Lotus Esprit

A good idea, this Esprit GT 3. The engine is a tad smaller ( 2 liters versus 2, 2 ), a tad less powerful ( 240 HP versus 263 ), but the performances are very similar, because the GT 3 is 40 kilos lighter. In production for two or three years, this version

Might have some answers Fifty? No wonder I feel old …

Rebuilding a Lotus Esprit V8 engine typically costs around twelve thousand five hundred to thirty thousand dollars, depending on the shop, parts, and extent of the rebuild. Costs can climb if you need rare parts or extensive repairs like fixing a shattere

Even I could never convince myself to buy an Esprit Turbo or V8. I see Lotus as unreliable (generally), little dealer support from the few dealers that exist in the US, very few clubs or aftermarket support, very high prices for parts, more or less dedica

It was an Esprit with a Ford SHO (Yamaha) engine stuffed in back. The car crapped out and we walked about 2 miles back to the store... salesman asked if that would put me off buying it. YES, it put me off. I'm still sore about it.

And some of his books were pretty insightful (On a clear day you can see General Motors). He then possibly overreached with his own car. There were many fathers of the failure, including insufficient financing, poor engineering (Lotus, who did lots of the

Reminds me of Harry's Garage white esprit trip! I briefly looked at the Evora 400 when they came out because I was in the market for a RHD sportscar with a manual gearbox but early models had all kinds of issues and they were overpriced in this part of th

3, 5 8 Cylinders delivering 250 HP, which was quite something at that time. The body reminds me something between the Lotus Esprit and the Maserati Merak. I like it a lot! The interior is superb, despite the dashboard which is probably from its era, a bit

I always had a big sympathy and affection for the Esprit. A good 2.2 is great, but what to say about the V8? I thought of getting one several times! Here is another nice one, an Anniversary, one of 100. Cool lines, great engine with 355 HP, good weight (

In a decade, only 1237 V8 Lotus Esprits were sold. Of course that's 4X more than M100 Elans sold in America, but either figure is peanuts when it comes to spare parts & prices. I located these comments from Hagerty: "Air-conditioning is essential, but exp