Something nice and not seen every day!

[C4S]

:)

I still love this car a lots!

Total 350 ever built .. only ~ 150 of them in north american .. and dont know how many in Canada .. even 12 yr old, still nice, not as common as F360 .. F430 .. Elise .. 911 .. Vantage .. DB9 .. etc cars we see every day .. every hour .. in Calgary!

:thumbsup: nice and clean too! even I am not a big fan on white .. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2136/dsc81802yj8.jpg


(P.S. my wife said " isn't it a MR2 ? :banghead: )

[5fivespeed]

Hahah. I love that car. It shares the same rear lights with the AE86 (US + Canada versions).

[em2ab]

Walked in front of this thing on 8 Avenue one day last year, one of the loudest engines I've heard.

[nich148_9]

I've always loved the Esprit. Great photo!

[Shogged]

very nice find

[bspot]

Originally posted by 5fivespeed
Hahah. I love that car. It shares the same rear lights with the AE86 (US + Canada versions).

For real? Like they are actually identical tail light housings?? How did that happen??

[badatusrnames]

Originally posted by bspot


For real? Like they are actually identical tail light housings?? How did that happen??

Don't Lotus and Toyota have a bit of a tech sharing relationship??

[ekguy]

why does it say suspension tuned by lotus on asuna sunfire's?? Is it actually tuned by such a prestigious company???

[nbaker00]

:drool:
Saw this on 11st last week at a tire shop.

[theken]

Lambos used 300zx headlights

[Destinova403]

Originally posted by badatusrnames


Don't Lotus and Toyota have a bit of a tech sharing relationship??

they share engines right now, the engine in the elise comes right out of the corolla.

and the new Evora that they just announced will use the v6 engine out of the camry.

but yeah... beautiful car, they are planning to make a new esprit soon, i hope they do.

[89s1]

lambos were built by a couple farmers in a machine shop. they really used whatever the hell they could get their hands on.

[89s1]

to further add to the lotus/toyota thing.

They became friends a looooong time ago. (ever wonder why the 86-89 MR2 looks like it should have a lotus badge?)

[revelations]

Originally posted by ekguy
why does it say suspension tuned by lotus on asuna sunfire's?? Is it actually tuned by such a prestigious company???

Even Porsche makes SUV's now.... yea the car had a "handling by Lotus" label on it, but it wasnt a spectacular performer - I suspect it was more marketing than anything.

[nich148_9]

Originally posted by 89s1
lambos were built by a couple farmers in a machine shop. they really used whatever the hell they could get their hands on.

Uh, not when the 300ZX came out.

[rmk]

Love the white! Anyone else seen the orange Esprit around town? :clap:

[C4S]

Originally posted by rmk
Love the white! Anyone else seen the orange Esprit around town? :clap:

Orange ? wow ..

I hv seen White .. Grey .. Black .. Red .. silver Esprit ( mostly SE or V8) .. but not orange .. ( saw RUST colour on a early 80's one )

S4S is just so rare ...

[AllGoNoShow]

Seen the orange one in person, really vibrant colour, I kind of liked it but I could see how a lot of people wouldn't.

[CivicDXR]

there is a black Esprit that always rolling around where I work (UofC), used to see it at least every second day last summer...

I've always had a love for the Esprit...

[5fivespeed]

See:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/1993.lotus.esprit.rear.arp.jpg/800px-1993.lotus.esprit.rear.arp.jpg

My car:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/drifting86/DSC04365-1.jpg

Joint Venture ftw!

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by AllGoNoShow
Seen the orange one in person, really vibrant colour, I kind of liked it but I could see how a lot of people wouldn't.

Yeah, I was cruising behind it on Crowchild a couple weeks back, I didn't have my camera. :banghead:

The car looked amazing. :drool:

[crazydriver]

Originally posted by Hakkola


Yeah, I was cruising behind it on Crowchild a couple weeks back, I didn't have my camera. :banghead:

The car looked amazing. :drool:

I've seen it on crowchild too, didn't have time to whip out the camera :banghead:

[brown_guy]

wow this is good to know ...lol

[anhsicun]

i seen a car like this in green in converty hills, not as impressive as the white one tho

[Spoons]

Pfft that isn't rare.

I own like 3 on Test Drive Unlimited...

*puts eballs away*

[sh0ko]

theres actually 2 other 25th anniversary editions in calgary
both black i believe

[banned3x]

this was at a local car show buy it!!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/91latintegra/119.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/91latintegra/120.jpg

[Neil4Speed]

Originally posted by rmk
Love the white! Anyone else seen the orange Esprit around town? :clap:

That color is absolutely insane, so vivid, It looked like I could dip my finger in it! haha

Gorgous car, good on him for doing something different

[AE92_TreunoSC]

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j264/burwood69/n594461211_1536202_7361.jpg

spotted this one, looked like a widebody mr2 from a distance lol, but as I go closer I realized it was a esprit :D

g/f took the pic so I wouldn't crash my car haha

[Euro_Trash]

Cool color ^^

[Drunkn_masta]

Espirts are :bigpimp:

I remember i saw one parked a few doors away from my house once.

[TorqueDog]

I love the Esprits... I was tempted to pick one up from down south. Such wicked cars.

[justadude]

TuqueDog, do you go down alot? LOL

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by AE92_TreunoSC
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j264/burwood69/n594461211_1536202_7361.jpg

spotted this one, looked like a widebody mr2 from a distance lol, but as I go closer I realized it was a esprit :D

g/f took the pic so I wouldn't crash my car haha

I've actually ridden in this one. Damn nice car, v8 twin turbo, Amazing low end. The guy was working out of our office for a while.

[ColoDano]

Very cool cars!!

The taillights are made by a manufacturer that then sells them to whatever car companies need them, and europen companies, especially ones that dont make a ton of cars, can avoid the costs of tooling their own molds if they use stuff like that, I believe that the VW Scirocco also used that same taillight on a few years. The most interesting case of parts use like that is the Mclaren F1, it used the tallights from a truck manufacturer, a million dollar car with semi-truck taillights!

[rage2]

Wow, Esprits still run? :rofl:

It's a cool car and all, but I would never buy one, not worth the headaches. They're not known for reliability hehe.

I was stuck in traffic behind an older one the other day, probably S1 or S2 model can't tell the difference, the thing looked like it was about to die. I got a headache after 2 blocks of eating oil smoke.

[Eleanor]

Originally posted by rage2
They're not known for reliability hehe.

L ots
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[C4S]

S4 and up ( S4S is the Limited production sporty version ) are actually quite reliable .. :D but they are not cheap to maintain .. :eek:

Well .. only 10,000 Espirts were built .. in ~ 30 yrs .. vs ~ 20,000 F360 .. they are so rare ..

Most S1 S2, SE, S4 and V8 around .. but S4S, Sport 300, 180R are even more rare ....

But at the end of the day .. GM engine/tranny + Toyota/GM electronic .. if you can find their parts # under GM/Toyota .. then not bad at all! :D

[CSMRX7]

Originally posted by AE92_TreunoSC
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j264/burwood69/n594461211_1536202_7361.jpg

spotted this one, looked like a widebody mr2 from a distance lol, but as I go closer I realized it was a esprit :D

g/f took the pic so I wouldn't crash my car haha

That one is actually owned by a beyond member.

[m10-power]

Not sure where the GM engine/ tranny comments comes from but the 918 engine was developed by Lotus and the transaxle was the same Renault UN1.

The last Esprit's, the V8 twin turbos were actually quite reliable. Problem is the previous models reliability tainted the newer cars. Most of these cars don't get driven frequently so they suffer issues like fuel pumps and leaking transaxle seals. All in all a great car, and unlike the large number of Ferrari's in town a true rare sight.

Lotus raced the V8 in GT1 against the mighty McLaren F1, with limited success and budget. They did manage to out qualify and lead some races.

GT1 racing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-_TkH3uuU)

Forgot to add this picture of the Chrome Orange Esprit

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/6/17322354313.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/8331447)

The owner is a bit odd... ;)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/6/17322354611.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/8331469)

[TorqueDog]

Originally posted by justadude
TuqueDog, do you go down alot? LOL You bet; the chicks dig it.

[C4S]

Shoot .. I mean GM engine with Renault tranny .. :D

[Neil4Speed]

Originally posted by m10-power


Forgot to add this picture of the Chrome Orange Esprit

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/6/17322354313.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/8331447)

The owner is a bit odd... ;)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/6/17322354611.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/8331469)

That is the one I saw on crowchild, the color is nothing short of spectacular.

[m10-power]

Originally posted by C4S
Shoot .. I mean GM engine with Renault tranny .. :D

Where do you get GM engine from?

[Canmorite]

Wow, that orange looks amazing!

[BerserkerCatSplat]

I love Esprits, such a random mishmash of parts from various manufacturers.

I like the DeTomaso Pantera a bit more though. :D

[Gibson]

The one thing I've noticed about the Espirit's that looks a bit off is when looking at the profile of the car, the front spoiler is much lower to the ground then side skirts or the rear valences. Gives it a sort of "unfinished" look.

[signature7]

the guy in the orange esprit hosted a ufc party tonight, he's a one of the coolest guys i've met and owns all season motorsports. Name is Steve! He does crazy things like dresses up for giggles...love the fake teeth lol. It's the 25th anniversary edition. I love it! He took it for a drive around aspen and it sounded amazing!

He bought it in the states in cali and i guess there was a lotus run down there too!

[black_radiation]

If you pop the trunk on one of the Elise's you'll see Toyota markings ALLL over the engine bay too

[Redlyne_mr2]

awesome car !!!

[Scope951]

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v364/162/23/512315615/n512315615_1848124_5893.jpg
On th way to banff, surprised my Girlfriend could take such a photo:nut:

[Casa]

beautiful carr

[Alpine Autowerks]

they used GM engine electronics, not engines...same faults and codes as Saturns for example. remember a customer taking 1 home a turbo SE on a friday and needing a rebuild on monday. used a litre of oil by sunday and owner used a rag to wipe up drop of oil on valve cover while the engine was running.......rag went into timing belt ........holed 2 pistons bent most of the valves and 1 camshaft. not covered by warranty. $12K.

[n1zm0]

kinda late posting but this white esprit was at the crappy tire service bay @ southtrail crossing beginning of summer getting engine work done :nut:

gotta have balls of steel dropping a car as rare as that at Cdn tire.

[forbiddenera]

Originally posted by 5fivespeed
See:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/1993.lotus.esprit.rear.arp.jpg/800px-1993.lotus.esprit.rear.arp.jpg

My car:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/drifting86/DSC04365-1.jpg

Joint Venture ftw!

And my benefit from joint venture:


The Celica Supra's 4-wheel independent suspension was specially tuned and designed by Lotus

http://idealsound.ca/supra.jpg