Russell Carr appointed Head of Design for Lotus

Group Lotus plc announces the appointment of Russell Carr as Head of Design for Lotus. Russell joined Lotus in 1990 and in that time has worked on many of the designs produced by Lotus. Russell replaces Donato Coco who leaves Lotus on the October 31, 2014.

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Lotus F1 Team to race with Mercedes-Benz power from 2015

Lotus F1 Team and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains announced a long-term supply agreement which will see Lotus F1 Team utilizing the Mercedes-Benz Power Unit from the start of the 2015 season until the end of the current Power Unit generation.

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Miguel Fragoso appointed as Engineering Director for Lotus

Group Lotus plc announced the appointment of Miguel Fragoso as Engineering Director. He will have overall responsibility for all aspects of engineering at Lotus.

Miguel will be based at Lotus' Headquarters in Hethel, Norfolk and will report to the CEO of Group Lotus

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Lotus appoints Jean-Charles Lievens for Network Development in Southern Europe

Lotus announced that Jean-Charles Lievens has joined the Cars Commercial team to develop the Lotus network in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Jean-Charles brings with him 37 years of experience in the car industry and distribution having occupied senior

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Lotus appoints Wolfgang Momberger as Head of Central Europe

Lotus announced that Wolfgang Momberger has joined the Cars Commercial Team as Head of Central Europe, reporting to Graeme Robertson, Head of Europe.

Wolfgang brings with him a wealth of sales and brand management experience and assists

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Lotus delivers best June results in 4 years and best first quarter sales in 3 years

Group Lotus plc announced a 31 per cent rise in global sports car sales for the first financial quarter of 2014.

For the period April 1-June 30 the company increased its overall sales volume by 31 per cent to 505 units compared to 386 units for the same term last year. The

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Proton appoints new Lotus CEO

Proton Holdings Berhad announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Gales as the new Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus plc, effective May 1, 2014. Lotus is a wholly owned subsidiary of Proton and a member of the DRB-HICOM Group.

Gales, a Luxembourgian, holds

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Lotus F1 Team and Renault Sport F1 confirm partnership

Lotus F1 Team and Renault Sport F1 officially confirmed the extension of their successful chassis-engine partnership for 2014 and beyond.

Renault will supply the team with its Energy F1-2014 Power Unit for the coming season. The Energy F1-2014 is a cutting-edge

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Lotus invests in Graduate Training Scheme

Following significant investment from shareholders DRB-HICOM and the UK Government's 'Regional Growth Fund', Group Lotus Plc announced new graduate opportunities across its Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering divisions.

The Lotus Graduate Training Scheme

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Lotus Elise S Cup R makes global debut at Autosport 2014

The Elise S Cup R takes its place in the stable alongside big brothers the Exige V6 Cup and Exige Cup R and the mighty Evora GT4 in Birmingham between January 9 and 12, 2014, illustrating the variety of appeal of the Lotus Motorsport family.

The Lotus suite of products

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