Lotus buys caterham Back!!!

[aerosam]

Unbelievable!


http://www.formula1.com/news/headlin...1/4/11970.html

Except it's not really Lotus, it's the asian team using the Lotus name under license. Lotus-Renault are the actual lotus team.

[spud69]

Would love to know how much they acquired it for......

[shh120m]

I just hope it doesn't go the same way as tvr did

[trick-kit]

Maybe it has something to do with this?

http://www.diseno-art.com/encycloped...tus_new_7.html

And as they didn't own the rights to the Seven name, but they do now, well you just never know

TK

[MarkB]

Funky sevenish...

[MikeB]

looks interesting some decent touches don't like the front lights though.
Its the wrong lotus though.
Team Lotus bought Caterham

Group Lotus who make the cars (elise etc) dont' have the rights to the seven name.

[MikeB]

TVR coming back apparantly..
Nikolia is going to build to order the old models. No big production line.

Not sure how, who or how much but I think we may see TVR;s roll again. They will have lost their UK blackpoolness which is shame though

[aerosam]

Originally Posted by MikeB

Its the wrong lotus though.
Team Lotus bought Caterham

Group Lotus who make the cars (elise etc) dont' have the rights to the seven name.

As I said in my first post

[MikeB]

i meant the link and post by trick kit post.
Group Lotus still doesn't own the right to the 7.
Its all very confusing

[minicountryman1961]

Originally Posted by MikeB

Group Lotus still doesn't own the right to the 7.
Its all very confusing

When Caterham bought the Lotus 7, it was the series IV fibreglass uglyness that they bought. After a short time they restarted building the Series III. I was never sure that they actually bought the Series III design.

As far as owning the number "7". My Mini wasn't called a Mini when it was built in 1961. It was an Austin 7 850. There were Austin 7's long before there were Lotus 7's. I don't think you can copyright a number.