Certain automotive partnerships make sense – Mercedes-Benz and AMG, MINI and John Cooper Works, BMW and Alpina. And then we look at the collaboration between General Motors and Lotus, a partnership so improbable that it still raises eyebrows to this very day. A blue-collar American muscle icon and a featherweight British consultancy, working harmoniously to develop one of the most technically sophisticated engines ever fitted to a Corvette, the LT5 engine.
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