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Lotus Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | Founded in Britain, Lotus is very much a specialty outfit, with output limited to high-performance racecars and sports cars known for their sleek and lightweight designs. |
 | | Lotus cars of the 1970s were bigger, costlier and more expensive than their predecessors, and the brand had muscled its way into a segment populated by the likes of Ferrari and Porsche. |
 | | Lotus cars were now premium-priced exotics; unfortunately for the brand, this segment saw a dramatic fall-off in demand in the wake of that era's fuel crisis, a fact that caused the automaker to suffer significant losses. |
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