dealership on my way to work and all they do is advertise/sell used cars lol.
Evan Gomez
Evora, provide the chassis for that hennessey abomination, race in F1, that's about it.
That did have a plan to resurrect a few nameplates and expand their lineup, but it seems nothing's come of it.
Mason Cook
Rebuilding the Elise for the dozenth time
Liam Gomez
A friend of mine had a 2005 Elise. I was actually surprised at just how agile the car was, but it really is just a car made for people who want to drive. The inside was completely barebones aside from an ac and a really basic cd player. You'd never know that it only had 190hp, the car can move. I wouldn't mind owning one but the thought of repair costs pushes me away.
Tyler Rodriguez
Goddamn midnight club 3 and every other game for making me fall in love with the lotus elise. All I want in my car is ac and a cd player. It just became that much more perfect. I WILL have my own one day.
Brandon Robinson
Lotus can now use:
>The 250hp T5
>The 320hp twincharged T6
>The 400hp hybrid T8
>Volvo's great interior designers
>Volvo's expertise at chassis design
>Several modular chassis architectures
>Most importantly: a big load of money
Seems like a win for them. Especially that T8 driveline could be nice: a 320hp twincharged I4 powering the rear wheels, and an 80 hp electric motor driving the fronts. Seems like that could get Lotus in the hybrid sportscar niche that the NSX could have started, if it weren't so expensive.
Chase Smith
Geely was one of those dirty car companies that tried other ways to break into the market. I guess their current method to obtaining physical dealership locations in the USA is to buy up various struggling makes. Once Geely gets enough physical locations, they can then put in their chinese cars and have enough service centers for them.