SubscribeAccused by police of speeding at 173 mph, Tex O’Reily avoided the sin bin after proving that his Elise could not possibly go that fast. Lotus provided evidence that a stock Elise has a top speed of 127 mph, which is far under the speed he was accused of.
O’Reilly was fined £5,000 and given a [...]
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Month: March, 2009
173mph in an elise?
250th Tesla delivered
Tesla has just celebrated the delivery of their 250th Lotus sorced Roadsterto Dr. Rob Wilder, an academic and entrepreneur from Encinitas, California.
Dr Wilder created the first Wall Street index for energy efficiency and zero-carbon solutions. He chose the colour orange for his car to symbolise the car’s connection with the sun – the source of [...]
Fancy a nose at the Europa?
This Saturday Bell and Colvill are having a Europa focus event, with the Diamond 60th Anniversary car on display and a factory test driver giving demonstrations in the Europa SE.
There’s also talk of an Evora arriving, with two factory engineers on hand to chat with customers about this new and exciting car.
Demonstration drives are available [...]
British International Motor Show 2010 cancelled
“The economic downturn and the unprecedented challenges facing the industry both in the UK and around the world, have made it impossible for exhibitors to commit to a 2010 event.”
Paul Everitt, the SMMT chief executive, said that the decision to cancel had been “extremely difficult”. He said: “However, the global credit crunch has placed the [...]
Dream Machines enter VA
Name & Registered Office:
CLASSIC DREAM MACHINES LIMITED
89 HIGH STREET
HEATHFIELD
EAST SUSSEX
TN21 8JA
Company No. 03927580
Status: Voluntary Arrangement
Date of Incorporation: 16/02/2000
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
5010 – Sale of motor vehicles
5020 – Maintenance & repair of motors
Accounting Reference Date: 28/02
Last Accounts Made Up To: 29/02/2008 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Next Accounts Due: 28/12/2009
Last [...]
Sun Speed website down
As of 10am GMT the Sun Speed International website is down and replaced with a generic host page.
Norton strikes again
Nothing much to do with cars but Symantic strike again – they seem to have included a very dodgy process in the so called security package which phones home on a regular basis – www.pifts.co.uk.
Sun Speed DIY kit woe
A Sun Speed DIY conversion customer from Norway has reported big problems with supply and contact with Sun Speed in the states.
“I order and pay, the kit in october 2008. I get only some a few parts in december 2008. The phone nummer from det invoice is not working. (+13103186111) And they don’t reply on [...]
Lotus gets green light for government backed loans
Plans to design and manufacture two new Lotus models have been given the seal of approval from both the UK government and Proton (owner of Group Lotus).
Thanks to intervention by South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon and reporting by the Eastern Daily Press, Lotus has been approved for UK government-backed loans through the European Investment Bank [...]