Thread: Lotus Esprit close to fruition

Hethel insiders confirm new flagship supercar is all but ready to be builtThe new Lotus Esprit is purportedly almost finished, with just signing off and minor tweaking needed.
The new Lotus flagship is all but complete, but with the on-going management issues at the company it is far from becoming a production reality, a Lotus source.
It will use a 5. 0-litre twin-turbo V8 with an F1-style KERS system, mated to a seven-speed paddle-shift transmission.
Despite a power output of around 650bhp, and a carbonfibre/aluminium construction, the Esprit is expected to cost no more than a high-end 911 – around 100,000.
Currently there is no word of when, or indeed if the Lotus Esprit will make it into production. A spokesman declined to comment on the story.