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    Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire

    A true Battle of Britain participant - a rare bird in the air.... #supermarinespitfire
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    Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness was starred Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire

    Need to park one of these in Trafalgar Square as well.... owned by Paul Allen - flown this past September... #supermarinespitfire
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    Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness was starred Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire

    . #supermarinespitfire
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    mercury_marine was starred mercury_marine was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire
    Sorry, but Lotus really isn't British any longer. Yes they still make cars there, and some of their engineers are still from the British Empire, but the company is now a Malaysian owned company.

    Its almost like saying that Ford is a British Car Company because they manufacture cars in Britain, or that Honda is an American Company because they manufacture cars in Ohio.

    There really is no British Car Companies any longer with the exception of a (very) few of the cottage industry car makers like Bristol or Morgan.

    Maybe that's the road that we will eventually go down as well, because the American Car Industry looks pretty grim, with a few gleaming examples from Ford.

    Anyway, back to this post. Having Lotus wear its British Heritage like a war medal it just a bit preposterous. It is all a publicity stunt. #supermarinespitfire
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    11/13/09

    @UDMan: WOAH. Where did that come from. If Proton actually actively ran the company and did RnD for Lotus, then I'd agree. But far as I'm concerned, Lotus is still run in Hethel, no? #supermarinespitfire
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire
    When I see "Lotus" and "Spitfire" in the same sentence, I get an unholy vision of a turbocharged 2.2 litre Triumph.

    Did I say "unholy"? I meant "glorious". #supermarinespitfire
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/13/09

    In reply to Lotus Attempts To Merge Jalopnik, Planelopnik By Repairing Supermarine Spitfire
    Thankfully, I'm sure they'll keep the Rolls Royce Merlin...but only because Toyota doesn't build a V-12. Actually, they did put one in the Century in the late 90s (JDM?), but those are probably just as rare as the Merlin. #supermarinespitfire
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    Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) was starred Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) was unstarred
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