Lotus Cars

Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars based in Hethel, Norfolk, formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. by the engineer Colin Chapman in 1952. Lotus was active and competitive in Formula One racing from 1958 to 1994.

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British - Sports car - Hethel - Norfolk - Colin Chapman - 1952 - Formula One

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Chapman died in 1982, leaving behind the failed De Lorean project, from which he was never able to redeem himself.

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1982 - De Lorean

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In 1986 the company was bought by General Motors. On August 27, 1993, GM sold the company for £30 million to ACBN Holdings S.A. of Luxembourg, a company controlled by Italian businessman Romano Artioli who also owned Bugatti Automobili SpA. In 1996 a majority share in Lotus was sold to Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton), the state-owned Malaysian car company.

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1986 - General Motors - 1993 - Luxembourg - Italian - Romano Artioli - Bugatti Automobili SpA - 1996 - Proton - Malaysia

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The company also acts as an engineering consultancy, performing development, particularly of suspension, for other car manufacturers.

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Engineering - Suspension

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As of 2005, the Malaysian company Proton organized Lotus as Group Lotus divided into Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering. A Formula One team is in the works according to rumour.

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2005 - Group Lotus - Lotus Cars - Lotus Engineering

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