Fifth Gear - Lotus Esprit 200 mph Test part 1

[Verliebt]

for that money they could have gotten a second hand M5 and have money left to tune it, though even as stock it would be close to 200 mph.

[DThaeman]

1 owner, full history, recent overhaul, dealer declared healthy.... broke down on the way home. Shows how unreliable Lotus are... I loved these cars as a kid, but as an adult I would never EVER buy one =)

[salman12322]

6:50 - 7:10 Why is Tiff's face still?

[The0rangePanda]

@salman12322 He turned to stone fucking idiot

[salman12322]

@The0rangePanda Thanks but, no need to be rude!

[labrutabelleza]

I saw this car today in the Netherlands. What does it so far off home?

[rs200000000000]

turbo cars need to run rich on petrol stop pre ignition

[JCBracer]

It almost sounds like the BOV is slightly surging. It should be adjusted.

[4G63PWR]

Wastegate? NOT a wastegate. That's a blow off valve. A wastegate vents exhaust.

[baileys60]

what a wastegate sounds beautiful

[monkeyman1140]

Shoulda just slapped a Ford Boss 351 in the engine bay.

[JBCProdukshenz]

the friggin wastegate sound on it

[Firemarioflower]

175! thats its top speed! it cant go faster than 280kmh!

[roflex2]

I would have given the gearbox builder a hiding, if they have a known weak spot, why not upgrade it? What a waste of cash.

[pilipkros]

Im sorry i meant the waste gates, becouse i dont know maybe they are made for lower psi, but tose things make an insane sound.

[robholder22]

Why on earth would you compare a modern day mass produced Jap car to a unique exotic that they stopped making in '04? I personally don't care if your Jap ride or sport compact is faster, a Lotus is way sicker and doesn't make you look like a fool when you go out on the town.

[StarsMarsRadio]

you don't go down town in a lotus becuase it's broken.

[pilipkros]

I'm wondering what make & model of blow-of valve did they use.

[shakybones007]

@pilipkros

Sounds to me mate they didnt use any BOV

[hpitrophy]

that car sounds the best ive ever heard!

[dveyron]

do you know what lotus means

[Sendar12]

he is changing gears very fast :P

[TheVtieg6]

I remember when i first saw this i thought to myself why not get something cheap and more reliable like a Supra?

[LIGHTNINGLEVIS]

yh or skyline

[boutdempapers]

u supra would be awesome, or a c-5 vette would be easy to get to 200mph. But im shit they wanna keep it british.

[danny355]

it was such a bad idea to get the esprit. a good bet but not the usual route would have been a porsche 928. they could have got a mint s2 for £6k or £7k when this was made, spent £5k supercharging it and bang u have reliable 500bhp and probably very close to 200mph.

[gsrangelmon]

23pounds thats like 50,000 aus$ you can get a gtr for 20,000 and have 30,000 to play with same as a supra rx7 300zx evo, A 300zx you can get for 10,000 and have 40,000 to play with and 1000 pounds for tuning WTF

[ScLeCo]

WTF is with that transmission isn't there anyone who makes a strong replacement?

[mrhemp3985]

nice car, garbage engineering, I sold a 98, what a pile of crap it was.

[turbolag1987]

This car sounds fantastic!

[Sycroneboy]

My uncle has this car ( no modifications)

[HRG86]

Lotus never was that big and never had that kinda money and when they did try they failed (FIA-GT/Le Mans)... British cars in general have problems like jag, LOTUS, Rover company buying engines from BMW for all their new cars, its crazy like 12noon you be telling me its night time. basically thats what your saying.there is no special events in their calender therefor they CANT built reliable engine and transmissions.

[HRG86]

ANY MONKEY KNOWS! WHEN A COMPANY RUNS EVENTS SUCH AS FIA-GT/JGTC/Le Mans/Rally/F1.they over come the problems in their engine tranny and diff struchter

[mmdaniels33]

wow that sounds just like my gto twin turbo..

[golf8441567]

I'm buying a V8 GT on Friday 5th Dec. I hope the gearbox lasts longer than this one!

[HRG86]

OMG i love this car but i have a fear about cars made in UK and thats the reasong WHY you see japanese engines and tranny in the new lotuses :( sexy car! its like a perfect girl you wanna marry but since she is not a relible girl (slut) that would make you forget about doing that :D

[TwiztedTurbo]

STFU Yank.They only put those jap motors in the smaller cars so they could sell loads of cars in the states.The ESPRIT twin turbo V8will always be the best car they ever made.

[HRG86]

yank? i understand sir, crack makes you believe in lies...do your stupid home work you junky mofo before you talk horse shit, im not even going there... you're fucking stupid ignorant, they are unreliable as hell, the whole FUCKING world knows it.did you work for the company? designd any parts of the car? no your just a huge fan of something your slave 2.you cant see the fact clown! this car is UNRELIABLE.i should draw you a pic, poor retarded kid.Japanese engines are the choice to survive! STFU

[TwiztedTurbo]

Crack? Thats something you yanks like to smoke.

You're a idiot mate.The FORD Escort which is made in England is one of the best cars ever built and the 4cyl engine in it is capible of 1000hp or more.See the one in this video that went over 200mph with over 800hp.Lets see a Jap 4 banger do that and still be driveable.lmao.I know people with the SRDET20 motors that blow up with less than 300hp.Jap junk.

[HRG86]

you changed the subject, your pce of shit is not reliable and for escort its a whole different thing, 4G63 1125Hp 2.0 16V, F20C-S2K N/A cable of 480Hp at 12000 rpm, RB26Dett!!!! up to 1200 RELIABLE HP!!!!! 1JZ, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STFU!

[TwiztedTurbo]

You stupid yank.Please learn proper English before rambling like a jackass.

You have no idea what you are talking about like most stupid yanks.Congrats on having curious george for you're president.lmao

[TwiztedTurbo]

"TVR. An exclusive brand that's been synonymous with the world's most powerful performance cars, both on the track and on the road, for some sixty years. Few marques conjure up the same sense of theatre and passion among their fans and followers, or fear among the uninitiated. "

Yet another great British car maker you would know nothing about as you're too busy eating rice and sushi.Just stfu already noob.

[chrisdef15]

LOL plenty of jap 4's can and do make similar power.

And maybe your right about the people you know with Sr's but all that proves is you know some pretty retarded people who have no idea what they are doing.

[TwiztedTurbo]

No,Im right about jap 4's in general fagg.

Sure some jap 4's make power when they are all out race cars.lmfao.

Im talking about 4cyl street cars wanker so toss off fanboy !!!

[chrisdef15]

LOL check again dumbass, Your just making yourself look stupid. A simple search of youtube will show your a moron.

[TwiztedTurbo]

your a wanker with no life and no knowledge of whats reality.

FORD 2.3 TURBO 4's in the UK have been making massive power since the early 90's etc. whereas jap 4's only recently started trying to do what we been doin in the UK for over 20 years you fuckwad.

Go eat some rice fanboy and toss off nob.

[chrisdef15]

HAHAHA.

Again do some research dumbass your really lookin foolish.

And yeah Aussie and proud of it, much rather live here where basically everything is better then your rainy shithole.

[TwiztedTurbo]

DOne plenty research fool where do you think the language you speak came from? hahah fuckin wanker

Rather live in a rainy shithole than a country of British reject retards like you and almost all of OZ is uninhabited.You have fuckin cro-magnons living there for fucks sake you shithead.

So it looks like you need to do some reaerch fuckwad.

[chrisdef15]

?? And the language has what to do with anything?

Uninhabited is a bad thing? If you say so. We still have a much nicer country as far as climate and scenery goes, and we also have better health, education less crime ect

And on cars, Here in Aus, NZ, Japan and even the US there are plenty of 800hp+ Jap 4's. And have been for quite awhile.

[dugiv]

Ford Cosworth rocks tits

[JBCProdukshenz]

@dugiv beat by a guy in a cardigan driving 1 handed

[TwiztedTurbo]

Figures your a Aussie fuckin UK reject !!

[AeroStar22]

TwiztedTurbo-

Search 'Jerry Built'.

[rmsrace]

I have a 500bhp Esprit,witch works very good. And modify a car like this,the car cant be better then the persons who do it....

It looks like the problem is on the car,but its not,its the people who try to do things they dont are competent to do.With the right mods they could have reached 200mph for a way lower price than they payd to not reach it.

[pedram69]

It looks like they didn't do much research before attempting to mess with the car. Your esprit looks like a prior 4cyl model correct?

[rmsrace]

Yes its a 1989.

[HRG86]

im not trying to be rude just wanna make a simple point.why you made you're car 500hp? track? just a toy? special event? hill climb? how much you bought the car and how much you spent on it? be honest please.

[alfaromeoguru]

Can you please watch TO this again and listen TO THE PROBLEMS???

[alfaromeoguru]

Damn it. That was supposed to be an email not a comment. I sear all the Esprits have the same problems universaly.

[ubustang]

Lots of Trouble Usually Serious. I thought that referred to their racing, not their reliability!