10 Nov 2016 – Driven To Write

Light on the Fens – Lotus Progress Report

There are no more unicorns in Norfolk, but until we can discuss Lotus without the Great Bahar being mentioned, unfinished business remains.

Lotus' Jean-Marc Gales. Image: Eastern Daily Press — Lotus’ Jean-Marc Gales. Image: Eastern Daily Press

Dany Bahar’s legacy hangs around Hethel like a dank mist over marshland on a gloomy winter’s evening. But since Jean-Marc Gales took over in 2013 there have been a few shafts of sunlight. The sales slide appears to have been been reversed, and new models are filtering through. Gales has focused on improving quality, delivering cars on time and above all, executing the living hell out of the product he has, rather than what he’d like to have. Continue reading “Light on the Fens – Lotus Progress Report”

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