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 ...

The street-legal Lotus Esprit V8 used an aluminum chassis and fiberglass body. Its power output was a respectable 350 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. Weighing just 3,000 lbs dry, 350 hp made the ...

Yes, we know it looks like the Esprit. Please don't bombard ... Cramming four seats into a mid-engined chassis takes some cleverness, and who's more clever than Lotus?

Few cars, if any, last three decades without significant changes to the chassis and body. Even when Lotus made large styling changes, it was still unmistakably Esprit. . Like his previous Astons ...

From the moment the first Esprit arrived way back in 1976, Lotus enthusiasts badgered the ... s soundtrack and the extra performance that the chassis was clearly capable of handling.