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Lola Cars to enter administration
Started by jonwat, May 16 2012 11:46 AM
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jonwat
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 12:02 PM
Sad! Smaller car companies seem to be falling like dominoes at the moment!
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 01:09 PM
Ouch.... for a moment I thought that said 'Lotus' !!! Still sad news though.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 03:35 PM
Great time for Tony Fernandes to step in.
I thought, with the association between Caterham and Lola on the SP/300R that Tony would have bought Lola a year or two back when they were reported to have been seeking an investor. I also thought he may return the name to F1 when it all went wrong with Lotus as it is a more recognisable brand (to older followers) in that Formula than Caterham.
The brand deserves to be saved.
I thought, with the association between Caterham and Lola on the SP/300R that Tony would have bought Lola a year or two back when they were reported to have been seeking an investor. I also thought he may return the name to F1 when it all went wrong with Lotus as it is a more recognisable brand (to older followers) in that Formula than Caterham.
The brand deserves to be saved.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 03:55 PM
Yea sell QPR and buy up Lola. Wasnt is Lola who sold their car to Ford to become the GT40?
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 04:02 PM
If only Lotus had the money to buy them then the LMP car really would be a Lotus.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 04:37 PM
If only Lotus had the money to buy them then the LMP car really would be a Lotus.
I hope it never comes to that! I hope Lola finds an investor which in all logic would not be TF! And I hope Lotus stays away from it and focus on more important stuff like producing current cars or developing new cars!
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