Lotus Eletre

[Jacques]

Then at least they should be honest and get a Landrover, with a winch in front - nice car   Oh, I forgot, there's no infotainment and Automatic hairdresser Facility in an old school Landrover... Sorry, I forgot that.

Jacques.

[JayEmm]

There is actually a company in London you can pay who will come and spray mud on your car, to make it look like you've spent the weekend driving round your country estate.

[Jacques]

MGLP!! 

Jacques.

[Frickin_idiot]

http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=BDIGeneric&aid=C98EA5B0842DBB9405BBF071E1DA7651077B1B5B&tid=BE09B9188DDC4408A8E252EB7F83215E&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.themalaymailonline.com%2fmoney%2farticle%2flotus-suv-plant-in-china-likely-to-start-construction-later-this-year&c=2390837800788890783&mkt=en-gb

[NedaSay]

That's good news in the making and it is corroborated by this titbit on the Lotus website: http://careers.lotuscars.com/Lotus/Vacancies/VacancyDetails.asp?VacancyID=1297

Lotus is currently looking for their pointman and the project is moving forward as planned. I've seen a few positions appearing and vanishing very quickly on the carrer pages. That's a good sign as it appears they are filling them quickly. However it appears lotus is looking for new heads:  Fabrication, Aftersales and Network are without department chief right now.  

Bibs can your tell me what is being manufactured or "Fabricated" at Vulcan Road?

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Saw loads of those new Jaguar F-Pace SUVs out and about in the Cotswolds on Tuesday afternoon. Probably on a predetermined road test through the leafy lanes. They looked remarkably dull to be honest. Not quite sure why JLR think they need another car in this sector. From the grille back, these generic prestiges SUVs all look the same. At least the Lotus one should be a bit more interesting to look at.

Edited May 19, 2016 by LotusLeftLotusRight

[Kimbers]

Saw a camo version sitting in a fuel station locally to me. Looked ok, what I could see.

[Bee]

They're going to need to deliver an interior fit, finish and quality far beyond anything they've achieved thus far, to sell in that sector. It'll be interesting to see if any of that will make its way into future Lotus sports cars.

[Bibs]

4 hours ago, Kimbers said:

Saw a camo version sitting in a fuel station locally to me. Looked ok, what I could see.

Pic?

[Kimbers]

Sorry mate, was driving at the time

[Bibs]

On 5/19/2016 at 17:44, Kimbers said:

Saw a camo version sitting in a fuel station locally to me. Looked ok, what I could see.

That absolutely wasn't the Lotus SUV by the way, been confirmed from fairly high up. 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

He was referring to the Jaguar F-Pace SUVs I saw last week, not the Lotus model.

[Kimbers]

Damn, it was around Lotus so sort of put 3 and 1 together

[oneshot]

Saw several F-Pace cars as I pass the Jaguar factory on the way to work and they use the same road for testing.

[ramjet]

On 25 May 2016 at 01:47, Kimbers said:

Damn, it was around Lotus so sort of put 3 and 1 together

And came up with 31?

[Kimbers]

No, 4, just a different way to do it than 2+2

[Bibs]

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/63856/lotus-suv-dont-order-the-designer-wellies-just-yet

[NedaSay]

Here's an extract from JMG interview with Automotive News Europe e-Magazine for July 2016:

Quote

When we last spoke you were about to finish a prototype SUV to show to Chinese authorities with a view to making it there. How did that that go?

We are making progress. I won’t say more, but it’s going well.

The  SUV is it seems progressing according to initial plan but this plan probably did not include DRB-Hicom selling Proton to none knows at the time being...

http://europe.autonews.com/article/20160812/ANE/160729937?template=mobile02&X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

 

[jonwat]

News update in Autocar. 

[NedaSay]

Delayed by 2 years but still moving forward despite the parent company's turmoil....

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

They'll just launch it in time for the SUV fad to have passed them by...

[ChrisJ]

A proper 4-seater is the only new Lotus I would be interested in buying, so I wonder how many other possible sales are going to be missed out on in the next 4-years?

[Malcolm Feth]

i'm now waiting for a lotus diesel too. Marc has a big push to sell quantity. That's what porsche did too

[Chillidoggy]

Indeed. And Lotus could call it the Scotch Bonnet.

[silverfrost]

Yes seems a long way off 4 years