Word on the Twitterverse is that Tony wins the rights to use Team Lotus in F1. Group Lotus can use Lotus by itself So, there's still Team Lotus, powered by Renault, and Lotus Renault. Group Lotus will appeal, naturally.
http://badgergp.com/2011/05/lotus-naming-row-the-verdict/ http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/27/team-lotus-wins-legal-case/ http://www.teamlotus.co.uk/news/2011/we-are-team-lotus Basically, both sides are claiming victory, and both can continue to use the name.
It looks like King Solomon is alive and well and serving as a judge in the British judicial system. Cutting this baby in half solves nothing.
Yea man. Proton always do this : Bloody rebadging and hijacking. Here's the proof at what they're doing at our local market: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
No different than when Mitsubishi and Dodge made the same cars with different badging 30 years ago. While the cars you showed in the pics look damn similiar, I can see same differences among different flavors of Hondas, Mercedes, BMW's, Suburu's and a handful of others. I think if you were to totally debadge all the common cars, the only one I can really identify would be a BUICK.
You can have the " 's , it'll save Me money on all the sign writing and stickers! . In the words of Jeremy Clarkson: "How hard can it be?"