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Toyota Explores Tie-Up With Lotus To Build Mid-Engined Sports Car
Oct 28, 2021
Earlier this week, we brought you news about Nissan’s bold plans to use the Renault Alpine A110’s platform, through the Renault-Nissan Alliance, to build its own mid-engined sports car that would employ a tweaked version of the Rogue’s 1.5-liter turbo with Nissan’s unique e-Power hybrid system bolted on for extra efficiency and power.
Now, we bring you surprising revelations that Toyota is looking into a potential collaboration with Britain’s Lotus—currently owned by China’s Geely—to build a mid-engined sports car that is seen as a successor to the mid-engined MR2 model which was produced in three generations from 1984 through 2007. This proposed tie-up is not a first. Since 2004, Toyota has had a long-standing relationship with Lotus by supplying engines to power its Elise and Evora models among others.
Oct 28, 2021
Earlier this week, we brought you news about Nissan’s bold plans to use the Renault Alpine A110’s platform, through the Renault-Nissan Alliance, to build its own mid-engined sports car that would employ a tweaked version of the Rogue’s 1.5-liter turbo with Nissan’s unique e-Power hybrid system bolted on for extra efficiency and power.
Now, we bring you surprising revelations that Toyota is looking into a potential collaboration with Britain’s Lotus—currently owned by China’s Geely—to build a mid-engined sports car that is seen as a successor to the mid-engined MR2 model which was produced in three generations from 1984 through 2007. This proposed tie-up is not a first. Since 2004, Toyota has had a long-standing relationship with Lotus by supplying engines to power its Elise and Evora models among others.