Russell Carr

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Russell Carr is a British car designer and was appointed head of design of Lotus Cars in 2014.

Lotus Cars British manufacturer of sports and racing cars

Lotus Cars is a British automotive company that manufactures sports cars and racing cars in its headquarters in Hethel, United Kingdom. Lotus cars include the Esprit, Elan, Europa, Elise, Exige and Evora sports cars and it had motor racing success with Team Lotus in Formula One. Lotus Cars are based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics. It also owns the engineering consultancy firm Lotus Engineering, which has facilities in the United Kingdom, United States, China, and Malaysia.

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Career

Russell studied Industrial Design transportation at Coventry Polytechnic, graduating in 1988. He started work at the Coventry-based MGA Developments [1] before he joined Lotus in 1990 and worked on a number of projects before being appointed head of design in November 2014, replacing Donato Coco. [2] When the Chinese Geely acquired Lotus in 2017, Carr remained in charge of sports car design, but reporting to Peter Horbury, [3] who he previously worked with in the late 1980s at MGA. [4]

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Designs

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Lotus Evora
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The Lotus Evora is a sports car produced by British car manufacturer Lotus. The car, which was developed under the project name Project Eagle, was launched as the Evora on 22 July 2008 at the British International Motor Show. The Evora S was launched in 2010 with a supercharged 3.5-litre V6. A facelifted and more powerful Evora 400 model was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, followed by a more powerful variant, the Evora GT430 which was unveiled in 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ "Steve Cropley". Autocar. 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "RUSSELL CARR APPOINTED HEAD OF DESIGN FOR LOTUS". Lotus. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lotus SUV will put brand in 'more luxury' market". Autocar. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Peter Horbury: the British designer behind fast-growing Geely". Autocar. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "New design chief at Lotus". Car. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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