Company type | Private |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded |
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Founder | Eric Broadley |
Defunct | 2012 (original) |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Till Bechtolsheimer (Chairman) |
Products | Automobiles |
Owner | Till Bechtolsheimer |
Divisions | Lola Composites Lola Special Projects Lola Aylings |
Website | lola-cars |
Lola Cars Limited is a British automobile manufacturer founded in 1958 by Eric Broadley in Bromley, England. The company is now owned by Till Bechtolsheimer, which he purchased in 2022. Lola Cars endured for more than fifty years to become one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. Lola started by building small front-engine sports cars, and branched out into Formula Junior cars before diversifying into a wider range of sporting vehicles. In 2012, Lola Cars stopped operations. Lola is set to make a return to motorsport in 2024 by joining the Formula E World Championship as an entrant and a powertrain supplier in a technical partnership with Yamaha.