lotus莲花汽车介绍.ppt

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Lotus is owned by Proton, which acquired it following the bankruptcy of former owner Romano Artioli in 1994
Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World war II airfield in Norfolk . pany designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics. It also owns the engineering consultancy Lotus Engineering, which has facilities in the United Kingdom, United States, Malaysia and China.
Even after Chapman's death, until the late 1980s, Lotus continued to be a major player in Formula One. Ayrton Senna drove for the team from 1985 to 1987, winning twice in each year and achieving 17 pole positions. However, by pany's last Formula One race in 1994, the cars were no petitive. Lotus won a total of 79 Grand Prix races. During his lifetime Chapman saw Lotus beat Ferrari as the first team to achieve 50 Grand Prix victories, despite Ferrari having won their first nine years sooner
Group Lotus is currently also involved in several other categories of motorsport. It sponsors the ART team in the GP2 and GP3 Series, and the KV team in the IndyCar Series. In 2011, Lotus also returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a semi-works effort run by Jetalliance Racing, which fielded two Lotus Evoras. In 2012 they will partner with Engine Developments LTD/John Judd to build a Liter Twin Turbocharged V-6 Engine to be used in the Izod Indycar Series
莲花汽车公司是世界上著名的运动汽车生产厂家。成立于1951 年,现为马来西亚宝腾PROTON集团所有。公司总部设在英国诺里奇市,雇员总数为500人,年产汽车600辆左右。莲花汽车公司的汽车重心很低,造型具有良好的流线形,。发动机功率大,最低为160马力,车速高达300公里/小时。   莲花汽车是世界汽车赛场上一个十分有力的竞争者,多次荣获世界冠军。1963一1978年莲花汽车曾经7次蝉联世界最佳小客车优胜奖。1991年,莲花伊兰汽车获世界汽车最佳设计奖。莲花汽车公司是率先在汽车上使用高强化塑料车身的厂家之一。它们采用的制模工艺,真空助力树脂喷射工艺能将车身模制成上下两个整体,最后再合二为一,不仅生产效率高,而且车身强度大大增强,在世界上独树一帜。莲花汽车公司主要产品有“精灵”、“伊兰”“卓越”牌运动跑车等。   该公司的标志除莲花英文字样外,还有创建人姓名的字头四个字母(ACBC)组成的图案。
在汽车工业史上,莲花品牌与众不同。它是英国杰出的工程师柯林·查普曼(Colin Chapman)个人奋斗与智慧的结晶。无论是批量生产的跑车还是赛车,他都亲自参与设计与研制,倾注了毕生心血。汽车史上的杰出人物