Possible Clues:

• The Colin Chapman formula one car that was often well positioned
• Position of the old racing cars designed by Colin Chapman!
• Lily brings luck to you and me
• Exotic flower
• Cross-legged position adopted in yoga
• Big name in computer software
• Vishnu's flower
• Head of the Nigerian universal porcelain plant
• Plant's fate - to be closed by American
• Nobody can remember what it tastes like!