Lotus Buka Semula Kilang Hethel Selepas Berbelanja £100M Untuk Renovation

Lotus Cars akan membuka semula kilang Hethel mereka kepada orang ramai pada 4 April 2022.

Lotus membenarkan semula orang ramai melawat kilang mereka selepas membelanjakan £100 juta untuk pengubahsuaian. Program tour mereka telah dihentikan seketika apabila kerja-kerja pengubahsuaian bermula di kilang Hethel pada November 2017.

Tentang Lotus Factory Tour

The Lotus Factory Tour bermula pada hanya £95 (kira-kira RM530) dan dijalankan antara hari Isnin dan Khamis setiap minggu. Kumpulan pelancong terhad kepada 8 orang sahaja dan terdapat dua kumpulan setiap hari pada pukul 10 pagi dan 2 petang. Setiap lawatan mengambil masa kira-kira 2 jam.

Terdapat pilihan untuk menaik taraf kepada Heritage Tour pada hari tertentu. Ini termasuk lawatan ke Classic Team Lotus, yang merupakan pameran kereta lumba Lotus bersejarah dalam unit perniagaan yang berasingan di seberang kilang utama Lotus.

Lawatan Kilang Lotus terbuka kepada sesiapa sahaja yang berumur di atas 10 tahun dengan bawah 18 tahun memerlukan teman dewasa. Semua tetamu akan menerima lanyard dan lencana pin.

Berikut adalah siaran media Lotus Cars dengan lebih maklumat.

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One of the world’s best-known performance car production facilities – Hethel, the home of Lotus since 1966 – is reopening to the public.

Factory tours of the iconic Norfolk site were paused in November 2017 as the £100 million redevelopment began. With the Emira, the last petrol-powered car from Lotus, now in production in an all-new, state-of-the-art assembly hall, they will restart.

The tour programme has been developed by the experiential team within the recently launched Lotus Advanced Performance division, and will begin on Monday 4 April. The booking platform is live now on www.lotuscars.com.

Guests will arrive and gather in the Retail Centre where refreshments will be available. There they will learn about the ongoing transformation of Lotus, and experience for themselves how all Lotus showrooms will look in the future.

Under the leadership of an expert guide, the story of Lotus at Hethel – past, present and future – will be brought to life. Guests will walk through older sections of the factory where, most recently, the Elise, Exige and Evora were built, before heading into the all-new Emira hall. They will see the new automated elements of the car’s production – a first for Lotus – as well as how much of the process remains ‘hands-on’.

Outside, the walking route will pass the dynamic test areas, including the famous 2.2-mile Hethel test track that has hosted some of the most famous names in the history of motorsport – Jim Clark, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Senna and countless others.