When Lotus added a V8 engine to its Giugiaro-designed Esprit sports car in 1996, the company acknowledged that the exotic sports car game had changed. Lotus could no longer compete having only ...

21 years since Lotus unveiled the first Esprit, the iconic British sports car finally got the V8 it deserved in 1996. The upgrade gave it a huge increase in performance, turning it into one of the ...

The 2010 Paris Auto Show will live on in the memory of car enthusiasts as the venue where Lotus unveiled six all-new concepts, including five sports cars. With Dany Bahar at the helm (who has since ...

While the M70 looked much like the production Esprit, it would take until late 1974 before a drivable prototype was assembled and the finalized Series 1 Esprit went on sale to the public in 1975 for ...