Apparently, Lotus has put a hold on it for 2 reasons, one of them skeptical.
First, the rumor one. Lotus seems healthy, but they recently layed off a whole lot of engineering staff, like maybe they dont have many projects for other companies, which is where they get there money. SO they may be poor, and not have enough to develop a new model. They are also retooling for the new Elise, which has reliability problems, which would suck cash.
2) They say that they need further refining for the US market (do we really need 6 airbags???). Most likely, though, its the reliability thing, if they dont get it right, their reputation is ruined, no more American market, no one wants LOTUS to be associated with their cars as it implies bad reliability.
Either one is valid, maybe its both, either way,
IT BLOWS!!!!!^@^@^#$@^@$#^@$#%$#!%^@#% 