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1、Lotus is owned by Proton, which acquired it following the bankruptcy of former owner Romano Artioli in 1994Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World war II airfield in Norfolk . The company designs and builds race and production au

2、tomobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics. It also owns the engineering consultancy Lotus Engineering, which has facilities in the United Kingdom, United States, Malaysia and China.Even after Chapmans death, until the late 1980s, Lotus continued to be a major player in Formula One.

3、 Ayrton Senna drove for the team from 1985 to 1987, winning twice in each year and achieving 17 pole positions. However, by the companys last Formula One race in 1994, the cars were no longer competitive. Lotus won a total of 79 Grand Prix races. During his lifetime Chapman saw Lotus beat Ferrari as

4、 the first team to achieve 50 Grand Prix victories, despite Ferrari having won their first nine years soonerGroup Lotus is currently also involved in several other categories of motorsport. It sponsors the ART team in the GP2 and GP3 Series, and the KV team in the IndyCar Series. In 2019, Lotus also

5、 returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a semi-works effort run by Jetalliance Racing, which fielded two Lotus Evoras. In 2019 they will partner with Engine Developments LTD/John Judd to build a 2.2 Liter Twin Turbocharged V-6 Engine to be used in the Izod Indycar Series莲花汽车公司是世界上著名的运动汽车消费厂家。成立于19

6、51 年，现为马来西亚宝腾PROTON集团一切。公司总部设在英国诺里奇市，雇员总数 为500人，年产汽车600辆左右。 莲花汽车公司的汽车重心很低，外型具有良好的流线形，风阻系数在03左右。发动机功率大，最低为160马力，车速高达300公 里小时。 莲花汽车是世界汽车赛场上一个非常有力的竞争者，多次荣获世界冠军。1963一1978年莲花汽车曾经7次蝉联世界最正确小客 车优胜奖。1991年，莲花伊兰汽车获世界汽车最正确设计奖。 莲花汽车公司是率先在汽车上运用高强化塑料车身的厂家之一。 它们采用的制模工艺，真空助力树脂放射工艺能将车身模制成上下 两个整体，最后再合二为一，不仅消费效率高，而且车身强

7、度大大 加强，在世界上独树一帜。 莲花汽车公司主要产品有“精灵、“伊兰“杰出牌运动 跑车等。 该公司的标志除莲花英文字样外，还有创建人姓名的字头四个字母ACBC组成的图案。 在汽车工业史上，莲花品牌与众不同。它是英国出色的工程师柯林查普曼Colin Chapman个人斗争与智慧的结晶。无论是批量消费的跑车还是赛车，他都亲身参与设计与研制，倾注了毕生心血。汽车史上的出色人物查普曼组建了一支骁勇的车队，在赛场屡建奇功。他在公元 20世纪五六十年代设计的莲花及许多小跑车至今令人思念。查普曼从零开场，在汽车运动的狂热驱使下，亲手制造本人所心仪的赛车，进而在汽车制造与竞赛两方面都发明了辉煌业绩。这可算世

8、界汽车史上最美的一段佳话。 事情起自1947年。十九岁的柯林查普曼尚在伦敦大学攻读工程技术，他醉心于汽车竞赛，而他的父亲是当时奥斯丁汽车的经销尚，一天他将一辆1930的奥斯丁汽车本人动手改装成了一辆简陋的赛车命名MK I，拿来参与英国战后一度时兴的在泥泞的林间角逐的业余赛车运动。查普曼的自造赛车一举夺魁，引起人们的关注，并以出卖零部件的方式销售了多辆。设计胜利了，当然要给它起个名字。查普曼突发奇想，就叫它“莲花。 The company encouraged its customers to race its cars, and entered Formula One through its

9、sister company Team Lotus in 1958. A Lotus Formula One car driven by Stirling Moss won the marques first Grand Prix in 1960 at Monaco in a Lotus 18 entered by privateer Rob Walker. Major success came in 1963 with the Lotus 25, which with Jim Clark driving won Lotus its first F1 World Constructors Ch

10、ampionship. Clarks untimely death he crashed a Formula Two Lotus 48 in April 1968 after his rear tyre failed in a turn in Hockenheim was a severe blow to the team and to Formula One. He was the dominant driver in the dominant car and remains an inseparable part of Lotus early years. That years champ

11、ionship was won by Clarks teammate, Graham Hill.Lotus Elise. The supercharged Lotus SC and limited edition Jim Clark Type 25 Elise editions add a new performance dimension to the Elise range. 060mph acceleration is in 4.3 seconds and 0100km/h in 4.6 seconds. Lotus exige sAn Exige with a supercharged

12、 engine providing 220 hp. The non-S Exige and Elise have 190 hp (140 kW). Lotus Evora Launched 22 July 2019. Code named Project Eagle during development. A 2+2 sports car with a mid-mounted, transverse 3.5-litre V6 engine. Lotus will provide the Evora S Model (2019) as rapid response vehicles to the

13、 Rome and Milan Carabinieri to replace the previous Lamborghini Gallardos宽扁锐利的车身与上掀式的车头是Esprit在外型上的最大特征，车尾厢上方那么是鳍状的中置引擎散热口。Lotus 2-Eleven Weighing just 670kg (1,500lb) and with 252bhp (188kW) the Lotus 2-Eleven can sprint from 060 in 3.8 seconds and has a top speed of 155mph (249km/h). Intended as a

14、 track day car it costs 39,995 but for an additional 1,100 Lotus will make the car fully road legal. Lotus T125 Exos Track-only Formula 1 inspired car. 3.5l Cosworth V8, 640bhp; 25 will be built at $1 million each. To run in the Exos Experience by Lotus, a club, initiated and operated by Lotus Motor

15、sport, in which a limited number of owner drivers can refine their driving skills and challenge themselves with expert one-to-one advice from former Grand Prix drivers and trainersAt the 2019 Paris Motorshow, Lotus announced five new models to be introduced over the next five years:14Lotus also show

16、ed an unnamed city car concept using its 1.2L range-extender engine.16 In 2019 Lotus revealed this as the Lotus Ethos, a plug-in hybrid car based on the EMAS concept from its parent company Proton, and likely to be primarily built by Proton in Malaysia.Range Extender Engine. This all-aluminium, mono

17、block, 1200 cc, three-cylinder, 47 horsepower, four-stroke engine is specifically designed to directly drive an alternator for electricity generation for series-hybrid cars. The engine is small and light at 56kg (123lb), having three cylinders and no detachable cylinder head. The cylinder head and e

18、ngine block are all one casting to reduce size, weight and production costs. As the engine does not turn belt driven ancillaries such as alternator, power-steering pump or an air conditioning compressor, the block requires no strong points to accommodate such ancillaries, resulting in a simple and light block. The engine has a reduced parts count for lightness and cheaper production.1718 On 18 August 2019 Lotus fired up an all new in-house designed V8 destined for the new era range of cars. At 170kg (375lb) and just 612mm (24.1in) long, the unit will be