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[EwanM]

Apparently they want this to basically be a Malaysian F1 team, to be based in Malaysia and to attract Maylaysia team members and fans etc.

Thatn sucks.

What's wrong with Norfolk?

Too many canal boats

[al4x]

It's good to have a traditional racing name back on the grid, but I would have still preferred to have Prodrive/Aston Martin.

me too, i would seriously consider supporting lotus if renault went, but seeing as its a fake name, nah!

at least aston martin wouldve been them!

EDT, is lotus malaysian owned? didnt know that, if it is, i guess it is lotus then, technically

[al4x]

Apparently they want this to basically be a Malaysian F1 team, to be based in Malaysia and to attract Maylaysia team members and fans etc.

Thatn sucks.

What's wrong with Norfolk?

being from suffolk.. do i need to answer? mw hahahaha

[Hanwombat]

Meh

[Amanda]

Forgive my ignorance but why are they allowed to use the Lotus name if they have nothing to do with the real Lotus?

EDIT: Ignore me, I looked it up. 1994 was way before I got interested in motorsport

[emma]

EDT, is lotus malaysian owned? didnt know that, if it is, i guess it is lotus then, technically

Well, Proton, who ownes Lotus, is Malaysian owned, isn't it? So... yeah. But the new team is apparently a joint effort between the government and Malaysian entrepreuners (sooooo didn't spell that right XD), and that article linked earlier on said talks were still in process about exactly how far Lotus Cars would be involved.

Apparently, according to a friend who works at Lotus, the cars will be Proton bits, but will be named as Lotus. Dunno how true that will be!

being from suffolk.. do i need to answer?

Er, yes please!

[EwanM]

Forgive my ignorance but why are they allowed to use the Lotus name if they have nothing to do with the real Lotus?

EDIT: Ignore me, I looked it up. 1994 was way before I got interested in motorsport

Easy, the Lotus car company and its rights are owned by Proton - which is the Malaysian national automobile manufacturer.
So by that reckoning a Government-backed team could easily use the name.

Edit: God damn edits

[Gaz]

EDT, is lotus malaysian owned? didnt know that, if it is, i guess it is lotus then, technically

Well, Proton, who ownes Lotus, is Malaysian owned, isn't it? So... yeah. But the new team is apparently a joint effort between the government and Malaysian entrepreuners (sooooo didn't spell that right XD), and that article linked earlier on said talks were still in process about exactly how far Lotus Cars would be involved.

Apparently, according to a friend who works at Lotus, the cars will be Proton bits, but will be named as Lotus. Dunno how true that will be!

being from suffolk.. do i need to answer?

Er, yes please!

What does it mean with Proton bits?

[emma]

EDT, is lotus malaysian owned? didnt know that, if it is, i guess it is lotus then, technically

Well, Proton, who ownes Lotus, is Malaysian owned, isn't it? So... yeah. But the new team is apparently a joint effort between the government and Malaysian entrepreuners (sooooo didn't spell that right XD), and that article linked earlier on said talks were still in process about exactly how far Lotus Cars would be involved.

Apparently, according to a friend who works at Lotus, the cars will be Proton bits, but will be named as Lotus. Dunno how true that will be!

being from suffolk.. do i need to answer?

Er, yes please!

What does it mean with Proton bits?

As in, the car will be built by Proton, badged as a Lotus.

[Frosty]

so will it really be Lotus?

[Amanda]

It still doesn't feel like Lotus to me, maybe they'll grow on me

[EwanM]

Big Chapman was going to jail anyways.

[al4x]

EDT, is lotus malaysian owned? didnt know that, if it is, i guess it is lotus then, technically

Well, Proton, who ownes Lotus, is Malaysian owned, isn't it? So... yeah. But the new team is apparently a joint effort between the government and Malaysian entrepreuners (sooooo didn't spell that right XD), and that article linked earlier on said talks were still in process about exactly how far Lotus Cars would be involved.

Apparently, according to a friend who works at Lotus, the cars will be Proton bits, but will be named as Lotus. Dunno how true that will be!

being from suffolk.. do i need to answer?

Er, yes please!

ok you asked for it.. inbred haha im close to the border, but few.. in suffolk

yeah def doesnt seem like lotus, for me they wont be, and so many people wont know :/

[emma]

ok you asked for it.. inbred haha

Aw, c'mon - you could have been more original than that! There are, in fact, very few inbred people in Norfolk. That I know of
*counts fingers and toes* - I'm birth-defect free!

so will it really be Lotus?

Seems like it'll be more Proton than Lotus .

[al4x]

ok you asked for it.. inbred haha

Aw, c'mon - you could have been more original than that! There are, in fact, very few inbred people in Norfolk. That I know of
*counts fingers and toes* - I'm birth-defect free!

so will it really be Lotus?

Seems like it'll be more Proton than Lotus .

the oldies are best, you sure? have you checked youre birth certificate? if both parents have same original names.. uh oh! haha

and proton, doesnt have quite the same ring lol