IndyCar adopts the Lotus position
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The UK based iconic sports and racecar manufacture Lotus has put pen to paper to sign a five year deal to supply in-house engines and aero body kits for the IZOD IndyCar Series and will open a base in America to service the arrangement.
Lotus said that in addition to the engines and kits contract, which starts in 2012, it will also create a motorsport facility in Indianapolis giving the company a base in the thick of the action for this exciting and adrenalin filled race series as well as being close to IndyCar engine and aero body kit customers.
Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar said: "Lotus is unique in the automotive world, no other car company has been more successful in such a wide variety of motorsports discipline, whether it is Le Mans, World Rally, Sportscars, F1 of course and IndyCar. This year we teamed up with KV Racing for IndyCar and we will significantly increase our participation next year. However in 2012 IndyCar competitors will have the exciting opportunity to choose an IndyCar with a Lotus engine and aero body kit, immediately become part of a legacy that is Lotus: one of the most innovative and successful sports and racing car brands in the world."
