I would like to add, that efforts in the car industry to reach a better quality standard are most times a reactive behave.
Therefore the better quality on Lotus cars was a nice side effect of this issue with GM but not motivated by Lotus itself in the first place.
Absolutely.
It was Chapman himself who said that the ideal race car would fall apart just after the chequered flag. Any further and it was over-engineered! Of all cars, Lotus was the one to push out low quality in hope/belief that customers would enjoy Lotus engineering.
Lotus now compete (struggle) in a niche and competitive market and are forced to think about quality. new CEO looks good btw, someone like him could transform MMC and leave the essential DNA intact.
