Is this it?
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/s...-lotus-esprit/
MSRP?
Looks incredible, I want.
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2007 Lotus Esprit
Is this it?
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/s...-lotus-esprit/
MSRP?
Looks incredible, I want.
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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
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No way.... that's gotta be a ps, it looks wayy too Lambo Gallardo to be real...
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yeah that should be whats going intro production
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Check this out..
http://www.lotusespritworld.com/ERoa...car_Feb04.html
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CAn't afford a real Lambo so this will do. At least it's not a kit car or anything like thatIt's so exotic looking and it can perform. As long as it's price in the $80k range, it's all good.
I am user #49Originally posted by rage2
Shit, there's only 49 users here, I doubt we'll even break 100
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That is the new Europa, right?
Will share chassis with Elise .. and complete with the Cayman S and M Coupe ...
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Group Buy?
I am user #49Originally posted by rage2
Shit, there's only 49 users here, I doubt we'll even break 100
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seems like quite a buy if its modestly priced
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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.The engine will be a 4.8L V8 supplied by BMW and capable of 367hp (274KW).
Whatever engine it has though, I'm looking forward to seeing the Esprit return
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No, the Europa will look like this:Originally posted by C4S
That is the new Europa, right?
Will share chassis with Elise .. and complete with the Cayman S and M Coupe ...
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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.p...hreadid=137766
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they could?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
they used toyotas celica engine for the elise
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I thought the Elise had a Toyota engine?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
edit: ^ beat me to it.
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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.Originally posted by spyce
they could?
they used toyotas celica engine for the elise
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.
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