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Ten years ago, at the Paris auto show, lotus (rutes) in the UK showed the concept prototype of a new generation of esprit. However, the old manufacturer, whose annual sales volume is only more than 1000, has not received enough funds to develop new cars, and Esprit's rebirth plan has been put on hold. Three years ago, after the Group acquired absolute control through the acquisition of 51% lotus shares, it immediately increased its investment in its new car projects and reserved at least £ 1.5 billion for R & D of new platforms. Lotus is developing a new riveting platform architecture, which will completely replace the existing Elise / Exige and Evora platform architectures that have been used for many years. The new aluminum platform retains the traditional rivet bonding concept of lotus, which not only has excellent overall rigidity, but also provides enough expansion space for the local rigidity of different size models. Recently, espionage reporters captured the prototype car believed to be the successor of esprit. Although the body shell is from Evora, it can be found that the front and rear wheel arches have been specially widened after careful observation. Thus, lotus has begun to test the new platform. It is reported that the new car, which may not be named esprit, will be equipped with a plug-in hybrid system consisting of a 3.5-litre V6 engine and an electric motor, with a maximum output power of more than 500 horsepower and a two seat layout with a central engine, starting at about 100000 pounds. The new model is tentatively scheduled to be officially released in 2021, and is likely to be handed over to Geely's factory in Zhejiang Province, China, for production (complete vehicle production or only some parts). The vision 80 development strategy released by Lotus last year proposes to increase the annual sales of Lotus by six times in the next decade, that is, from 1630 last year to 10000 in 2029. The high-performance sports car is used to polish the signboard, and the real amount of walking depends on - you should be able to see the news of lotus's first SUV in the year!