Proton Facing Business Failure

[tonybelding]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aPfh_Fm2EhTg

Why do we care about Proton? Because Proton owns Lotus, and if Lotus goes under. . . then who is going to assemble the Tesla Roadster?

Don't panic yet, there are multiple ways this could work out.

 

[david_42]

I suspect Lotus will be sold off and continue operating. Since 1982, it's had three owners: General Motors, Romano Artioli’s Bugatti, and Malaysian automaker Proton. At one point Toyota owned 25%.

 

[Michael]

Wouldn't it be great if Tesla bought Lotus manufacturing?

 

[Tesla2Go]

Or maybe Google? ;D

They bought youtube for 1.6 Billion.....why not invest in something useful for a change besides a website about people uploading their videos which amounts to 1% interesting stuff and the rest...well.