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Lotus and the Long Game: From Financial Brink to a Hybrid Esprit Renaissance

Decades after the Elise saved Hethel from ruin, Lotus is doubling down on a multi-powertrain future with a new hybrid V-6 Esprit.

History has a way of repeating itself in the Norfolk countryside. For decades, Lotus has occupied a precarious space in the global automotive landscape, oscillating between pure…

Fast forward to the present, and the 'Boy King' era of motorsport is shifting the focus back to performance heritage.

This move acknowledges a growing reality in the high-performance sector: the end of range anxiety isn't just about bigger batteries, but about flexible engineering.

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Decades after the Elise saved Hethel from ruin, Lotus is doubling down on a multi-powertrain future with a new hybrid V-6 Esprit.

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