The car’s aluminum chassis, dubbed the Versatile Vehicle Architecture, also underpins the larger Esprit. The design is so flexible that front- and mid-engine models can be built off the same ...

The company’s road cars, however, did not enjoy the same levels of success and prestige. Lotus had only made a handful of roadgoing models by this point, each of which had a four-cylinder engine ...

The chassis remained much the same as the Series 3, and perhaps because of this, the 1988 model year Esprit wasn't given a new series, but rather tends to be referred to by its model code, X180.

In showing VVA to potential clients, Lotus Engineering has released renderings of possible supercar chassis and a complete car, badged Esprit, close to the real 2008 model.

J ames Bond made it famous when he drove a white Lotus Esprit straight into the ocean, turning it into a nifty, wedge-shaped submarine complete with fins and propellers. What Agent 007 didn't tell ...

Yes, we know it looks like the Esprit. Please don't bombard us with comments about how it looks like the old Esprit. It really is the new GT from Lotus, known for now as the Eagle. It's wearing ...

Sales of the initial model were relatively poor, but Lotus didn't give up on the Esprit and improved it in the following years. Therefore, the next three series were much more successful.

Lotus is working overtime getting the next Esprit ready for its late-2013 production target, and that means development of everything from an in-house V8 to a slew of new chassis components are ...

Physical buttons that appear from nowhere, audiophile tech mounted in 3D-printed lattices, weight-saving wizardry, and an extraterrestrial race car design. Lotus’ future isn’t just lifestyle SUVs.

The Esprit is 179.1 inches long, 76.8 inches wide, and 49.2 inches high, almost spot on with the Ferrari 458 Italia’s dimensions. Lotus claims that it will weigh 3197 pounds—somewhat lighter ...

Lotus Poised To 'Twist Key' On Esprit's New V8 Hi-tech, compact and light - in-house 4.8 V8 offers up to 620hp By Chris-R / Wednesday, 22 June 2011 / Loading comments ...