Future of Lotus

[Lotus110Club]

And there we have it https://formulaspy.com/f1/alpine-to-develop-new-ev-sports-car-together-with-lotus-73217

[NedaSay]

How history repeats itself....again and again...

[Lotus110Club]

...and again, and again!

[Barrykearley]

Save yourself the wait

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174572610956

[Lotus110Club]

Yeah, but... its still an Evora! 

Weren't Caterham meant to be doing a partnership with Alpine a few years ago? Eitherway I'm genuinely more excited about this than I am the Evija. 

[NedaSay]

Yup and they used an exige mule to jumpstart that... then again it never went anywhere and Alpine developed the A110

[Lotus110Club]

Thanks for that. I suppose something good came out of it. The irony being that Rudy Thomann (who brought us the 108 and 110) was involved in developing the A110.

[Barrykearley]

10 minutes ago, Lotus110Club said:

Yeah, but... its still an Evora! 

Weren't Caterham meant to be doing a partnership with Alpine a few years ago? Eitherway I'm genuinely more excited about this than I am the Evija. 

Least it’s a lotus. At this rate you may have to just buy a Renault instead. 
I wonder if this is going to be a two way thing with a vehicle or just be a tesla roadster type thing.

[NedaSay]

Lotus Engineering is coming back strong, I would say.

Considering the strength of the group, I see no real need for a two way deal, however considering that Lotus will need to prove that it is a profitable entity, sharing a platform or providing an architecture to Alpine won't hurt.

Edited January 14, 2021 by NedaSay

[Lotus110Club]

12 minutes ago, NedaSay said:

Lotus Engineering is coming back strong, I would say.

Considering the strength of the group, I see no real need for a two way deal, however considering that Lotus will need to prove that it is a profitable entity, sharing a platform or providing an architecture to Alpine won't hurt.

I suppose we'll get to know more with the Lotus press conference at 10. 

[NedaSay]

https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/alpine-and-lotus-announce-technical-collaboration.html...

"Alpine and Lotus will also explore the development of a joint services offer combining their engineering expertise. A collaboration to leverage Alpine’s motorsport platform covering Formula One to Formula E and Endurance is also under study."

 

Considering Alpine will compete in 2021 in F1 and WEC... That leaves FE to Lotus...

 

And now, I'm off to bed.

Edited January 14, 2021 by NedaSay

[Techyd]

On 08/01/2021 at 15:01, Jason is Chasing said:

I'm sure the USA marketing team knows what they're doing

There are many threads and posts on here that conclude that Lotus marketing in general doesn't know what it's doing!

 

[Bibs]

(Paris, France – 14 January 2021) As part of the Alpine Business Unit development, Groupe Renault and Group Lotus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to study a number of areas of cooperation, including the joint development of an EV sportscar.

The Alpine and Lotus teams will conduct a comprehensive feasibility study for the joint engineering, design and development of an EV sportscar by leveraging the resources, expertise and facilities of the respective entities in both France and the UK.

Alpine and Lotus will also explore the development of a joint services offer combining their engineering expertise. A collaboration to leverage Alpine’s motorsport platform covering Formula One to Formula E and Endurance is also under study.

Laurent Rossi, CEO Alpine, said: “The signing of this MoU with Lotus shows the lean and smart approach we’re implementing as part of the new Alpine brand strategy. Both brands have an amazing legacy and we are most excited to start this work together, from engineering tailored solutions to developing a next-generation EV sports car. This collaboration along with our transformation mark the beginning of a new era in which we’ll be taking the Alpine name and line-up to the future. We’re putting F1 at the heart of our business, leveraging our in-house expertise and best-in-class partners such as Lotus to inject our cars with leading-edge performance, technology and motorisation”.

Phil Popham, CEO, Lotus Cars, added: “Today’s announcement is the first step in what is set to be a hugely rewarding collaboration between our iconic brands. We are proud to be working with Groupe Renault in this collaboration – sharing Lotus’ technical expertise and abilities, and leveraging our long track record of successful collaborations.  Our companies have much in common – from a pioneering pedigree in light-weighting, to championship-winning sportscars which perform as impressively on the road as they do in the motorsports arena.  It is a natural fit in many ways and the co-development of an EV sportscar is hugely exciting for our companies, our fans and customers around the world.  The joint-services element of our agreement will additionally make our engineering expertise available to those wishing to engage our innovations.”

ENDS

[DaveC72]

I'm guessing this was supposed to be a joint launch, but somebody didn't clarify which 0900 (CET or GMT) they were going with.  Hence Renault/Alpine went an hour early, or Lotus went an hour late.  Sacre Bleu...

[jonwat]

More in Autocar 

[Barrykearley]

2 hours ago, DaveC72 said:

I'm guessing this was supposed to be a joint launch, but somebody didn't clarify which 0900 (CET or GMT) they were going with.  Hence Renault/Alpine went an hour early, or Lotus went an hour late.  Sacre Bleu...

Typical French 🤪

[jonwat]

And now PistonHeads

Didn't Alpine have a tie up with Caterham a couple of years ago to produce a joint effort sportscar, what happened to that? 

[red vtec]

I thought it was a new UN1 gearbox.

 

[Bravo73]

50 minutes ago, jonwat said:

Didn't Alpine have a tie up with Caterham a couple of years ago to produce a joint effort sportscar, what happened to that? 

It ended up as the Alpine A110. 

[auRouge]

Long time.. Happy New Year Gents.

and here:-

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKBcs2oF4Gk/?igshid=1drufhm4s6apv

Whilst it might be full circle, this time there’s clout behind it.

The EV  revolution is upon us, this isn’t a bad pairing imho given the universal acclaim for a proper drivers car modern Alpine designers and engineers have created.

[NedaSay]

5 hours ago, jonwat said:

And now PistonHeads

Didn't Alpine have a tie up with Caterham a couple of years ago to produce a joint effort sportscar, what happened to that? 

Yes they did and it went tits up when the Caterham F1  team folded  or rather when Tony Fernandez decided to sell the team which subsequently folded a few months after.

[yeller77]

Much more upside than the Williams-EV tie up was ever going to take them. Wonder if that break up is out of the courts yet.. 🤔

[yeller77]

11 hours ago, Barrykearley said:

Save yourself the wait

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174572610956

 

Quote

 

This car has cost in the region of £23 million GBP to develop.

 

Classified ad price:

GBP 79,995.00

Approximately US $109,097.18

 

 

 

BTW, that residual is a killer!!

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/the-start-of-a-new-manufacturing-era-for-lotus.html
 

Does anyone know if the Lotus Lightweight Structures Wellingborough aluminium anodising plant is still open? Presumably they would be supplying Aluminium sections to Norwich? I understand that they do similar work for others like Aston Martin.

[exeterjeep]

Due to close according to

https://www.businessinnovationmag.co.uk/worcester-to-lose-lotus-lightweight-structures-to-norwich/