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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蓮花汽車(chē)公司是世界上著名的運(yùn)動(dòng)汽車(chē)消費(fèi)廠家。成立于19

6、51 年，現(xiàn)為馬來(lái)西亞寶騰PROTON集團(tuán)一切。公司總部設(shè)在英國(guó)諾里奇市，雇員總數(shù) 為500人，年產(chǎn)汽車(chē)600輛左右。 蓮花汽車(chē)公司的汽車(chē)重心很低，外型具有良好的流線形，風(fēng)阻系數(shù)在03左右。發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)功率大，最低為160馬力，車(chē)速高達(dá)300公 里小時(shí)。 蓮花汽車(chē)是世界汽車(chē)賽場(chǎng)上一個(gè)非常有力的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者，多次榮獲世界冠軍。1963一1978年蓮花汽車(chē)曾經(jīng)7次蟬聯(lián)世界最正確小客 車(chē)優(yōu)勝獎(jiǎng)。1991年，蓮花伊蘭汽車(chē)獲世界汽車(chē)最正確設(shè)計(jì)獎(jiǎng)。 蓮花汽車(chē)公司是率先在汽車(chē)上運(yùn)用高強(qiáng)化塑料車(chē)身的廠家之一。 它們采用的制模工藝，真空助力樹(shù)脂放射工藝能將車(chē)身模制成上下 兩個(gè)整體，最后再合二為一，不僅消費(fèi)效率高，而且車(chē)身強(qiáng)

7、度大大 加強(qiáng)，在世界上獨(dú)樹(shù)一幟。 蓮花汽車(chē)公司主要產(chǎn)品有“精靈、“伊蘭“杰出牌運(yùn)動(dòng) 跑車(chē)等。 該公司的標(biāo)志除蓮花英文字樣外，還有創(chuàng)建人姓名的字頭四個(gè)字母ACBC組成的圖案。 在汽車(chē)工業(yè)史上，蓮花品牌與眾不同。它是英國(guó)出色的工程師柯林查普曼Colin Chapman個(gè)人斗爭(zhēng)與智慧的結(jié)晶。無(wú)論是批量消費(fèi)的跑車(chē)還是賽車(chē)，他都親身參與設(shè)計(jì)與研制，傾注了畢生心血。汽車(chē)史上的出色人物查普曼組建了一支驍勇的車(chē)隊(duì)，在賽場(chǎng)屢建奇功。他在公元 20世紀(jì)五六十年代設(shè)計(jì)的蓮花及許多小跑車(chē)至今令人思念。查普曼從零開(kāi)場(chǎng)，在汽車(chē)運(yùn)動(dòng)的狂熱驅(qū)使下，親手制造本人所心儀的賽車(chē)，進(jìn)而在汽車(chē)制造與競(jìng)賽兩方面都發(fā)明了輝煌業(yè)績(jī)。這可算世

8、界汽車(chē)史上最美的一段佳話。 事情起自1947年。十九歲的柯林查普曼尚在倫敦大學(xué)攻讀工程技術(shù)，他醉心于汽車(chē)競(jìng)賽，而他的父親是當(dāng)時(shí)奧斯丁汽車(chē)的經(jīng)銷(xiāo)尚，一天他將一輛1930的奧斯丁汽車(chē)本人動(dòng)手改裝成了一輛簡(jiǎn)陋的賽車(chē)命名MK I，拿來(lái)參與英國(guó)戰(zhàn)后一度時(shí)興的在泥濘的林間角逐的業(yè)余賽車(chē)運(yùn)動(dòng)。查普曼的自造賽車(chē)一舉奪魁，引起人們的關(guān)注，并以出賣(mài)零部件的方式銷(xiāo)售了多輛。設(shè)計(jì)勝利了，當(dāng)然要給它起個(gè)名字。查普曼突發(fā)奇想，就叫它“蓮花。 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寬扁銳利的車(chē)身與上掀式的車(chē)頭是Esprit在外型上的最大特征，車(chē)尾廂上方那么是鰭狀的中置引擎散熱口。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