Lotus Automobile was originally under the name of Proton Automobile in Malaysia, but in 20 17, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group signed a final agreement with DRB-HICOM Group in Malaysia to acquire 49.9% shares of Proton Automobile under DRB-HICOM and 5 1% shares of luxury sports car brand Lotus.
Since Geely bought Lotus, Lotus seems to have disappeared, and the only news came from overseas. According to foreign media reports, Lotus insiders revealed to the media that Lotus is likely to release a two-door and two-seat roadster called "Elan" in the next few years. In addition, Lotus's brand revival plan also includes Elite, Europa and Esprit. In order to develop new architecture and increase production capacity, Lotus has invested more than 654.38+0.5 billion pounds.
Since its birth, Lotus has been focusing on high-performance sports cars. In the second half of the 20th century, Lotus Auto Team has been active on the track, and has participated in F 1 track, highway track and Le Mans track successively, and achieved good results.
At the same time, Lotus Motor Company is also one of the earliest manufacturers to use high-strength plastic body in automobiles. The car body can be molded into two integral parts by the molding process and vacuum-assisted resin injection process, and finally merged into one. Besides high production efficiency, it can also enhance physical strength, which is unique in the world. The main models of Lotus Motor Company are "Elf", "Yilan" and "Zhuo Yue" brand sports cars.