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Recently, internal sources of rutes disclosed to the media that rutes is likely to release a convertible two seater called Elan in the next few years. This sports car with Boxster as its main competitor will be an important step in rutes' recovery plan. In addition, elite, Europa, Esprit and other models are also in the recovery plan. "The new Elan imaginary map drawn by autocar" Lutus Elan series was born in 1962. The first generation model was produced from 1962 to 1973, adopting the layout of front and rear wheel drive. There are two body forms of two seat cabriolet and two seat hardtop. Later, four seat Elan + 2 model was derived. The second generation Elan was produced in the UK from 1989 to 1995. The whole vehicle was developed by rutus, and the power assembly came from Isuzu (50000 grand prize). The car was produced in South Korea from 1996 to 1999 after it was discontinued in the UK. The "first generation Elan" source said that there is not much key information about the new car at this stage, but it can be confirmed that the new Elan will adopt the new rivet skeleton body structure, which is positioned higher than the current Elise, and the new car will further improve in space, comfort and interior workmanship, and the Porsche Boxster will be the main competitor. Although the new car will work hard on the interior refinement, the new car will still be a vehicle that takes the vehicle lightweight as the primary goal and is committed to becoming the most outstanding vehicle in the same level of driving. In order to make Elan have more excellent product power, rutes is developing a riveted structure that can be used across levels. The platform derived from the new structure can replace the body structure used by the current Elise / Exige model since 1995 and the structure used by Evora model since 2008. The structure under development by Lutus will significantly improve the overall stiffness and the weight will not affect the brand's adherence to lightweight. Insiders said that the new structure will use a variety of lightweight materials, including carbon fiber, and simplify the structure, which can greatly reduce the time cost of component welding on the original structure, thus reducing the production time of single car, so as to achieve the purpose of improving production capacity. It is reported that the new structure is expected to be officially released within two years. As a part of the ten-year plan of the brand "vision 80", the new Elan "the third generation Elan concept car unveiled at the Paris Auto Show 2010" not only opened the curtain of updating the product matrix of rutes, but also an important step for the brand to improve its production capacity. According to rutes' 10-year plan, the hethel plant, which undertakes all vehicle production tasks, will adopt a new production mode after the new structure is put into production, and its production capacity will move forward from nearly 1700 vehicles / year to 10000 vehicles / year by 2029. According to Bloomberg, rutus has invested more than £ 1.5 billion in new structures and capacity improvements, but according to a rutus official spokesman, the data is "very conservative.". According to the source of "ruthers' factory in hethel", the new structure of ruthers will cover the newly added elan, Europa, Esprit and other vehicle lines, ranging from two seater sports cars to super sports cars and even models limited to track use. In order to make the rich product line become reality, rutus will make full use of the existing group resources. After being acquired, rutus can enjoy the technical resources and supplier resources of large group with relatively low cost, from car entertainment system to electric power steering. Especially for the latter, for the brand that takes driving experience as the core, the excellent electric power steering can not only make daily driving easier, but also provide the driver with an excellent sense of communication and control of the vehicle. In addition, policy orientation and market demand also have a great impact on the choice of future power assembly. At present, due to the severe emission form, rutes has invested a lot of energy in the hybrid and even the powertrain. However, the negative impact of roadster, the first work of that year, on the dynamic response of vehicles after using heavy groups also makes rutes cautious about the electrification of lightweight sports cars. As far as the current situation is concerned, rutus prefers to use an assembly. Combined with the news that Volvo and Geely are jointly developing the hybrid powertrain, Lutus' new powertrain may have a foothold. "2020 Evora GT" but before the launch of the new elan, Lutus will release the last new sports car based on the cash Evora platform by the end of 2020. It is reported that the new car will greatly optimize the driving posture, vision and passengers' experience in and out of the cockpit, and improve the criticized ergonomics. In addition, Phil Popham, CEO of the brand, also proposed to make a significant improvement on the vehicle interconnection function of the new products of rutus. To be sure, the "car head" commonly used by cash models from a third party will no longer exist. According to the information we have obtained at present, whether Lutus can achieve the grand goal set in the next 10-year plan largely depends on the model that is currently under intensive research and development. The first goal of this brand-new SUV, which is dedicated to helping the brand open up the global market, is the two major markets of China and the United States, while taking into account the needs of other regions. Whether the sports brand with rich historical background and racing pedigree can bring exciting works to the increasingly monotonous market is very worthy of our expectation.