Team Lotus Enterprise Announces New Ownership of Caterham Cars ...

Team Lotus Enterprise nowadays announces so as to it has purchased British sportscar maker Caterham Cars.

The acquisition by Tony Fernandes, Kamarudin Meranun and SM Nasarudin, the men at the back the Team Lotus Formula 1 squad, as of the shareholder consortium led by Corven Ventures, determination see the legendary lightweight sportscar manufacturer get bigger its make profile and manufactured goods family.

The acquisition of Caterham Cars by Team Lotus Enterprise determination not merely sign the continued growth of the legendary Seven, but determination give Caterham by means of the platform to be relevant its philosophy of ˜adding lightness to exciting new heavy for the 21st Century.

This exciting new era for Caterham determination be led by the companys obtainable management team, headed up by Caterham Cars Managing Director, Ansar Ali.

Ansars way has person's name accountable for energising Caterhams sell abroad prowess throughout the previous five years, taste the iconic Superlight R500 " Top Gears Car of the Year for 2008 " and Caterhams primary make new replica in 15 years, the dramatic SP/300.R sports education prototype racer.

As custodians of Colin Chapmans two-seater Seven as,because 1973, Caterham has person's name accountable for the evolution of a car originally conceived as a ˜fit for reason race-car for the street in 1957.

Today, the Seven is arguably the benchmark for the ideal equilibrium recognized by authority and intuitive, user-friendly handling, and in spite of its existence leftovers one of the the majority raced cars in the world. It has too person's name the inspiration for the recently-launched Caterham-Lola SP/300.R for the contest and path day community.

Tony Fernandes said: œCaterham has a sole put at the spirit of the motoring world. As healthy as existence form proudly and staunchly British, it has an enviable and uniquely unblemished reputation inside the ,manufacturing for performance, handling and manufacturing excellence.

œCaterham Cars has remained wholly faithful to Colin Chapmans philosophy of ˜less is more, and the DNA of the unique Seven can motionless be traced to the newest additions to Caterhams manufactured goods offering.

œIt is by now a winning commerce by means of similar crossways Europe, Japan, Australia and the Middle East, and beneath the guidance of the obtainable management team, we now contain all the go on a diet and the open pad to additional develop so as to strength and get Caterham to new exciting horizons by means of innovative crop and better worldwide make exposure.

Caterham Cars, Managing Director, Ansar Ali, added: œThis is yet one more exciting episode in the Caterham story. Until now, the capital Caterham has had at its disposal have, naturally, incomplete the exposure of the Caterham knowledge and the legendary Seven has had to fake approximately completely on its extraordinary reputation and legacy.

œWe determination stay completely factual to the philosophy so as to we, as custodians of one mans motoring concept, contain protected for almost 40 years.

œHowever, the acquisition of the corporation by Team Lotus Enterprise determination let our obtainable management side to get Caterhams center strength of pure heavy enjoyment to a hitherto un-served audience.

œWhile the Seven determination now contain the worldwide springboard it deserves and determination carry on to be person yet further, we too contain the chance to get bigger the Caterham family additional than the Seven and SP/300.R and breathe new existence eager on our uniquely respected make and mature it eager on a truthfully worldwide business.