Daily Drive: Lotus lives another day

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Monday, July 22, 2013                  The Lotus Exige S Roadster was the company's first new product in the current era.... Lotus secures more funding, but five-year plan is dead The five-car, five-year plan for Lotus developed under Dany Bahar is dead, according to an Autocar report. But rumor has it that the sexy Esprit concept could be revived at a low cost. Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil, managing director of the...   One Lap of the Web: 'Blower' Bentleys, Abarth history and a Checker taxi-camper We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- When it comes to high-...   BMW i3 starts at $42,275 The electric BMW i3 mini crossover will cost $42,275, including destination, when it debuts to the press on July 29. The company is hosting three simultaneous launch events in London, New York and Beijing. The production...   Mercedes-Benz reveals Vision Golf Car concept Mercedes-Benz has revealed a concept of what it bills as the “ultimate golf cart” as part of activities at this year's British Open at the Muirfield Golf Club in Scotland. The concept was created at Mercedes-...   The Petersen Museum's proposed new exterior This is not Architectureweek and granted, the Petersen Automotive Museum really does have to do something to its drab, Ohrbach's department store exterior to let people know there's a car museum inside. Shown here is what...   2013 BMW 760Li review EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Oh, yes please. I love this 2013 BMW 760Li. For $159,395 one should love it, you say. I hear you. But still I like it way more ...   Is NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski a one-hit wonder? In case anyone has forgotten, and I’m sure some people have, Brad Keselowski is the current defending Sprint Cup Series champion. After taking the sport by storm in 2012, the 2013 season has been nothing short of a disappointment for the 29-year-old driver. With his current struggles and the...   Sergey Sirotkin's current boss says teen not ready for Formula One Sergey Sirotkin's current boss in the Renault 3.5 series, Igor Salaquarda, thinks the Russian teen's Formula One opportunity has come way too early. Sirotkin, who turns 18 in August, is in line to make his Grand Prix debut next March with Sauber, as his father is linked to the Swiss team's new...   IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe undergoes successful wrist surgery Ryan Briscoe had to have his fractured right wrist surgically repaired, which he said was the first surgery of his life. That seems difficult to believe for a 31-year-old race car driver. Briscoe can’t believe how the surgery in Indianapolis became necessary. “A stupid 40 mph... 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It was the third win of the season for Heikkinen, his team OlsbergsMSE, and the fourth ...   Luhr, Graf dominate P1 field to win ALMS race in Canada for Muscle Milk The P1 and overall Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix victory went comfortably to Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf in the No. 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03c on Sunday. It was the duo's fifth consecutive win at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Canada, and the team led every lap en route...   Spencer Massey, Allen Johnson, Cruz Pedregon win at Mile High NHRA Nationals Defending Pro Stock champion Allen Johnson won the Mile High NHRA Nationals for the fifth time Sunday, holding off Colorado native V. Gaines in the final round.Making his seventh straight final-round appearance in the event, Johnson raced to his fourth victory of the year with a 6.989-second run at ...   Travis Pastrana admits he'll need some luck for first NASCAR Nationwide win Heading into Sunday's race at Chicagoland Speedway, Travis Pastrana will be the first to admit it's been a struggle in his first full NASCAR Nationwide Series season. The former extreme sports star struggled during the first third of the season, but he's begun to turn things around and is looking...   Sauber F1 team's Kaltenborn could be on way out as Russian money, personnel line up Team principal Monisha Kaltenborn could be the big loser of Sauber's Russian rescue deal. Swiss newspaper Sonntagszeitung reports that the ailing Swiss Formula One team's new partners, all linked to the Russian Federation, are planning to inject a staggering $500 million into Hinwil.According to... 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