Filed under: UK , Event Alert Few circuits in the world have gained as much notoriety as the Top Gear test track in Surrey, England. The show’s private playground plays host to the best performance machines and biggest celebrities. But Clarkson and company didn’t design the track themselves, it was set up by Lotus .
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Lotus designs a pair of new test tracks for Top Gear Live
Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Lotus Bruce Rice with his new Lotus Evora 2010 is big for Lotus , as the new Evora has it its first full year of production and the legendary marque returns to both Formula One and Indianapolis. On the road car front, the first customer Evora in the United States was delivered to its new owner this week. Bruce Rice of Austin, TX got the keys to his bright red Evora at John Eagle European (also in Austin). Lotus calls the Evora the world’s only four-seat mid-engined sports car, but those rear seats are really only theoretical.
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First Lotus Evora delivered to an American customer
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Lotus , Design/Style The upper echelon at Lotus continues to evolve, with today’s announcement that Donato Coco has been appointed as the new director of design at the UK sports car maker and engineering consultancy. The Italian designer is moving to Hethel from Ferrari headquarters in Maranello where Coco worked on recent products like the F430 Scuderia coupe, Spider 16M , California , 599XX and the new F458 Italia . Prior to his Ferrari tenure, Coco was the chief designer at Citroen .
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Lotus appoints Ferrari designer Donato Coco as new design director