sentences:  Thus Lotus decided that in order to remain competitive in the GT1 class, it would be required to follow the route set forth by Porsche and Mercedes-Benz.However, the company management was aware that they lacked the resources available that Porsche and Mercedes had to create not only the race cars but also the street legal variants.Therefore at a guaranteed loss of money for the company, Lotus decided to take an alternate route- making a single road version of their new race car.