Lotus - And above all ... to erase the traces and harm the period Bahar.
DRB-Hicom, owned since last year Lotus has decided to reinvigorate Lotus and especially to wipe the slate clean "baharien" of the company. Lotus is currently very ill with 70 cars sold in the first 5 months of the year (80 units delivered in 2012 over the same period) which suggests less than 200 sales over the year. Bahar The effect was devastating for the Hethel brand and its image, even the little Elise can do nothing to stem the decline in sales and the weakening of the company.
The new management team announced and officially confirmed the death of inherited plan era Dany Bahar. All projects are canceled even if it arises what will happen to the Lotus Esprit was well advanced project. DRB-Hicom Honda partner in South East Asia in particular via the Proton brand could develop in the coming months a business plan that includes a partnership with the manufacturer to H.
Remains that beyond the good image of Lotus, the company is very weak after three years between hand Bahar and will take a lot of the leaders of DRB-Hicom to boost small token of Colin Chapman. To be continued.
Source : Autocar