Auto Talk: Lotus aims to get ’em young with new karting program

Sports recruiting keeps starting at younger and younger ages. While professional-league scouts used to hit the college games, these days they’re scoping out the high school fields. And not just for graduating seniors, either. That’s certainly the case (minus the school teams) in professional motorsports, where the drivers are getting younger and younger, too. Funk Flex


Auto Talk: Lotus Ethos Plug-In Minicar Headed To U.S. In 2013?

Your dream of owning a $45,000 Lotus plug-in minicar could become a reality in 2013. If that’s truly your dream, then you’ll be thrilled to know that the extended-range Lotus Ethos will reportedly hit U.S. dealerships in late 2013 as a Model Year 2014 vehicle. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+


(Photo) Swizz Beatz Copped Wife Alicia Keys QUITE the Gift!! … On HIS Birthday

Nothing like a major “just because” gift!! And how sweet that it was on HIS birthday. “The best part of my Bday today was my gift I made my wife because my Bday is her Bday,” he tweeted about the present. Find out what it was below! Marisa Mendez


Auto Talk: Lotus Shows Evora S Freddie Mercury Edition

While we had to look at the calendar and make sure it wasn’t April 1 when we got wind of this, we assure you, it’s absolutely true: Lotus has worked up a one-off Evora S in honor of the late superstar Freddie Mercury. The coupe is swaddled in pearl white paint with red and gold accents outside and features the Queen frontman’s signature as well. Funk Flex Find Flex On Google+


Congrats!! Swizz Beatz Named VP of Lotus Cars

It’s Car Time! LOL. Swizzy can now add another title on his resume, as he’s been named Vice President of Creative Design and Global Marketing for Lotus Cars. Crazy!! Details on the new gig after the jump. Congrats!!! Marisa Mendez


Lotus To Overhaul Exige

It’s no secret that Lotus has monumental plans in the coming years, announcing no fewer than four new models at the 2010 Paris Motor Show that it says will gradually roll out over the next several years. But there’s no denying that the British firm’s current level of success was built on the excellence that is the Lotus Elise, Exige and, most recently, Evora. @funkmasterflex


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