Lotus, in its new drive to re-invent itself, is going to supply engines and body work for the 2012 IndyCar series. The rule changes to the IndyCar series state that a number of engines and body builders can be used. Regarding the engines, the teams will have choices of several turbocharged engines. The maximum cylinder limit is 6, and the maximum displacement is 2.4 liters.
Lotus will join Chevrolet and Honda in 2012. Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar said this in a statement about the new agreement:
Lotus is unique in the automotive world, no other car company has been more successful in such a wide variety of motorsports discipline, whether it is Le Mans, World Rally, sportscars, F1 of course, and Indycar. This year we teamed up with KV Racing for IndyCar and we will significantly increase our participation next year.
So Lotus is till making their moves to become a more dominant car maker. This is good move for them to as far as I can tell. With motor sport success comes bounty, as Subaru and Audi have showed with rally cars, and almost every big brand got their names roots in racing. Makes logical sense then that they start where they are already strong.
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