Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:10 pm

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/indus ... nd-renault
Possible missed opportunity for Lotus?

Corranga · Post by **Corranga** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:55 pm

Presumably current Lotus ownership wouldn't make this too possible anyway?

Could be good for Caterham though, similar to Lotus and the Vx220.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:42 pm

Good news indeed - and could eventually branch out to the likes of the Clio, like a modern Clio Williams

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:23 pm

Corranga wrote:Presumably current Lotus ownership wouldn't make this too possible anyway?

You are probably right although the Lotus F1 team also run with Renault engines ( but then Lotus F1 team have F.A. to do with Lotus cars

)

Scuffers · Post by **Scuffers** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:46 am

Honestly think this is the end of the road for Lotus...

engineering have already lost a shed load of work to Ricardo/Prodrive etc, and now Caterham (using ex lotus staff) are stealing work.

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:22 pm

May have to agree here. After the whole debacle with F1, lotus really are at risk of becoming a bunch of charlatans living off past glories

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:29 pm

Scuffers wrote:Honestly think this is the end of the road for Lotus...

engineering have already lost a shed load of work to Ricardo/Prodrive etc, and now Caterham (using ex lotus staff) are stealing work.

^This

Especially as historically Engineering have been the people who actually made money.

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:33 pm

Now confirmed

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=26618

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:38 pm

I think Renault got the better deal.

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:47 am

Interesting article in EVO this month about the tie up, and in it the morsel that Fernandes was offered the rights to the Elise and Exige as part of the messy F1 licensing debate.

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:06 am

Lazydonkey wrote: Fernandes was offered the rights to the Elise and Exige as part of the messy F1 licensing debate.

Bahar really didnt care much for the 'old' cars did he

IanD · Post by **IanD** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:30 pm

Lazydonkey wrote:Interesting article in EVO this month about the tie up, and in it the morsel that Fernandes was offered the rights to the Elise and Exige as part of the messy F1 licensing debate.

Read this as well and although some of details aren't new it all sounds a bit sad with Fernandes stating he really wanted to do all this with Lotus.
Will we all end up owning new Caterham's with Renault running gear or better,more extreme Renault's with Caterham/ex Lotus engineering ?
All sounds quite good apart from the fact it isnt happening under the Lotus name and engineering

Post by ed » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:05 pm

Shame they won't be built in the uk.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:40 pm

Fresh info... http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... n=2013-2-5

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:23 am

Latest on PH but link currently doesn't work

Alpine-Caterham testing as a Lotus?

Spy shots surface of a suspiciously burly looking Exige out testing at the 'ring

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