[Ruediger]

Somebody in UK found this:

http://webdb1.patent.gov.uk/rs-bin/RightSite/formexec?DMW_INPUTFORM=tpo/biblio&DMW_SEARCH_TEXT=3014463&PREVIOUS_FORM=BROWSE&PREVIOUS_SEARCH_FORM=NULL&BROWSER_TYPE=ie4


Put “Lotus” in the search engine to see if there are similar drawings of an S1 and you may also discover:


http://webdb1.patent.gov.uk/rs-bin/RightSite/formexec?edition=All&main=12&sub=08&subsub=All&proprietorname=LOTUS&pstype=C&andor=LOC&DMW_SEARCH_TEXT=&TPO_CHUNK_SIZE=32&DMW_INPUTFORM=tpo/locarno_results&DMW_ATTRIBUTES=object_name&DMW_TYPE=design&PREVIOUS_FORM=SEARCH&TPO_HITS_SO_FAR=0&BROWSER_TYPE=ie4&PREVIOUS_SEARCH_FORM=EDITION7

Voilà the next S 3 !

Happy web surfing. You certainly will see some others still being in the pipeline, too.

 

[munkleby]

I believe that the second link you posted is of an Elise-based derivative that they have designed for Proton, rather than the S3 evolution. Check out the front & rear badges and note the Proton-esque lighting etc. Interesting find, though.