For the gearheads amoungst us...
Besides the car side of the business, Lotus does consulting to a lot of other car companies. They've just started putting out a newsletter about their activities - most of the articles are non-Lotus related, but in the latest issue there's a piece on bringing the Elise to America. Thought some of y'all might find it interesting -
Here's a link to a website where you can either sign up for the newsletter, or just download the various issues:
http://just-auto.com/proActive/
Enjoy -