re happy easter in article c u li em dcs qmw ac uk davide dcs qmw ac uk dave edmondson writes lotus looks set for a management buyout gm weren t happy that the elan was late and too pricey if they can write off the elan development costs the may be able to sell them for a sensible price i read that gm wants to keep the design part of lotus but lose the car production and i seem to remember that the main problem with the elan was caused by gm s insistence that the elan be re designed significantly for the us market which caused major design production headaches i think there is a legal clause in the rr name regardless of who owns it it must be a british company owner i e ba can sell the company but not the name kevinh hasler ascom ch i don t believe that ba have anything to do with rr it s a seperate company from the rr aero engine company it s vickers who own rolls royce cars quite true brain fade on my part david edmondson davide dcs qmw ac uk kevinh hasler ascom ch
