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Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:10 pm
by j2 lot
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:55 pm
by Corranga
Presumably current Lotus ownership wouldn't make this too possible anyway?
Could be good for Caterham though, similar to Lotus and the Vx220.
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:42 pm
by rossybee
Good news indeed - and could eventually branch out to the likes of the Clio, like a modern Clio Williams
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:23 pm
by j2 lot
Corranga wrote:Presumably current Lotus ownership wouldn't make this too possible anyway?
You are probably right although the Lotus F1 team also run with Renault engines ( but then Lotus F1 team have F.A. to do with Lotus cars
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Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:46 am
by Scuffers
Honestly think this is the end of the road for Lotus...
engineering have already lost a shed load of work to Ricardo/Prodrive etc, and now Caterham (using ex lotus staff) are stealing work.
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:22 pm
by steve_weegie
May have to agree here. After the whole debacle with F1, lotus really are at risk of becoming a bunch of charlatans living off past glories
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:29 pm
by BiggestNizzy
Scuffers wrote:Honestly think this is the end of the road for Lotus...
engineering have already lost a shed load of work to Ricardo/Prodrive etc, and now Caterham (using ex lotus staff) are stealing work.
^This
Especially as historically Engineering have been the people who actually made money.
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:33 pm
by Lazydonkey
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:38 pm
by BiggestNizzy
I think Renault got the better deal.
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:47 am
by Lazydonkey
Interesting article in EVO this month about the tie up, and in it the morsel that Fernandes was offered the rights to the Elise and Exige as part of the messy F1 licensing debate.
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:06 am
by j2 lot
Lazydonkey wrote: Fernandes was offered the rights to the Elise and Exige as part of the messy F1 licensing debate.
Bahar really didnt care much for the 'old' cars did he
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:30 pm
by IanD
Lazydonkey wrote:Interesting article in EVO this month about the tie up, and in it the morsel that Fernandes was offered the rights to the Elise and Exige as part of the messy F1 licensing debate.
Read this as well and although some of details aren't new it all sounds a bit sad with Fernandes stating he really wanted to do all this with Lotus.
Will we all end up owning new Caterham's with Renault running gear or better,more extreme Renault's with Caterham/ex Lotus engineering ?
All sounds quite good apart from the fact it isnt happening under the Lotus name and engineering
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:05 pm
by ed
Shame they won't be built in the uk.
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:40 pm
by rossybee
Re: Caterham to work on new (Renault) Alpine
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:23 am
by rossybee
Latest on PH but link currently doesn't work
Alpine-Caterham testing as a Lotus?
Spy shots surface of a suspiciously burly looking Exige out testing at the 'ring