britishtrident
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 03:58 PM |
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Breaking news ----Team Lotus to buy CATHERHAM !!?
Autosport report By Jonathan Noble Thursday, April 21st 2011, 15:26 GMT
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"Team Lotus linked to Caterham tie-up"
"Team Lotus has been linked to a tie-up deal with sportscar manufacturer Caterham, with an announcement about a takeover possible as early as
next week.
full text see
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90907
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Humbug
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:25 PM |
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So, they could be making a Lotus 7!
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Bare
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:26 PM |
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Welll... IF... true and not an effort towards Free publicity.... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Besides isn't one Singapore originated owner pretty well the same as another?
IMO Pore old caterham has most certainly lost it's way over the decades.
Their production was always limited by 'aggressive' pricings, a carried over Lotus tradition.
So much so that there/have mushroomed up dozens upon dozens of "clone" Seven makers/vendors.
Not to mention Legions of DIY ers :-)
IMO it's just a direct reflection on Caterham that this even happened.
So :-) So Sad.. Too bad.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:27 PM |
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Just buying them cos they know how to hire good lawyers ?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bare
Welll... IF... true and not an effort towards Free publicity.... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Besides isn't one Singapore originated owner pretty well the same as another?
IMO Pore old caterham has most certainly lost it's way over the decades.
Their production was always limited by 'aggressive' pricings, a carried over Lotus tradition.
So much so that there/have mushroomed up dozens upon dozens of "clone" Seven makers/vendors.
Not to mention Legions of DIY ers :-)
IMO it's just a direct reflection on Caterham that this even happened.
So :-) So Sad.. Too bad.
It is really about F1 politics and the court case over the right to use the Lotus name in F1. Team Lotus would have given Caterham a very sweet
deal.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 04:38 PM |
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Well if I'm reading what britishtridents hinting at correctly, should be interesting for MNR, MK, Mac1 etc, but couldn't they claim that
it's been a long long time since the original litigation, intersting what you can do when you have the money though
tony
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