Lotus, the Norfolk-based sports car manufacturer that was established 75 years ago by Colin Chapman, is known for a lot of things but massive production numbers aren’t one of them. Until now, that is.
In the first half of the year, the Geely-owned marque saw its order book grow to approximately 17,000 vehicles worldwide, the company said, breaking all previous sales records and surpassing with great ease the measly 576 units it sold in all of last year.
The biggest contributor to this massive improvement is the all-electric Eletre SUV, which debuted in the spring of 2022 and got in the hands of Chinese customers at the end of March this year, with UK and European deliveries set to begin later this summer.
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