Selling Lotus makes sense Sports car maker is not a good fit for Proton


KUALA LUMPUR: James Bond stopped using Lotus as his vehicle of choice to fight villains 30 years ago. Investors say Proton Holdings Bhd should follow suit in abandoning the sports-car maker.

Proton, the maker of sedans and taxis that bought control of Lotus in 1996, hasn’t made any profit from the British unit for 15 years and probably won’t at least until 2014.

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