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| 2010 Lotus Elan Concept |
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| 2010 Lotus Elise Concept |
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| 2010 Lotus Elite Concept |
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| 2010 Lotus Esprit Concept |
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| 2010 Lotus Eterne Concept |
Yes, these were the concept cars from Lotus Cars as seen on the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The Elise, Elan, Esprit, Elite, and Eterne. There was a City Car Concept I heard. Like those? Well, bad news though because word from DRB-Hicom, the Malaysian company now taking responsibility of Lotus and Proton, said that they've shelved plans to produce these models! Yep, those development plans were cancelled before DRB-Hicom acquired Proton.
DRB-Hicom group MD Datuk Seri Mohd Khamil said that these plans were invalid during the press conference held during DRB-Hicom’s media drive event that took place weeks ago.
The thing is though that these five concepts as seen in the 2010 Paris Motor Show were not running prototypes. They were made out of three different configurations; small mid-engine, big mid-engine and front engine.
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| Lotus Exige S V6 |
For the Lotus brand though, Datuk Seri Mohd Khamil said that the Lotus brand's not for sale, as demonstrated by the grand opening of Lotus showroom in Sungai Penchala, Petaling Jaya and the Malaysian launch of the Elise S and Exige S models.
With the exception of the Evora, which was launched back in 2008 or 2009, despite the Elise and the Exige are getting older in its age, they remain good cars and there is still demand for them. He also point out that we can expect replacements for the Exige and Evora by 2015 or 2016, with a newly-developed platform and engine at the heart of things. No further details yet as of now.
URL: http://paultan.org/2013/01/15/lotus-five-concept-cars-canned-brand-wont-be-sold/
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