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      • In 1967, with the introduction of the second-generation Cortina, Chapman’s company stops building the Lotus Cortina (or Cortina-Lotus as Ford calls it) and instead sends the engine and chassis parts to Ford, who takes over assembly and all the credit.
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  2. Jul 2, 2020 · At the 2010 Paris Auto Show, Lotus unveiled six new concept cars. 'Concept' was all they would ever be, however. The 2008 financial crisis crippled Lotus, alongside hundreds of other car manufacturers. The relaunch was dead before it even began.

  3. May 4, 2010 · 1952. Chapman founds the Lotus Engineering Company to build race cars, the first of which is the Mark IV trials car. 1957. Essentially a formula car for the road, the lightweight, quick, and...

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  4. Dec 22, 2021 · It is due in 2026 and will ride on Lotus’ new E-Sports architecture that will be shared by all future Lotus sports cars. That architecture will be based around a lightweight rear subframe ...

  5. Dec 22, 2021 · Lotus announced on Wednesday it has ended production of its Elise, Exige, and Evora sports cars, marking the final chapter for some of the most impactful, special performance machines the world...

  6. Dec 22, 2021 · From 1996 to 2000, the first-generation Elise and Exige sports cars were built in a small assembly hall at Hethel alongside the Lotus Esprit. The current assembly lines, which were installed in 2000, will be dismantled and replaced with all-new state-of-the-art facilities in support of the all-new Emira factory.

  7. Apr 27, 2021 · Lotus built the Seven for 25 years before selling the rights to the car to Caterham in 1972. The Esprit was introduced in 1976 and made it until 2004 before it was killed.

  8. Lotus was founded by Colin & Hazel Chapman in 1948, in London, UK. A maverick engineer and era-defining mind, Chapman believed in the power of simplicity, subtracting the redundant and investing in the essential.

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