Lotus also eyes other motor racing series

Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar

The new CEO of the Lotus Group has revealed greater ambitions in motor racing than only formula one.

Dany Bahar, once Dietrich Mateschitz's right hand man at Red Bull before switching to Ferrari, is now in charge of Lotus, whose name will be used by a new Malaysian-owned formula one team in 2010.

"We will investigate participation in Indycar series, GT and Le Mans racing amongst other series around the globe to demonstrate the shared technology," said Bahar in a media statement.

However, it was clarified that the Lotus F1 team will be separate from Group Lotus, and reports on Tuesday said the Malaysian carmaker Proton - the owner of Lotus - is looking over the team's license agreement for use of the name.

Source: GMM

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scratchy996

until Lotus start producing their own engines again , i'm not interested in their cars.

October 20, 2009 9:14 pm

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Bristol411S3

I can't see it happening. It costs way too much to keep on top of regs on emmissions and stuff if you're selling globally, which Lotus needs to get volumes.

October 20, 2009 9:38 pm

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Joe_Limon

In SAE articles it appears that lotus is regularly inventing new engine technologies. They already have 90% of what they need and are probably already on top of emissions stuff.

October 20, 2009 10:53 pm

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2010S5

The fact that the Evora has a Camry engine is quite a huge turnoff and disappointment. As well as the car is supposed to drive, I wouldn't want to be paying close to $80,000 for a car that has the engine of a car a quarter it's price and is built by one of the most boring, uninspired automobile companies in the world.

October 20, 2009 9:37 pm

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autoficianado

...I have to agree...couldn't Lotus add a couple turbos to that Camry engine for $ 80,000....

October 20, 2009 11:53 pm

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carbonfibreguy

Not to say the Evora is a bad car (i think its beautiful!) but i just dont see Lotus staying too long at other racing series, not that i doubt its not going to happen but simply because of the costs and all that stuff blah blah blah bl.....

October 21, 2009 12:01 am

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