Richard Gibbs

Lotus Cars Australia

Lotus is established as a specialist in the global automotive industry, both as a successful manufacturer of sports cars and as a leading engineering consultancy for vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. The Company's success is based on technical superiority created from focussed innovation. Lotus is world-renowned for product creation skills as the result of a very distinctive combination of intellectual capital, craft skills, and facilities. The cultures of innovation and passion, which characterise the brand Lotus, are encouraged and supported by the operational style of the organisation. The business builds upon the core strengths of technical competence in automotive engineering, and in the manufacturing of Lotus cars. Lotus is in a unique position in the automotive industry as it combines experience of both successful innovation and versatility in low-investment car manufacture with experience of working seamlessly as a critical supplier to all of the major vehicle manufacturers in the world.