WORD AROUND THE traps is that Lotus’ upcoming Esprit successor may come in V10 trim, with the Lexus LF-A’s bent-ten speculated to be the powerplant of choice.

Lotus currently enjoys a close relationship with Japan’s biggest automaker, and uses the company’s 2GR-FE 3.5 litre V6 in the Evora and its 1ZZ-FE 1.8 litre four cylinder in [...]

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According to Lotus insiders, the next-gen Elise will arrive sometime in early 2011 followed by an all-new V8-powered Esprit in 2012.

The 2011 Elise will likely be built upon an evolved version of the current model’s extruded-aluminium underpinnings and continue the same formula that’s made the pint-sized sportscar a track day fave, but the Esprit will [...]

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It was set to make a heroic comeback in 2009, but word on the interwebs is that Lotus has delayed the return of its Esprit until 2011. Now, we aren’t sure if this delay can be attributed to the current global credit unpleasantness, or simply Lotus wanting more time to get their next supercar…’just [...]

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Lotus boss Mike Kimberley has recently announced that the coming replacement for the ageing Lotus Esprit flagship will be delayed until early 2011. The complete redesign was pushed down the priorities list while the company focused all its energies on the Lotus Evora release, which will provide the basis for the Esprit chassis and suspension [...]

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Last February, the Bankstown police received a late Christmas present in the form of a bright yellow lightweight Lotus Exige. With full NSW Police livery and a removable emergency light system, the Exige was used at Random Breath Testing, Radar and Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) sites. Its bright Saffron Yellow paint was chosen specifically [...]

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It’s not a car that we have heard a lot about in recent times. We knew it was in development but all has been quiet on the rumor mill and spy shot front. Until now…
Autogespot have re-posted some spy shots of what they believe is the new Lotus Esprit and despite the camo this is [...]

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