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Lotus News Roundup

There have been a fair few new Lotus stories in the last day or so, so rather than retread ground you can find a selection of articles to hit the web in the last 24 hours below. Autocar – Bahar’s … Continue reading

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Exige S Mini-Site Updated, Gives Credibility To 0-100mph Claims

Lotus have updated the Exige S Mini-site with more owners cars and a new development video showing the car undergoing on the test track at Hethel. Interestingly the video shows a standing start with the car being run to the … Continue reading

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Lotus Cars – Be Original, Be Lotus

Lotus Cars have opened the first of their European Lotus Originals retail stores at the companies headquarters in Hethel. The new store not only will give customers a chance to try out the Lotus Originals range of clothing and accessories, … Continue reading

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Full Details on the Hangar 111 Rover Supercharger Kit

Following on from news a couple weeks ago of the new K-series supercharger kit in development, Hangar 111 have announced full details of the Rover Supercharger Kits they have been developing. The power output of the kit can range from … Continue reading

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LRGP – Romain Grosjean to race alongside Kimi Räikkönen in 2012

Lotus Renault GP have finalised their 2012 driver line-up with the announcement that Romain Grosjean will be taking the second race seat alongside Kimi Räikkönen. The move means that both of the 2011 drivers, Russian Vitaly Petrov and the Brazilian … Continue reading

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Lotus Sport UK – British GT Organisers Confirm Nürburgring 24 Hours Support

News today via Lotus Sport UK that the British GT Championship will be taking a trip to Europe in 2012 with a race around the modern Nurburgring GP circuit as part of the Nurburgring 24hr support package. Team principle Andy … Continue reading

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Updated: Exige S Dealer Preview Dates Announced

Updated: It seems some of the early events have been cancelled due to damage to one of the test cars. We’ve just received word of a range of dealer preview dates for the new V6-engined Exige S. Lotus will be … Continue reading

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LRGP – 2012 FIA Regulations highlights – with James Allison

There are number of changes coming to the F1 regulations for 2012, and today Lotus Renault GP have posted up their first of two pieces looking at these changes with Technical Director James Allison. Included are details on the changes … Continue reading

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Elise S Engine Details

Details have emerged on the engine set to power the new supercharged MY12 Elise S. The document explains the improvements to the new Elise S over the previous generation 2ZZ-GE powered Elise SC, which combines the Toyota 2ZR-FE engine with … Continue reading

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LRGP – Kimi Räikkönen arrives at Enstone

Newly signed driver and former World Champion Kimi Räikkönen made his first visit to the Lotus Renault GP factory at Enstone and met his new team. LRGP – Kimi Räikkönen arrives at Enstone Lotus Renault GP’s new Finnish star driver … Continue reading

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