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The Norwich-based sports car maker said Bahar had been sent home pending an investigation by its new owner, Malaysian-based DRB-Hicom. Lotus insists it is business as usual.

More problems for British sports car maker Lotus as the company's chief executive office Dany Bahar was suspended from his role today pending an investigation of a complaint against him by DRB-HICOM Berhad, which acquired Lotus back in January.

The sun is shining - well at least at the time of writing this it is - and it means one thing: convertible car season is in full swing.

T HE Lotus Exige has always been a plucky little scrapper of a sports car but in third generation guise it has become a good deal more senior.

Tesla brought a Model S pre-production car to the electric vehicle symposium held in Los Angeles earlier this month.

THE Lotus Exige has always been a plucky little scrapper of a sports car, but in third- generation guise it has become a good deal more senior.

The 6th Busan International Motor Show will kick off on Thursday with a completely different look at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center.

The trip up the Alaska Highway was miserable, with days of rain of snow. Giles was happy to reach the border with Alaska, despite the snowfall.

There are cars made by BMW called the Mini . There are mini cars, such as Smart Fortwo and the Fiat 500 designed to take advantage of the light weight and easy maneuverability of a small frame.

Lotus, maker of lightweight British sports cars, is not going anywhere for now. It was rumored that parent company Proton would try to divest itself of the fabled British brand, after a change in leadership at the Malaysian car company.

Lotus released the details of its Evora GTC race car on Friday, which just found its first customer in McMahon Raceworks with Condor Motorsport.

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A self-styled Lord and four other fraudsters targeted 600 pensioners from a series of 'sucker lists' in a 6million investment scam, a court heard.

Lotus cup driver Andreas Holzleithner enters the tortuous arena of his garage to pull the engine out of his Exige-bodied Mk1 Elise racer .

Weetabix, the breakfast cereal produced in Britain since 1932, has effectively been sold to an arm of the Chinese state.

The Esprit is one of the most famous and longest-living Lotus models ever having remained in production for close to three decades , from 1976 to 2004.

The campaign to keep Lotus in Norfolk has received a further boost after the firm's new owners indicated efforts to prepare the iconic British car-maker for sale had been put "on hold". Lotus is owned by automotive giant Proton, but the parent company was recently bought by Malaysian conglomerate DRB-Hicom, which is yet to reveal its long-term ... (more)