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Toyota byla nějakou chvíli spoluvlastníkem Lotusu.
Lotus - The Toyota and GM Link
Chapman’s untimely death was devastating enough to Lotus, but then came the second devastating blow as American Express withdrew its financial backing.
Lotus, now under the chairmanship of Fred Bushell, was in dire straits and there were serious doubts as to whether it would survive, even with Toyota’s backing.
Following Cohn Chapman’s shockingly early death, time couldn’t stand still and within weeks Lotus had been re-organised under the temporary chairmanship of Fred BushelL By the following August the company had been re-financed with capital from, amongst others, British Car Auctions and Toyota.
By 22 January 1986, a deal was struck and Lotus had been ‘adopted’. General Motors bought-out BCA, Schroeder-Wagg and JCB, the Americans effectively becoming the majority shareholder. After four months of co-owning Lotus with an arch-rival, Toyota sold out to GM —though it continued to supply components — and by October of the same year, GM had acquired a 91 per cent stake in Lotus. The deal had cost the US giant a paltry — in their terms — Ł22.7 million.