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Lotus sure do have big plans. They want to go from building less than 800 cars a year (640 in 2021) to 100,000+ in just a few years.

Do Lotus have the badge to pull this off? For a light weight sports car, yes. But mid sized and large SUV's to compete against much stronger brands? I'm not so sure. I hope they can,

Strange, the only Lotus car I've actually wanted to own will be their last ICE ever. If only they'd managed to go through with the 5 concept cars shown years ago when Dany Bahar was CEO. They all looked fantastic.
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The big one is getting good reviews so suspect the small one will be even better

Probably be more reliable under Geely than the Porsches are - there seem to be quite a few glitches with the Taycan which is why I’m not bothering for now.

The lotus ‘Taycan’ looks really nice !
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Looks promising.
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Col Lamb wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 11:48 am IMG_4264.jpeg

Looks promising.
@ circa £100k.
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SAC1 wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 12:46 pm
Col Lamb wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 11:48 am IMG_4264.jpeg

Looks promising.
@ circa £100k.
so the same price approx. as a well specked EV Macan?
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SAC1 wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 12:46 pm
Col Lamb wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 11:48 am IMG_4264.jpeg

Looks promising.
@ circa £100k.
the big one starts at £90k so I would assume less for smaller
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Porsche needs a smaller car.......................... Macan is verging on too big for UK.....
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bennachie wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 8:01 pm Porsche needs a smaller car.......................... Macan is verging on too big for UK.....
Disagree. I reckon the Macan feels snug.
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Tracky wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 5:41 pm
the big one starts at £90k so I would assume less for smaller
I struggle with the idea of paying anywhere near 6 figures for a Lotus.
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