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The 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T with a version of the 2.2 L K-car engine with a 16-valve DOHC head designed by Lotus with over 220 hp (160 kW) Vauxhall VX220 (badged Opel Speedster outside of the UK) – Lotus produced and based the car upon the same aluminium chassis design as the Lotus Elise. Production of these models ended in 2005
The company had head offices at the Frimley Bridges site, but later moved to purpose-built premises at Blackbushe Airport, Yateley to accommodate the now-closed aviation division. It still occupies the site. [1] Employing 160 at its head office, Wickins built the company into the largest car auction business in the world before retiring in 1990 ...
David Allen Wickins was born in Tilehurst, near Reading, Berkshire on 15 February 1920. [1] The seventh child of an architect-turned-builder who was 64 when David was born, his father was one of the first civilian casualties killed in London at the start of the Luftwaffe air raids during the Second World War.
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars. [2] Chapman founded Lotus in 1952 and initially ran Lotus in his spare time, assisted by a group of enthusiasts.
In October 2018, Popham returned to the automotive industry, and was appointed Senior Vice President Commercial Operations for Group Lotus, and CEO of Lotus Cars. [9] At Lotus, he set about devising another turnaround strategy for a company owned by Chinese investors, with Geely having taken majority control of Lotus in 2017.
Rawlinson said that, from 2009-2012, "Tesla was truly at the cutting edge, developing the most advanced technology with clarity, a vision and purpose, and an absolute singularity of mindset.” [19] He resigned his position at Tesla in January 2012 [20] to move back home to the UK and care for his aging mother. [21]
Dany Bahar is a Turkish-born Swiss business executive and the founder of luxury automotive retailer ARES. His involvement in the automotive and motorsports industries began at Red Bull, where between 2003 and 2007 he led the launch of the Formula One teams Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso.
Europestar (Chinese: 欧洲明星, pinyin: ōuzhōu míngxīng) is a Chinese automotive sub-brand of the British Lotus Group plc.The brand is the result of the joint-venture with the Chinese Jinhua Youngman Vehicle Co., Ltd. [1] The brand was also known as Qingnian Kuaile (青年快乐(莲花); qīngnián (liánhuā)) or English: Youngman (Lotus).