Youngman’s Europa brand silently changed over to the Lotus brand several months ago in a bid to boost more sales in China and has also released the L5 model – a China only model. Youngman’s other models are heavily based on Proton models that are being produced in China and re-branded as Lotus models.

The L5 was first launched in Beijing in April 2010, but is now getting a facelift for 2011 judging by these spy pictures. Engine power is from the 1.6L CAMPRO CPS engine which is imported from Malaysia but was designed by Lotus.