Bob Lutz has been linked to an advisory role at Lotus as the firm aims to reinvent itself under a new five-year business plan.
The recently retired General Motors stalwart is believed to have had formal talks with Lotus, although an offer for his services has yet to be tabled, industry sources have told Auto News Europe.
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Lotus will reveal plans to turn itself from niche sports car maker to a producer of Aston Martin-rivaling GT and luxury sports cars at the Paris motor show in September. The plan has been hatched by Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, who joined the firm from Ferrari last autumn.
Former BMW executive Tom Purves has also been linked with an advisory role at Lotus and told Auto News that he “would be happy” to be involved with the firm.
"The goal is to make a contribution to projects of the future - improving the quality, the product offerings and the operations of the company,” he said, although no formal deal has been agreed.
“It's exciting, and there is no question it is a great brand and has a good future.”
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Re: Bob Lutz linked to Lotus
Obviously you have driven several Ferraris then??? Or maybe it's just that i don't understand your definition of 'handling properly'?
Like most manufacturers that have been around for 60+ years, Ferrari have had their share of dogs, but many many more of them have been utterly brilliant.
Re: Bob Lutz linked to Lotus
Re: Bob Lutz linked to Lotus
Ferrari guy in charge. Guy from GM coming on-board (again). Intentionally heavy cars. Can anyone else hear Colin's grave spinning like a turbine?? GM guy has already had a go at running Lotus, he made a mess of it, the Bugatti buy-out couldn't come soon enough. Ferrari frequently hide a bad car behind it's badge. Before you start arguing, how many ferraris actually handle properly?? 4 or 5? Not good enough. And they're all fat, with build quality much lower than people seem to think. When i first read how heavy the Evora is i thought it was a mis-print. Or they'd weighed it incorrectly. Initial thoughts were "You're joking" and "The M250 would of weighed half of that". Apparently, this is just the start. The toyota engines seem to be something of the rumble before an earthquake. I hope someone in engineering is brave enough to say no. These people are going to kill Lotus, even now it's obvious that they don't know what one is.