Editing Lotus Cars (section)

==Operations==
Currently organised as Group Lotus Limited, the business is divided into Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering.

In addition to manufacturing sportscars, the company also acts as an engineering consultancy, providing engineering development—particularly of [[suspension (vehicle)|suspensions]]—for other car manufacturers. Lotus's powertrain department is responsible for the design and development of the four-cylinder [[Ecotec]] engine found in many of GM's [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]], [[Opel]], [[Saab Automobile|Saab]], [[Chevrolet]] and [[Saturn Corporation|Saturn]] cars. The American [[Lotus Elise|Elise]] and [[Lotus Exige|Exige]] models used the [[2ZZ-GE|1.8L VVTL-i I4]] from Toyota's late [[Toyota Celica (T230)|Celica GT-S]] and the [[Toyota Matrix|Matrix XRS]].

Michael Kimberley, who had been a guiding figure at Lotus in the 1970s, returned as acting chief executive officer in May 2006. He chaired the executive committee of Lotus Group International Limited (LGIL), established in February 2006 with Syed Zainal Abidin (managing director of Proton Holdings Berhad) and Badrul Feisal (non-executive director of Proton Holdings Berhad). LGIL is the holding company of Lotus Group Plc.

Kimberley retired as CEO on 17 July 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://motortorque.askaprice.com/news/auto-0907/lotus-ceo-mike-kimberley-to-step-down.asp |title=Lotus CEO Mike Kimberley to step down |publisher=Motortorque.askaprice.com |access-date=30 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324163233/http://motortorque.askaprice.com/news/auto-0907/lotus-ceo-mike-kimberley-to-step-down.asp |archive-date=24 March 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> replaced on 1 October 2009 by former [[Ferrari]] executive [[Dany Bahar]]. Bahar intended to drive the brand into the expanding global luxury-goods sector and away from the company's traditional lightweight simplicity and pure driving-experience focus. Bahar was suspended on 25 May 2012 while an investigation into his conduct was undertaken.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lotus owners suspend chief Bahar over complaint|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18215542|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=25 May 2012|date=25 May 2012}}</ref> On 7 June 2012, Lotus announced the termination of Bahar and the appointment of Aslam Farikullah as the new chief operating officer.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Lotus Appoints Chief Operating Officer – Confirms dismissal of Dany Bahar |url=http://www.lotuscars.com/us/news/corporate/media-statement |publisher=Group Lotus Limited |date=7 June 2012 |access-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610204814/http://www.lotuscars.com/us/news/corporate/media-statement |archive-date=10 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The ambitious plans for several new models were cancelled following Bahar's departure. Jean Marc Gales became CEO in 2014, and in 2017, he enabled the company to achieve its first profit in decades. Gales left the company in June 2018 for personal reasons and was replaced by Feng Qingfeng from Lotus Group's parent company, Geely.

October 2018 saw further senior personnel changes as Phil Popham was named CEO of Lotus Cars, with Qingfeng remaining in charge of Group Lotus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lotuscars.com/news/corporate/lotus-appoints-phil-popham-senior-vice-president-commercial-operations-group-lotus|title=Lotus Appoints Phil Popham As Lotus Cars CEO|date=15 February 2019 |access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In January 2021, Matt Windle was appointed managing director of Lotus Cars after Phil Popham resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/matt-windle-appointed-md-lotus-cars.html|title=Matt Windle appointed MD Lotus Cars - Lotus Cars Media Site|website=media.lotuscars.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lotus Cars Ltd |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 |pages=2}}</ref>