2013 Lotus Esprit - 2010 Paris Auto Show

[nahpueis]

@chandy1000, better looking and more affordable than a lambo ^^, im getting one of these after college

[RomeoX911]

Well, the lineup is filling nicely...

In the First Row we have the Corvette ZR1 and the McLaren MP4-12C

In the Second Row we have the Audi R8 and the Lotus Espirit (hopefully)

In the Third Row we have the Ferrari 458 Italia and the Porsche 911 Turbo

In the Fourth Row we have the Lamborghini Gallardo and the Acura/Honda NSX (2013) (if they make it as shown at the auto show)

Pick your poison!

[hondaciviccoupe10]

It's going to have a Lotus engine! :)

[buzzsocccer]

Starts somewhere around $180,000

[fkwk2y]

price ?

[TheSbrient]

Time... to get a better job :3

[Zagato8D]

458 and gallardo in one car!!!

[Raybanmonster]

As a former Esprit owner, Iam dissappointed in the styling. The lotus Esprit should have looked like the 458 Italia in design principle and classic shape.

Theyt have not stayed pure and although I think the NEW ELISE is the only model I like now, I will be saving pennies towards a 458. The 458 is just the perfect shape supercar I have been waiting for as I didnt like the clinical former Ferrari models. PERFECT nose, perfect balance.

[Chef293]

My Esprit is an 88 Commemorative Edition [ok modified and upgraded] verdict out. I want to dig this drive but something tells me it will be down the road.Problem 1 is the power plant. It's out sourced all true Esprits are inline 4 and yes I had my 88 post production charge cooled.Anyhow that is my funk with the "new" Esprit-step child power plant,None will rival Stevens Esprit look-power plant from who? Mine a Lotus 910 nuff said..

[dolofonos]

It ought have been renamed. This does not resemble the Esprit at all. I'm very sorry to see that the traditional Esprit styling is not being preserved.

[MrFtroop72]

AM ON THE WAITING LIST AND LOVING IT.

[aczblaze]

@MrFtroop72 God I wish I was you what do you do for a living im in real estate and a student!

[ccamaro2009]

such crispness

[johnnyluvstacos]

This thing is fucking sexy.

[radar3699]

"looks like a gallardo"... not exactly a bad thing, lol

[olli449]

looks like a gallardo

[Jaiv74]

Looks a little like the spano GT...

[1NC0H3R3NT]

Nostalgia for the esprit essex turbo 1980 :) still my fav car

[Raybanmonster]

it looks dated already to me. Just not aesthetically appealing... and I used to own a v8-gt

[Ostrichinator27]

ewwwwwww the old edition lotus was weeeeellllllllllll better and nicer that just vomit!!

[ReallyKindaGroovy]

@LoveOlderWomen

Lotus IS owned by Malaysian manufacturer Proton, will you be apologising to awesomekrizz? ;-)

[vincentweb]

@ReallyKindaGroovy oh come on. proton sucks u knew it..

[ReallyKindaGroovy]

@vincentweb LOL - yeah, Protons suck big-time ...the Lotus purchase was clearly their way of getting their hands on some Lotus engineering expertise. That said, they still own Lotus which makes the abusive rant of the child below even more pathetic

[LoveOlderWomen]

@ReallyKindaGroovy so it's an Asian car after all... alright then i think am gonna ditch Lotus as one of my favorite car brands, their car designs all look like ripoffs from other more popular brands anyway... (still not apologizing)

[Mheta]

Lamborghini style...

[sudipto891989]

@fighter742 .....RWD cars steer true and steer better...an AWD system makes the designing of the chase less challenging.....RWD cars are tougher to make..and better to drive...even the lambo's have rear biased torque split of 60:40.....so do the ferrari FF has...all true sports car had RWD....but surely its not good for those who can't drive...and might as well suck for them..

[Hardcoregumer]

@fighter742 but RWD is way too much fun to drive

[awesomekrizz]

Isn't Lotus Owned by Malaysian?

[LoveOlderWomen]

@awesomekrizz you wish bitch! lotus is an English car... don't you ever relate Lotus to your asian bullshit country...

[Ktm125SIX]

fucking english copy of gallardo ...

[McLarenMercedes]

@Ktm125SIX

Idiot comment. Isn't the Gallardo a COPY of the Countach, Diablo and Murcielago then??

And by the way the Gallardo was designed by a Belgian guy called Luc Donckerwolke, paid by Audi.

[McLarenMercedes]

@Ktm125SIX

While we are at the issue of COPYING need I remind you ignorant ass that Lotus pretty much invented everything you see in Formula 1 today. Monocoque chassis in 1962, engine as a stressed member of the chassis in 1967, Wedge shape aerodynamics and sidemounded radiators in 1970, Ground effect in 1977, active suspension in 1987.

What did you Italians EVER pioneer and invent in motorracing?? Give me ONE example. Stupid kid, read some books and stop living in videogames.

[Jaiv74]

Looks a little bit like the Spanish Spano.

[T3XeNoN]

price of one of these?



[iPodkilledMP3]

DAYMN SON

[Chandy1000]

this is better looking than lambo

[MrMister1227]

@Chandy1000 not even

[Chandy1000]

@MrMister1227 my opinion lambo is not that good looking... its just exotic looking

[MrMister1227]

@Chandy1000 so wat do you call this?

[xxxSpetnaz]

@Chandy1000

its 7 millon dollars lol

[xXxsHoGuNsKyLeRxXx]

@Chandy1000 haha your funny.

[navenstrife]

looks like a femine version of gallardo.



[GManGT]

fuck the manual transmission.

Manufacture's need to stop listening to these stupid car magazine writers; this is why Porsche is afraid to change the 911 body because the stupid writers are afraid of change.

[koov87]

still gonna miss the elise/exige look... 

[ac3jc]

wow that lambo looks awesome

[jamesjr934]

@ac3jc

Yeah, too bad Lotus came up with the "wedge" first, learn a little car history.

[Rexart35]

looks so awesome

[HawkZachary]

IM SOO GONNA GET THIS CAR!!!!!!!!

[Huskymotard88]

The rear is 100% Lotus!

Nice piece of art, continue on this way!

[GTASAmovies1]

Design: fail

Paddle shift: even bigger fail

[HawkZachary]

@GTASAmovies1 Fuck off!!! u dont have the money to bought this CAR!!!

[GTASAmovies1]

@HawkZachary

*you*

*don't*

*buy*

And no I don't, as if you do

[AwesomeTrevorDooood]

@GTASAmovies1 Hahaha! Finally someone else that attacks people's spelling and grammar!

[Eventual421]

Lotus lovers, I find it strange that they abandoned the 2003 style completely, it was such a signature design, and went adopting other makers elements. This is not a signature move, in my opinion. Amen on the engine / gearbox. Would have loved that update 10 years ago. Surprised.

[kevin52495kc]

Who cares that it looks like a lambo!!! It's the new Esprit..and people have been waiting for this car since 2002!!!

[TheMGSpy]

looks like the lfa lexus

[The1olemissfan]

looks similar to lambo.

[hefnerweizen]

About time it got a V8.

[0XxBesTofTheRestxX0]

@hefnerweizen It has had a V8. 

[hefnerweizen]

@0XxBesTofTheRestxX0

So it has... Twin turbo at that. Last I knew it had a turbo'd 4. I learned something new today.

[0XxBesTofTheRestxX0]

@hefnerweizen Actually we are both right. It did actually have the option of a 2.0L slant 4 but you never heard of those because the V8 model is the one to talk about.

[alex180384]

this car has a lot of lambo in the design...

[darkesthour85]

lambo called. they want their identity and design integrity back...

[psp110]

i fuking envy and hate the design change

[truedude30]

The return of the icon. I love this car. But I love the 458 italia as well. And to say that the Brits didn't borrow a bit of styling it well...not completely honest. Still, I love the fore and aft on this car and I would definitely purchase one depending on the performance specs. Welcome back Esprit! You've been missed.

[PIOSystems]

Looks too damn badass! Might make me switch teams from Lamborghini!

[mtscheb]

jhoops....lotus knows what they are doing, there handling is perhaps the best over the years with the Esprit line, money troubles have always hit them hard, but they are doing great now.

[MrFilmMakerNumber2]

sick

[YTVawardsJP2010]

Malaysia Proton have Lotus,don't ?

[Doblosky19]

WTF that's not an esprit that's yet another elise... bring back the older one!!

[ketaq]

@Doblosky19 STFU kid.. go away play with ur toy car.

[jjhoops023]

611hp?? that pins them up against the Mclaren and the Italia... and the Merciallago...i hope they know what they're doing

[DoMinC246]

that loooks amazing



[Rastamut]

Like all of current Lotus cars, it will be Toyota powered. Toyota should just buy out Lotus already.

[SKOPE915]

@Rastamut uhmm they did, hence the toyota engines

[PotatoeHead431]

This is a frekin awsome car, great invention Lotus!! =D

[ketaq]

@PotatoeHead431 agreed

[Qnickel27]

WOW so this is aimed squarely at the 458 and the MP4-12c. I love it but it doesn't have that Lotus feel to me, this Espirit like they said is to italian!

[frozencanuckreviews]

no manual, are you freaking kidding me?

[itom95]

i dunno but it seems that all of these new Lotuses have design influences from the Proton EMAS, the concept car from Lotus' parent company, Proton.

even the Lotus CityCar itself was based on the EMAS.

[jssim1881]

It's not a British Icon..... but "Malaysia Icon"............ under the parent holding, Proton car group....

[perturber]

@jssim1881 ludicrous. so is lamborghini german because volkswagen owns it?

[kooobla]

NOT what I wanted it to look like-I was hoping it would have the huge air scoop just behind the doors from top to bottom-like the white one in the road&track rendition. I guess it looks good though.

[Phofox]

dual clutch box ?!!! i know its better than manual but cmon! Manual is just so much more fun xD

[buttnut1080]

This would be even better if it had the Yamaha built V10 from the LFA; but then again it would have less power so that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. I guess this engine's fine, I'm just glad Lotus has started making good looking cars again. 458 is still my car to have right above the Gallardo LP560-4 but this is right up there. The F430 I mean MP4-12c is not on there at all. 

[Janusha]

I believe they talked about using the LFA engine for it. As they already have a deal to get engines supplied for these new cars from Toyota.

[buttnut1080]

@Janusha They did but I doubt they will now. It wouldn't make sense for them financially. It would cost a lot more to build a fleet of Esprit's with custom V10 engines rather than supercharged V8's; plus, the V8's are more efficient, more powerful, and more torquey.

[CorvetteCrazy1000]

OK let's get to the point. I'm 6'3 so will I fit into this? Because if I can't I'm going to be really pissed! I've had to miss out on all the other Lotus cars because they were built for midgets and I really want the new Esprit. So Lotus DON'T LET ME DOWN!

[bigphat200]

@CorvetteCrazy1000 i feel your pain dude

[miike12345]

@CorvetteCrazy1000 I'm 6'3 and I can get in an Exige without too much trouble...

[Janusha]

Yeah this hasnt been a problem with Lotuses. 

[DEF90JAM]

awesome look, front end looks a bit like a gallardo and the side view of the rear end looks a bit like a ascari A10, but then better than the a10

[randomdude10010]

Ah man...I had heard and hoped this would use a slightly detuned LFA V10!

[GHOSTJERKER]

wow nice car! and the wheels are crazy! great job lotus

[saboobuu]

nice, but it needs a HUGE spoiler, and will be awesomer

[buttnut1080]

@saboobuu No then it would look retarded. They're not gonna ruin their cars' looks and class for some ricer loving people like you.

[bigphat200]

Very nice but they better have a stick

[TheRiseagainstfan]

@bigphat200 they said manualmatic.... paddle shifters, no clutch

[bigphat200]

@TheRiseagainstfan My point is they should at least offer a manual transmission as an option. you know for ppl who know how to drive,,,,, like real men

[buttnut1080]

Love it. Absolutely. Thank you Lotus for getting back into the true sports car game. Enough of the ugly, 4 cylinder tin cans we've all become so accustomed to. Now, where's Bentley at? Let's see some proper sports cars from them rather than these ugly, Hollywood princess-mobiles.

[keithie13]

lol ill be laughing if 2012 happens will ever see this car on the road xD

[preludedriver226]

Look, Carbon Fiber Wheels!

[von32897]

How much?

[magicien66]

@von32897 about 160 000 euros !

[5weetne55]

It sure does look good, but I will wait until I find out how it performs before I pass judgement.

[MrGTR1988]

thats very good lotus super car