The Chinese homeland units are branded as Lotus Cars (莲花汽车; liánhuā qìchē).
The actual British sports cars of the Lotus brand are imported by the company and retain its UK original logo.
The Europestar RCR, a 5-door liftback developed through a collaboration between Youngman Auto, Guizhou Aviation, and British Lotus Engineering[2], was launched in January 2008.
The brand’s second model, the Europestar Jingyue, was introduced at the 2008 Guangzhou Auto Show (November 2008).
[4] Sales of the RCR and Jingyue spanned 2008 and 2009; after that, Youngman shifted to marketing its vehicles as Lotus (Lianhua)[5], phasing out the Europestar name.