2010 Lotus Elise vs. 2000 Lotus Esprit

The Smoking Tire visits the beautiful Ojai valley with two of Lotus's finest cars, the Elise and the Esprit. Matt Farah hits the canyons to find out how the quintessential 'new' Lotus compares to the well-aging Esprit V8

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[sil3nttt]

The New ESPRIT unveiled at the Paris motor show will kick some arse !

[MarkIrmina]

The Esprit, is a classic car that make you feel like you're James Bond. The Elise is a little to much like a go cart. for my taste

[EvangelionFan]

almost no other option? 1987 late release audi GT coupe! LOUD QUICK AND AWESOME!

[etherjoe505]

I think that's the Persia Blue ... gorgeous. The supercharged version is also verrrrry interesting.

[OBrechkin]

Im more about the looks of a car rather then trying to find the perfect performance on the regular roads you never really go more than 80% of what the cars got to give so im not worried about that so i'd take the Esprit its better looking has a nice engine note and its a Bond Car enough said for me :)

[ItzCashew]

My uncle had a Elise since 2005. The only thing that went wrong in that car was the rearview mirror. He's 6'0 so leaning forward meant hes hitting the mirror with his forehead. Went through atleast one mirror a year.

[shotime166]

Funny how times change in less than 2 years. He says this is the future of Lotus going forward and look at their new models coming out now. They even say their going after Ferrari and Porsche.

[iceonthemoon]

British sports car, let down by a french gearbox! If you want it to be awesome, don't include french parts, keep it all British!

[notnerdiforthgrade]

which one would chuck norris chose? That is the one i would chose.

[ftpaddict]

"But it's the way it goes with British sports cars. They're always fragile."

The fragile bit being French.

[BritishCenturion]

id have the esprit cos u only need to change the gearbox (an old NSX gearbox might fit) and then your good to go really, the prestige and the looks and with a new gearbox, no worrys of wrecking it and giving you a massive repair bill

[alexgonick]

@Sooprazn haha we are mad about gas prices. lol :p