Apologies if someone has brought this up already, but I just found out something that might be of interest.
So Volvo are returning to the franchise, which is great in itself. But apparently Volvo are owned by the Geely group.
And you know who else is owned by the Geely group?
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Maybe, just maybe, Volvo coming back could be an indication of licence disagreements finally being resolved.
We know that there are Lotus cars from the datamine, including the Evora which was playable in GT Sport Beta but later removed. Also what appeared to be Gr.3 & Gr.4 versions of the Evora too. Those could have been planned originally for GT Sport's launch, for Manufacturer Series purposes, but were also cut and left dormant due to licence issues.
I hope that this is an indication of Lotus' potential return, but we'll only know for certain if they show up in future silhouettes.