Lotus plans new car plant in China

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Saturday 19 January 2019 at 10:22am

A Lotus 3-Eleven 430 built at the Norfolk factory Credit: Lotus Cars

Norfolk sports car maker Lotus has submitted plans to build a new billion pound factory in China.

The car firm, which is owned by the Chinese company Geeley, has selected a site in Wuhan in central China.

It's believed the new factory could be used to produce a new model range of SUV type vehicles.

A Lotus Evora GT410 Credit: Lotus Cars

Lotus recently announced that it has returned its best global retail sales since 2011 with 1,630 cars sold worldwide in 2018, up 2% on the figures for 2017.