Lotus plans to discontinue production for Evora, Exige and Elise in 2021. Accordingly, Hethel, the production of the new series of sports cars, received approval for the UK.
At Lotus Cars' world-class manufacturing facility in Norfolk, Hethel, a new sports car lineup has been confirmed, which will begin prototype production of the Lotus Type 131 this year. The new manufacturing investment is part of Lotus's Vision80 strategy, and will also see two Lotus sub-assembly plants move into one efficient centralized operation in Norwich city to support higher volumes. To accompany the £100 million + investment in Hethel's facilities, Lotus will recruit approximately 250 new employees. This will add an additional 670 employees who have joined Lotus since September 2017, when shareholders Geely and Etika took ownership of the company. Engineering and manufacturing roles for both Lotus Cars and the world-renowned engineering consultancy Lotus Engineering will need new hires. Lotus Engineering, which opened the Advanced Technology Center in Warwick at the end of this year, released an image to introduce the upcoming performance car family, giving clues about the next generation of products to come after the Elise, Exige and Evora, which entered the last production year in 2021.
Lotus Elise was introduced in 1995. With its pioneering use of extruded and bonded aluminum, high-tech composites and lightweight know-how, it revolutionized the low-volume sports car industry. Using the technology pioneered in Elise and launched in 2000, Exige quickly became the core of the "Race Car for the Road". While Exige has managed to quickly embrace the world's toughest tracks with the safety and progressiveness expected from a Lotus, it has demonstrated a rare ability to offer the driver an inclusive yet accessible experience on the road.
Evora brought Lotus back to the super sports car industry as a more driver-focused, award-winning and versatile road car than its peers. In motorsport, Evora has also been successful, winning national GT championships around the world, and winning a podium at Le Mans.
The future Lotus cars take this learning and develop it further, along with the primary criteria of being "For Drivers" to ensure that this vital DNA is preserved.
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