Sounds promising. Coming from BMW, and being put together by Lotus, things are looking very promising and enthusiastic so far. Only thing remaining is how they seal the deal.

I hope those pop-up lights from 80’s will be gone from production model. They are problem waiting to happen by either not opening or not closing and hell of aerodynamic drag. Turbo V8 and light weight will put them in Ferrari/Lambo circles (or at least above Maserati).

Where once unions as such yielded a mixed blessing we now see a world of new choices that the enthusiast can applaud. I cannot wait to see the result!

============>> hell yeah, bring it on!!!!!!!

Best engine choice for the new Lotus Esprit! BTW, I think I’ll like if the new Esprit will keep the pop-up lights, it’ll be just something “new” on the today market.

Once again this shows just how inferior the British are to the Germans (oh sorry, Malaysians own this ‘prestigious’ British brand!)

I have a sneaking suspicion that its going to be both extremely fast and extremely reliable.

Good to hear Lotus is back in the supercar stratum.

Hopefully lotus makes this a beast on the track like their other models. I’m with everyone else, sounds promising.

Keep the curb weight down…keep the curb weight down…keep the curb weight down.

I have little doubt that this car will make the CORVETTE look like a porker.

Keep the weight down??? This is Lotus, where they measure the weight of each screw before it goes in. The last V8 Esprit weighed in at 3043 lbs, which is considerably less than other cars in this range (particularly Ferrari…). I’d expect to see a lot of the same technologies that went into the Elise go into the new Esprit plus everything else they wanted to do but would have made the car more expensive than $45K.

this car is going to be amazing.

I don’t think cost was an issue, but rather the fact that the Esprit was one of the few sports cars in all auto history that never got a full redesign in over 30 years. The Mustang came close and so did the 993 91, running around 25 years each.

If you don’t turn the car over for so long, costs go down, but the car was dated over time. Ever the extra power of a GM V8, back when GM owned Lotus – don’t ask which engine, it wasn’t a VETTE or Aurora engine, couldn’t make up for it’s lagging design.

Still one of the coolest sports cars ever and it’s classic style still won more than a few hearts (mine included).

Besides the car sold for over $65K a few years back and the next Esprit is slated to go for over $120K. I’d still get one. One of the great loves of my Automotive life.

Just wondering V2 what makes this car so inferior compared to what Germany can build? Furthermore how do you know this car will be inferior considering it has yet to be produced?

I like pop up headlights, regardless of the reliabilty and drag issues… My friend’s 3rd gen prelude looks good

Cant wait, hopefully they will teach or force Ferrari and Lambo to make lighter more tactile cars. Maybe even releave some people of their 2 year wait. They will need to make a more beautiful car then before to get more then just the track addicts like myself on their side.

Some of the early Esprit point to a car that is evolutionary of the current. But we will have to see. Mean while I’ll go for the Mosler MT900S.

i lke pop up lights…sad the corvette lost them. and, aerodynamic drag? you shouldn’t be driving fast in the dark anyway!

Has anybody seen the Bimmer’s new TT V8 in person? That is some piece of machinery. The intakes are on the outside and the exhaust comes out the middle where the intake manifold usually is. Very interesting.

Syrax,

I like pop-up headlights as well. I have often wondered why they were not designed better both mechanically and aerodynamically. They add a different character to the car that seems more serious and purposeful. That and it always seems cool when something opens up and reveals itself on your car like spoilers, lights, and air scoops.

I agree that pop-up headlights are cool, but driving fast in the dark is even cooler. Fun as hell.