Quote Originally Posted by sHpReLuDe
they used to get their engines from renault.. back in the day
They got their gearbox's from renault. When renault closed the plant making the gearbox they offered to sell it to lotus and lotus declined.

they are also owned by a malaysian company. Here is a nice article.

http://www.fantasycars.com/1/News/Fo...fordlotus.html