New Lotus Esprit set for Release in 2012

2012 Lotus Esprit Artists Rendering | Copy Avarvarii

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Prince_Ash

wow, looks very nice, almost like a koenigsegg mixed with an aston martin. very nice looking. but the only ugly part to it in my opinion is the wheels, i feel like they've could of changed it still though looking forward to seeing it at the next show.

June 22, 2009 11:54 am

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Sacto8780

Ah, er--no thanks! That shape is TOO different from the original Esprit--we don't want essentially a "scaled up" Evora.

June 22, 2009 12:07 pm

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mc959

rendering looks to much to the Evora, i hope the Esprit will be more agressive.

June 22, 2009 12:11 pm

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ZireX

Well - nothing in common with the old Espirit.Definatelly looks like a bigger Evora but still it looks nice.I hope to make it to production.

June 22, 2009 12:21 pm

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fredbt

Hahaha That is the Zenvo St1 with a Lotus logo on it.... thats just poor...

June 22, 2009 12:27 pm

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scratchy996

so now everyone wants an R8 rival ?

June 22, 2009 1:45 pm

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HEMI426

I thought it was gonna get the lexus IS-F or the lexus LF-A engine, so a v8 and a v10

June 22, 2009 2:06 pm

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N20_Purge

This is probably never going to come out. If it ever does, it is gonna make the Evora look cheap, which it isn't. But a high peformance car from Lotus is always a good thing!

June 22, 2009 2:12 pm

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EH?

Cool good looking car.

June 22, 2009 2:15 pm

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Maverick8

This is a more attention grabbing than the Evora. I was actually holding my money to purchase an Evora but the Esprit seems like the better buy.. Now all we need is a price range.

June 22, 2009 2:31 pm

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Bristol411S3

It won't look like that. And it's also not likely to have a V6. Lotus has access to the full set of Toyota powerplants including Lexus. It's more likely to have the engine from the IS-F or maybe even perhaps the LFA.

June 22, 2009 2:34 pm

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Wieldop

Sorry that is just rubbish. Its a zenvo st1 with a bit of a changed nose. This avarvarii guy is just an idiot. Was the same with the skoda superb/acclaimed "Third gen octavia"

June 22, 2009 2:36 pm

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Scarcliff

It looks just like the Evora but with a bigger gob on it!

June 22, 2009 3:01 pm

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Renegade

Looks like a Lotus.

June 22, 2009 4:48 pm

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carcrazy1234

stunning. very nice update!

June 22, 2009 7:01 pm

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mmr66

looks like an R8

June 22, 2009 7:13 pm

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dimeNickel

looks like a lotus, but needs to slap on more espirit than evora

June 22, 2009 7:45 pm

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Aesthetics

fashionable but certainly not stylish, no where near being as stylish as the original.

June 23, 2009 5:51 am

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abey

why do you guys keep saying it looks like an evora? the writer said the rendering is based on the evora. all they have really done is just added details from the zenvo st1

June 23, 2009 6:32 am

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fredbt

Just my point.... the zenvo is cool, but this is just sad...

June 23, 2009 8:53 am

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wallabyguy

Not even close. Mike Kimberley publically announced that he scrapped the esprit program when he arrived as CEO 2years ago because the proposal wasn't wedgy enough and sent it back to he designers to fix. The new esprit will have a range of engines and will be much more heavily influenced by former esprits. Also look for the return of the evora head lights.

June 25, 2009 12:38 am

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