Lotus has talked for years about setting up in New Zealand with strong local support. Now it has finally done something about it. The Giltrap Group will open a Lotus outlet in Auckland next year, most likely with the last of the carmaker's petrol models, Elise and Exige, before the EVs arrive. The following story first appeared here in 2015. Alastair Sloane revists it. The … [Read more...] about Under brakes at 190km/h – where Nigel Mansell is doing 300km/h
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Talk about collectables: here’s the last petrol car from Lotus
The end of the internal combustion era for Lotus is coming with the new Emira, the first new model from the British marque since 2009 and the last petrol-powered car it will produce. As Lotus promised earlier this year, the Emira acts as both a preview of its upcoming design language – seen also in the all-electric Evija – as well as a reference to current models the Elise, … [Read more...] about Talk about collectables: here’s the last petrol car from Lotus
Lotus: the next move after Kiwi ex-pat Crichton’s exit
Ex-pat Kiwi Neville Crichton’s company European Automotive Imports (EAI) relinguished the Lotus franchise in New Zealand and Australia because of a shift in focus by the carmaker’s Malaysian parent, Proton. An EAI spokesman told media in Australia: “Lotus has changed direction substantially since the original distributorship was granted and this meant that the scale of the … [Read more...] about Lotus: the next move after Kiwi ex-pat Crichton’s exit
Cars are ballooning is size, but bigger isn’t always better
Gear Patrol magazine’s Bryan Campbell says that when it comes to cars, size matters The car market of 20-years ago is almost unrecognisable when you consider today’s automotive landscape. Compare the illustration above of the original Fiat 500 with the current one. The race to fill even the smallest gap in the market is being led by the Germans, creating cars no one … [Read more...] about Cars are ballooning is size, but bigger isn’t always better
Lotus weighs in – five new cars for NZ in 2016
Lotus continues to embed its founder Colin Chapman’s philosophy that lightness improves performance by pruning 51kg of weight from the Exige Sport 350, the successor to the Exige S. The new Exige Sport 350 (above) is the third model in the Lotus range to carry the ‘Sport’ badge, joining the recently named Lotus Elise Sport and Elise Sport 220. The Exige Sport 350, Elise … [Read more...] about Lotus weighs in – five new cars for NZ in 2016