When Lotus added a V8 engine to its Giugiaro-designed Esprit sports car in 1996, the company acknowledged that the exotic sports car game had changed. Lotus could no longer compete having only ...

21 years since Lotus unveiled the first Esprit, the iconic British sports car finally got the V8 it deserved in 1996. The upgrade gave it a huge increase in performance, turning it into one of the ...

The seeds of a potential Lotus Esprit ZR-1 sprouting into the sports car landscape in the early 1990s may seem as plausible as Jack's magical beans seemed to his mother (who tossed them out a window), ...

The Lotus Esprit V8 has never traded on brute numbers alone, yet it consistently delivers performance and drama that feel far beyond what its spec sheet suggests. Light weight, clever engineering and ...

According to its ad, today's Nice Price or No Dice Esprit has 24,000 miles on the clock and already one engine rebuild under its belt. That might not bode well for future longevity, but we'll still ...