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01-26-2007, 05:05 PM | #1 | |
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Proton (and Lotus) to be sold to VW
Proton (and Lotus) to be sold to VW
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01-26-2007, 05:13 PM | #2 |
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Think Porsche wants access to some of Lotus' engineers?
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01-26-2007, 05:31 PM | #3 |
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I would think that VW wants to clean up it's own messes first, before it buys up other small carmakers.
I gotta say, that I am surprised that it wasn't sold to a Chinese automaker - it would give them a foothold in some existing markets with an established name. |
01-26-2007, 05:46 PM | #4 | |
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Pretty much the only Asian countries that consider Chinese stuff to be "cheap" are Japan and Korea. |
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01-26-2007, 06:01 PM | #5 |
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^^ I actually should have said a "semi-established" name - meaning Proton. But also an establish name in the sportscar world - meaning Lotus.
And lets be honest here, Proton while basically unknown in the US, is still probably more famous and sounds more legit to most people than one of the hundreds of Chinese car companies. |
01-26-2007, 06:12 PM | #6 |
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01-26-2007, 09:32 PM | #7 |
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maybe now lotus will get proper engines for their lotus elise? MM 2.0T inside a elise. (im dreaming)
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01-26-2007, 10:28 PM | #8 |
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01-26-2007, 10:39 PM | #9 |
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hm... i want to get a exige s so i wonder what they will do to it
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01-27-2007, 11:01 AM | #10 |
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01-27-2007, 06:56 PM | #11 |
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I believe they call that a Europa now.
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