DRB-Hicom Declines Offer for Lotus, VW Reportedly Interested in Parent Company Proton

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/drb-hicom-declines-offer-for-lotus-vw.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5769205126256808690" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-inNItdB7igw/UBBVfurmUvI/AAAAAAAIWO8/Dm9yWW5OOVo/s800/2015-Lotus-Eterne-4d-1.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Last week, Reuters reported that the ever-expanding Volkswagen Group is considering to place a new bid <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Proton">for Proton</a>, which owns the Lotus brand, some five years after the Germans failed to form a tie up with the Malaysian carmaker as it seeks to extend its reach in the southeast Asian markets. </span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Today, DRB-Hicom, which acquired a 42.7 percent stake in Proton earlier this year, said that it had received an offer from an unnamed foreign company to buy Lotus for £1 (US$1.6 / €1.3) and take over the British company's debts that amount to more than £200 million (US$311 million / €257 million).</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/drb-hicom-declines-offer-for-lotus-vw.html#more">Read more »</a>

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