CloseWith all the Porschephiles in an uproar over VW's takeover, I thought I'd pose the hypothetical situation to the Lotus lovers. The company -more or less -has Toyota engines in all of its cars. An Autocar article recently suggested that Toyota ought to buy Lotus outright. Then Lotus can return to Formula 1; Toyota would get to tap its technical expertise and take credit for Lotus' racing endeavors.
awai08:
With all the Porschephiles in an uproar over VW's takeover, I thought I'd pose the hypothetical situation to the Lotus lovers. The company -more or less -has Toyota engines in all of its cars. An Autocar article recently suggested that Toyota ought to buy Lotus outright.
Is the question really that hypothetical? 
Didn't Toyota already (partly) own Lotus once in the past? 
I'm sure Gauss will know. 
Or Google.
PS: I should have checked Google before posting that.
Quick Google check confirmed that Toyota held 25% of Lotus for a few years in the 1980s.
As I think someone else already pointed out, Lotus has not done at all badly in the last dozen or so years from being owned by Proton. Why change a winning team?
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fritz
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