Lotus is back with a BIG hit! Those ones attached to the car industry knew that the sports car manufacturer was about to present new concepts outlining its next generation of cars. However the company exceeded people’s expectations and presented not one or two, but six models at the Paris Motor Show this year. There is no doubt Lotus was the biggest star of the show and the bold move from the British car company shocked everyone! With few other good looking concepts, the rest of the Paris Motor Show 2010 was super dull and depressing – full with potato shaped vehicles that will never succeed in making you excited, not to mention any desire to drive or own one of them! Sad, very sad for our industry!

On the positive side I can’t help it but to feel proud and excited being part of the design team that shaped these cars for less than one year. I call that an incredible achievement! I must admit that all of us in the studio worked very hard to deliver these prototypes on time, it was flat-out work process from start to finish. After all that hard work, when you stand near the cars and observe all those journalists and photographers hassling around the models you’ve been part of, you realise all this crazy toil was worth it and every bit of you is proud to be part of this historical event!!! Thank You Lotus for the opportunity and many thanks to all guys from the Lotus Design Team too, I am so happy working with you chaps!

Image credits: Lotus Cars, Autoblog and Google Images.

THANK YOU LOTUS!!!!

Image credits: Lotus Cars, Autoblog and Google Images.

Lotus Esprit Concept
Lotus Esprit Concept is the re-placement of the much-loved and long anticipated British icon from the past.

Lotus Elan Concept
With this yellow beast Lotus promises to deliver the best-in-class performance for a mid-engined two-seater, competing with Porsche 911 and Audi R8.

Lotus Elite Concept
The front engined Lotus Elite is future competitor to cars like Aston Martin DB9, Ferrari 599 etc.

Lotus Eterne Concept
Lotus plans to enter the four-door luxury sports car market with this stylish fifth model from its product range.

Lotus Elise Concept
This is the re-placement of the current Lotus Elise that we all know. No need for introduction here.

Lotus City Car Concept
The sixth car on the show stand was the Lotus City Car Concept.

Also Make sure you check out the live coverage from the Paris Motor Show at: http://live.lotuscars.com/videoplayer/

Here is the Auto & Design Issue 179 featuring some of my sketches on the 458 Italia Interior. The whole interior and many other bits on the car were designed by our little team based in Maranello. The 458 is a very important product for Ferrari and we all gave our best for it!

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