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This is the General board steve. Wikipedia, or anything else for that matter, has been fair game and open for debate on here (if you haven't noticed). I assume you are not in charge of moderating topics on here, correct? I'm pretty sure Scott does this...
Sam is correct though, Youngman has nothing to do with Lotus Cars. There was originally a collaboration with Proton of Malaysia (who owns Lotus Cars) and Lotus Engineering. The idea was for Youngman to build Proton cars under license, where Lotus Engineering originally developed those cars. The brand Youngman was using is Europestar.
I believe that partnership has since been dissolved and there were separate issues with Youngman inappropriately using the Lotus name. It gets complicated in China, because they are actually using different symbols for what sounds like the same name, etc., etc.
There are articles out there explaining the issue, but they aren't the easiest to find, and sometimes not the easiest to understand (because they have minor errors here and there). Botton line, Youngman has nothing to do with Lotus Cars...
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1028440_lotus-to-engineer-cars-for-chinas-youngman-auto
http://lotusenthusiast.net/2009/03/lotus-expands-joint-venture-in-china.html
http://www.chinacartimes.com/2011/06/09/lotus-may-have-disputes-with-china’s-youngman-lotus-over-latter’s-irregular-advertising/
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Posts in this Thread:
- Ford sells Volvo to the Chinese but GM won't sell, Mitch, Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:06:59
- Re: Ford sells Volvo to the Chinese but GM won't sell, Rob
, Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:21:24 - Chinese makes GM Cars, so why not Saab, Mysaab, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:03:32
- Re: Ford sells Volvo to the Chinese but GM won't sell, George K, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:44:18
- Because GM wanted Saab to die, nwas, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:09:28
- GM wants Saab to die, rm, Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:40:21
- +1, ChuckD
, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:02:25- Re: +1, Justin VanAbrahams
, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:21:47
- Because Volvo sold for $2B and Saab for $70M, dmz789qqq, Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:57:38
- Re: Ford sells Volvo to the Chinese but GM won't sell, 50N40W, Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:23:36
- integrated Volvo fully into its engineering structure, Trev, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:42:09
- Re: Ford sells Volvo to the Chinese but GM won't sell, ST, Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:58:28
- Lotus is likely a non-issue, steve, Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:32:51
- Why Wikipedia is an idiot website, Sam, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:37:54
- another article on Youngman using the Lotus name, ryan
, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:50:10 - Wikipedia isn't the issue, steve, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:04:14
- by the way, ryan
, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:47:23 - umm, ryan
, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:44:26 <-- Viewing This Message
- Hear, Hear, ryan
, Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:42:19
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