Lotus up for sale?

Does Piech like Lotus cars?

hmmm, i wonder who may take the new Lotii

I think Tony Fernandes should buy it, then instantly fire Dany Bahar. The man has publically admitted that he doesn't care about Colin Chapman's ethos of speed through lightness, which has not only enraged the brands fans, but proves he hasn't got a clue about running a sports car company. If you can't afford to develop 6 cars, don't develop 6 cars. Its as simple as that.

MBZ OR VW OR BMW HA

Yep, Toyota sounds like a good buyer, they have cooperated nicely, so taking the relationship to the next level is the natural thing to do for Lotus and Toyota.

Whats this? Is this true? PROTON just 'arranged' a huge loan of upto GBP 270 Million or RM 1.3 Billion for them to develop these cars and now they want to break away from PROTON...talk about being ungreatful...man... http://www.proton.com/Corporate/Investor-Relations/Announcement/2011/April/Lotus-Cars-Limited-Enters-Agreement-For-Syndicated.aspx

Not sure what the fuss is about. Lotus seems to only be able to sell one model at a time. Unless they call the next car Epilepsy what's coming next will just push Evora out of the picture.

lotus was not getting anywhere with proton, while proton was even having sales problems in their own country which offer tax reduction incentive for local brands.

Can't Tesla just buy it ? (a bit more of debts is not that bad)

IMO Toyota and Lotus would probably make a good match. There is a lot of expertise Lotus can offer Toyota. But there is also the risk of Toyota taking that expertise then dumping the company, as a few German companies have done???

If the deal with Toyota does go ahead... How about this; a rebadged Exige as the next, true follow up to the MR2! :)

Toyota is a good match...but what does Lotus have to offer that Toyota doesn't already have? Toyota already knows how to make sports cars (although they got carried away with making bog fat SUV's in S,M,L,XL sizes) and have extensive motorsports experience. Hyundai would actually benefit alot more from purchasing Lotus as they are trying to crack into becoming a respectable auto manufacturer...getting the extensive sports car chasis expertise from Lotus would help improve one of their biggest weak points. Lotus would benefit from cash infusion and Hyundai has more extensive sales channels in the US (critical point that Proton did not have) and in Europe that can be "coerced" into expanding into upper market (Stand alone dealerships for Genesis & Equus Sedans + Lotus Cars) All of the above can be ofcourse said for Toyota as well...but Hyundai would need it more than they do. BTW Hyundai have worked with Lotus before for suspension tuning on their coupes...so they have worked together before.

MB and Lotus? Daimler-Chrysler part 2!

isnt lotus already owned by a "big" car company... Proton? what happened..?

I love Lotus but all their new models look like Lamborgini rejects . Whatever happened to their lightweight cars ? All the new models are overweight . I wanted lightweight with tons of power so I guess I'll buy a Pontiac Solstic and put an LS9 under the hood instead of buying a new Lotus .