Lotus Launches 2009 Clark Type 25 Elise SC

Type 25 celebrates the life of Jim Clark

Los Angeles, CA - Jim Clark is considered by many as the finest and most naturally gifted racing driver of all time. He won the F1 World Championship twice for Team Lotus in 1963 and in 1965. In total, he won 25 Grand Prix races and was the first Briton to win the Indianapolis 500. Clark won a third of all the F1 races he entered, as well as racing in other formulae such as F2, F3 and Touring Cars. Typically he would race in as many as three different categories per race meeting! How many of the current crop of F1 drivers would do that? In tribute to Jim Clark's achievements, Lotus, in association with Classic Team Lotus, is producing the Clark Type 25 Elise SC, with a donation for each of these special cars sold going to the Jim Clark memorial fund. This Elise, limited to just 25 cars in the North American market (25 being the Type number of his 1963 Lotus F1 car and his number of F1 wins) has been authorized by the Clark family and coincides with the 40th anniversary of Jim Clark's death at Hockenheim in 1968.

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NEW 2009 EXIGE 260 ADDS LIGHTNESS AND POWER TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE

Extensive use of carbon fiber and lightweight components brings the strongest performance yet from the Exige.

Los Angeles, CA - The Exige 260 adds lightness and power to push the performance envelope even further. Colin Chapman, the founder of Lotus is attributed as saying "adding power makes you faster on the straights; adding lightness makes you faster everywhere" and this statement is more relevant today than it ever has been.

The new 2009 Lotus Exige 260 does both!

Through the extensive use of carbon fiber panels to replace the front lower splitter, front access panels at the base of the windshield, roof, rear engine cover, side air intake ducts, rear wing and the interior dash top and sill covers, the Exige 260 crosses the scales approximately 50 pounds lighter than the S 240 yet it also has an additional 17 horsepower on tap to propel it through whatever street scene or track experience you wish to throw at it.

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Lotus Omnivore Research Engine Unveiled

Lotus reveals flex-fuel engine concept to maximise fuel efficiency when running on renewable fuels or gasoline

Lotus Engineering, the world-renowned automotive consultancy division of Lotus Cars Limited, unveils its latest research into engine efficiency at the 79th International Geneva Motor Show. The Omnivore engine concept has the potential to significantly increase fuel efficiency for sustainable alcohol based fuels, which increases the prospect of a greater amount of vehicle miles travelled using renewable fuels. On display will be the single cylinder research engine monoblock that demonstrates the novel architecture designed for high thermal efficiency when fuelled on any alcohol based fuel or gasoline.

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The Evora Is Here

Lotus Press Release

With its stunning visual impact, exhilarating all-round dynamic performance, innovative chassis technology and high levels of luxury, packaging and convenience, the Evora heralds an exciting new era for Lotus.

The first all-new Lotus since the iconic Elise made its debut in 1995, The Evora enters the sports car market as currently the world's only mid-engined 2+2. Powered by a Lotus-tuned 3.5-litre V6 engine producing 280 PS, and weighing just 1350 kg (prototype specification), the Evora promises breathtaking performance. During preliminary testing around the famous N�rburgring, the Lotus chassis engineers report that it is extremely agile and great fun to drive - even when clad with the full development disguise that hid the beautiful lines from the prying motor-industry paparazzi.

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Group Lotus and CEO Mike Kimberley features strongly in new polls

Lotus Press Release

America On Line (AOL) has approximately 50 million subscribers worldwide and, as such, is one of the world's largest internet service providers. It was, therefore, considered a huge compliment to the management and staff of Group Lotus, when a poll in the highly rated AOL motoring section recently placed Mike Kimberley, CEO of Group Lotus, as thirteenth in the Top 50 All-Time Most Influential People in the Automotive Industry. Heading the list was Porsche's Wendelin Wiedeking with VW's Dr. Ferdinand Piech in second place.

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