2007 Lotus Esprit

[max_boost]

Is this it?

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/supercars/2007-lotus-esprit/

http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/lotus_esprit_1.jpg

MSRP?

Looks incredible, I want. :drool: :burnout:

[spyce]

I dunno. Looks a lot like the gallardo body
I think it was posted in the automotive news section previously too

Even if that was how it looks like, you have your amg. It should keep you happy enough :bigpimp:

[l8braker]

No way.... that's gotta be a ps, it looks wayy too Lambo Gallardo to be real...

[Redlyne_mr2]

yeah that should be whats going intro production

[l8braker]

Check this out..

http://www.lotusespritworld.com/ERoadtests/Autocar_Feb04.html

[max_boost]

CAn't afford a real Lambo so this will do. At least it's not a kit car or anything like that :D It's so exotic looking and it can perform. As long as it's price in the $80k range, it's all good. :bigpimp:

[C4S]

That is the new Europa, right?

Will share chassis with Elise .. and complete with the Cayman S and M Coupe ... :drool:

[toyboy88]

looks pretty much like a gallardo

[heavyD]

Change the color to Black & :hitit: .

[finboy]

puketastic

[95EagleAWD]

:hitit:

Gorgeous.

[JAYMEZ]

:hitit: , wow it looks deadly , cant wait to see a black one :burnout:

[max_boost]

Group Buy? :D

[jaysas_63]

seems like quite a buy if its modestly priced

[Heep]

The engine will be a 4.8L V8 supplied by BMW and capable of 367hp (274KW).

Somehow I doubt that. Lotus has been making its own engines, or at least its own very tweaked versions of other engines, since the 1960s, and they proved they could make a reliable 300+hp four-cylinder with the engine in the S4S. They just debuted their own excellent V8 in 1996 - I doubt they'll just cast that aside and sign up BMW, a company with whom, as far as I know, they've had no prior dealings with.

Whatever engine it has though, I'm looking forward to seeing the Esprit return :D

[A2VR6]

Originally posted by C4S
That is the new Europa, right?

Will share chassis with Elise .. and complete with the Cayman S and M Coupe ... :drool:

No, the Europa will look like this:

http://www.carpages.co.uk/lotus/lotus_images/lotus_europa_s_rear_10_12_05.JPG
http://www.lotuseuropa.org/images/lotus_europa_3.jpg
http://nouvelles.autonet.ca/FR/SalonAuto/Geneve/2006/02/21/Lotus_1-Big.jpg

[nonsane]

repost, it says in the other post, that picture is an "artists rendering" of what a Lotus Esprit might look like!

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137766

[spyce]

Originally posted by Heep


Somehow I doubt that. Lotus has been making its own engines, or at least its own very tweaked versions of other engines, since the 1960s, and they proved they could make a reliable 300+hp four-cylinder with the engine in the S4S. They just debuted their own excellent V8 in 1996 - I doubt they'll just cast that aside and sign up BMW, a company with whom, as far as I know, they've had no prior dealings with.

Whatever engine it has though, I'm looking forward to seeing the Esprit return :D

they could?
they used toyotas celica engine for the elise

[l8braker]

Originally posted by Heep


Somehow I doubt that. Lotus has been making its own engines, or at least its own very tweaked versions of other engines, since the 1960s, and they proved they could make a reliable 300+hp four-cylinder with the engine in the S4S. They just debuted their own excellent V8 in 1996 - I doubt they'll just cast that aside and sign up BMW, a company with whom, as far as I know, they've had no prior dealings with.

Whatever engine it has though, I'm looking forward to seeing the Esprit return :D

I thought the Elise had a Toyota engine? :dunno:

edit: ^ beat me to it.

[Heep]

Originally posted by spyce


they could?
they used toyotas celica engine for the elise

That's true, but it's because their four cylinder was 25ish years old and unsuitable, and they have a history working with Toyota (mainly with the Excel, but next time you see a mid-90s Esprit, spot the AE86 taillights...). The Elise originally had a Rover engine but it wouldn't pass North American emissions regulations so they chose the proven Celica engine which was already in use over here.

The old Esprit's V8, though, is a great, relatively new aluminium 3.5 with 350hp - I'm just doubting that they're chucking in the dumpster.

Even if they do decide to outsource for the engine, I wouldn't expect it to be a BMW unit. Lotus has ties to several other companies they could try first - the long-standing Toyota connection, a successful GM connection, an old Ford connection, and a Mitsubishi connection through current owner Proton.

I may very well be proven incorrect, but I would be surprised to see a BMW badge nestled into an Esprit.

[heavyD]

Originally posted by Heep
Lotus has ties to several other companies they could try first - the long-standing Toyota connection, a successful GM connection, an old Ford connection, and a Mitsubishi connection through current owner Proton.

I may very well be proven incorrect, but I would be surprised to see a BMW badge nestled into an Esprit.

Hmmmm. The EVO's 287HP 4G63 would fit nicely in a little RWD car like that.:drool:

[k98303]

are there gonna be brand new ones for sale in calgary

[95EagleAWD]

The old engine in the European Elise was not a Lotus unit either, but a Rover 4-banger.

[Heep]

Originally posted by 95EagleAWD
The old engine in the European Elise was not a Lotus unit either, but a Rover 4-banger.

As I mentioned. :) The K-series is a decent little engine which later had Rover's VVC variable timing system, but they couldn't (easily) bring it over to North America so they switched to the Toyota lump.

I suppose there is a faint BMW connection as they, for a short while, owned the now non/hardly existant Rover, whom Lotus had sourced several components from (K-series engine, '80s Esprit taillights, etc). Still, I'd be surprised to see a BMW V8 in the new Esprit.