Letter to Skiddmark

The Skiddmark writer Steve Davies is visiting Group Lotus this week.
He has asked people to send him questions.
I sent him this letter:
http://skiddmark.com/2012/05/lotus-what-happened-to-the-truth/

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Name: John Mansfield
Email: john.mansfield@motorsportuniversitymalaysia.com
Website: http://www.motorsportuniversitymalaysia.com

Message: Attention Steve Davies regarding Whatever happened to the truth..? article.

Steve, I sent a reply

in the comments portion. I am not sure if you got it.

I worked for Group Lotus in Malaysia. Whilst there

I made a proposal for a new training unit.

This involved Lotus working with Universities, UK and local.

They would hold classes at a circuit (Sepang... now Johor) and other circuits/race tracks.

I have presented at ASLI (Asian Strategic Leadership Institute) and contacted

several Lotus CEO's plus others

. Recently, I contacted UKti and shared the same presentation with the DRB-Hicom MD.

I notice that the Business and Innovation dept and someone in the

Houses of Parliament have been following my blog.

Vince Cable recently visited Group Lotus and spoke to the DRB-Hicom MD.

Did they discuss the synergy between UK education suppliers,

ICAM the DRB-Hicom University and Lotus? This proposal does not involve

putting 4 wheels and a drive train on a car

and is therefore a little bit out of the box.

However, I feel that being involved in a private education proposal

as a tier one supplier of Knowledge and hardware is not too out there.

There is no reason it can not be profitable.

And just to keep the marketing people happy, they could print tee shirts.

Students globally would be introduced to the brand etc.

Thanks for listening to me.

Please ask about this when your in Lotus next week.

John Mansfield

www.motorsportuniversitymalaysia.com

www.motorsportuniversitymalaysia.blogspot.com

DRB-Hicom MD meets Vince cable in Group Lotus HQ

In today's EDP24
http://www.edp24.co.uk/home/vince_cable_holds_lotus_talks_with_drb_hicom_boss_1_1368182

I see that DRB-Hicom have met with Vince Cable.

Business secretary Vince Cable yesterday discussed the future of Norfolk car maker Lotus in a face-to-face meeting with the boss of new owner DRB-Hicom stating the government stood ready to “reactivate” a £10m pledge to support the firm’s development plans.
Hicom’s group managing director Dato’ Sri Haji Mohd Khamil Bin Jamil flew into the UK for the talks which were organised in the past week and come days after the Malaysian owners, who bought parent company Proton in January, insisted they would seek a “win-win” solution for the company’s 1,200 staff and the wider community when deciding the future of the car maker.

  I hope that Vince and Dato' Jamil talked about my Motorsport University proposal. I am of the belief they both are aware of it.

I have written to DRB-Hicom, presented at the Asian Strategic Leadership Institute, and have been interviewed by Bernama. Plus I have been in contact with UKti and people with Proton and Lotus.

I hope both of these leaders discussed the proposal. If they like it, then others will follow.

Here is the Bernama TV interview.