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So last year they sold 1600 cars and they’re hoping to sell 150’000 in a year or two....what could go wrong.
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someone at a desk somewhere in Lorus HQ is shitting their pants after putting the decimal point in the wrong place in the projections, praying for Danny Bahar to come back and deflect the heat off them...dan wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:06 am So last year they sold 1600 cars and they’re hoping to sell 150’000 in a year or two....what could go wrong.
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And they’ve changed the name to something the Chinese can say!... bwoody bwastards!Rich B wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:11 amsomeone at a desk somewhere in Lorus HQ is shitting their pants after putting the decimal point in the wrong place in the projections, praying for Danny Bahar to come back and deflect the heat off them...dan wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:06 am So last year they sold 1600 cars and they’re hoping to sell 150’000 in a year or two....what could go wrong.
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IanF wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:17 amAnd they’ve changed the name to something the Chinese can say!... bwoody bwastards!Rich B wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:11 amsomeone at a desk somewhere in Lorus HQ is shitting their pants after putting the decimal point in the wrong place in the projections, praying for Danny Bahar to come back and deflect the heat off them...dan wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:06 am So last year they sold 1600 cars and they’re hoping to sell 150’000 in a year or two....what could go wrong.
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Meh, non-story.
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No it all makes perfect sense. In 5 years I’ve built 10 cars but I’m hoping I can up that to 2000 this year.
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I am disappoint with teh forum 

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'The bulk of production at the new site would be taken up by Geely models, however."dan wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:06 am So last year they sold 1600 cars and they’re hoping to sell 150’000 in a year or two....what could go wrong.
So it's a Geely Auto factory which has a capacity of 150,000 vehicles, and they will also make a few Lotus SUVs there.
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How many of this still work thoughdan wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:42 am No it all makes perfect sense. In 5 years I’ve built 10 cars but I’m hoping I can up that to 2000 this year.

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HOW DARE YOU COME IN HERE AND COMMENT ON AN ARTICLE YOU'VE READ, GET OUT!Pete_ wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:26 am So it's a Geely Auto factory which has a capacity of 150,000 vehicles, and they will also make a few Lotus SUVs there.
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Rebadged Volvo XC90s?Pete_ wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:26 am
So it's a Geely Auto factory which has a capacity of 150,000 vehicles, and they will also make a few Lotus SUVs there.
Oui, je suis un motard.
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TBF thats not a bad place to start. Cash cow ect.
They did this with LTI however and they build quality went to shit. Althought their most recent effort on the Leccy Taxi looks pretty decent.