During this early era, of 1954-1955, Lotus Engineering was still a fledgling company, and cars were delivered in different states of completion on special orders.

'We have a particularly close relationship with Lotus Engineering, which employs 600,' he says.

Lotus Engineering has established a group dedicated to hybrid and electric vehicles.

Lotus Engineering builds suspension for other car builders.

Examples of work done by Lotus Engineering include:

Lotus Engineering's 'uni-axle' design incorporated several new features.

Team Lotus was split off from Lotus Engineering in 1954.

Nandakumar is also an automotive engineer, trained by Lotus Engineering as a chassis development engineer and test driver.

Lotus Engineering provided additional ride and handling enhancements.

That is where Lotus Engineering and its parent Malaysian company Proton come in.