Oh dear,

thanks for the explanation. That´s not what I expected. Coincidentally I just heard an interview with Tony Fernandez about his idea of acquiring Lotus and developing an somewhat affordable F1-derived sportscar with them. Obviously, he set out to do the same with Caterham now.

Now I also understand that, if I remember correctly, quite some staff moved from Lotus to Caterham a while ago to start the development of a new sportscar model there.

So what is the situation for Lotus now? Get sold to another manufacturer, returning to the single-model lineup or being able to continue the current development with money sourced somewhere else? On the one hand, the investment company might not look like the best option but Lotus (used to) offer great engineering resources that might be attractive to other manufacturers as well.