Lotus Cars History

British Sports car manufacturing, Lotus Cars, creates high performance cars and car parts at their factory in England. First established in the fifties, the company was founded by Chapman, an engineer who appointed the new engine from Lotus Engineering Company Ltd. Two years after the creation of the company, the group split into two, with Team Lotus successfully compete in F1 races for many decades. Seven years after its initial formation of the company has become Lotus group of companies, the composition of the car-oriented road section - Lotus Cars Ltd, and the section of performance car - using Lotus Parts Components Ltd. "old track from RAF base, the new factory and the test area is in Hethel, after transfer to the new position for the year famous for the English, 1966. In the fifties The company had also moved to a modern, adapted in Cheshunt. The original founder of the Lotus company, Columbus, died in his fifty years of a heart attack. They have transformed not only his beloved farm, but also his life, Chapman has moved from a modest beginning as innkeepers son of a wealthy man, who had been a great success of his car in the Formula One circuits Thousands of construction vehicles and win the F1 championship seven times successfully, Chapman was responsible for a truly successful company and the group of runners. After the initial purchase of Lotus in the mid-eighties, GM sold the company in 1993 to a holding company owned by the Bugatti engine company, Artioli . The sale price was thirty million pounds, after seeing Artioli sell a significant stake in the company Proton. Proton, a Malaysian-based machine manufacturing was established in 1983, controlled by former PM Mahathir Mohamad. One of the aspects of the business is profitable consulting services for Lotus and other car engine produces for help with the suspension and engine. Often, after the development of four-cylinder engine found in many other brands under the umbrella GM, Lotus has developed for the Saab and Vauxhall engines, even if delegated by Toyota for the iconic Elise model. Lotus is currently divided into two groups, Group Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering Group.