Entries Tagged as 'lotus esprit'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Mystery supercar not a Lotus at all

Filed under: Spy Photos, Euro, Supercars, Lotus
It was only natural. A bunch of autopundits picks up on reports of a camouflaged vehicle with supercar intent ripping around the English countryside, and we automatically think “Lotus.” Wrong. The story isn’t so black and white. The car itself is a Spectre, and it was spotted with Lotus […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Lotus “Eagle” coming in 2008

Filed under: Convertibles, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Lotus
Lotus has plans: the Elise is going to get a detuned Exige engine (220 BHP without an intercooler), a new Exige SR model will feature launch and traction control systems, California series Elise and Exige models are in the pipeline for the boulevard cruising crowd, and Lotus is also going […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Spy Shots: Lotus “Eagle”

Filed under: Spy Photos, Euro, Lotus
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 Esprit body panels, so yes, we know it looks like the old […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

LA 2007: Lotus blossoms from Elise/Exige to Eagle to Esprit

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Sports/GTs, Lotus
Large high-res gallery of all of the Lotus models available by clicking above
This week in LA, veteran Lotus development engineer Roger Becker told the assembled press about the changes we’ll see in the Elise and Exige for 2008. He also talked a bit about some of the changes happening […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Spy Shots: Lotus “Supercar”, a.k.a. the Esprit replacement

Filed under: Spy Photos, Supercars, Lotus
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This spy shot just came in from Brenda Priddy and her horde of photogs. They know it’s a Lotus and claim it shows what has been identified internally as “THE Supercar”. We do know that Lotus showed off its future product to employees about a month […]

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