2008 Lotus Esprit V8 looking good, new picture?
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could this be the new Lotus Esprit? I saw it on a Russian web and a italian website...
looks very good me thinks...notus the elise style front and side pots...getting better all the time, and looking more Lotus style 
It was also on some italian website and they speak of this...
BMW V8 da 4,8 litri, capace di erogare 367 CV. Grazie a questa potenza ed alal leggerezza della vettura, la Lotus Esprit dovrebbe consentire prestazioni record, con un''accelerazione da 0 a 100 km/h in meno di 4 secondi ed una velocità massima nell''ordine dei 290 km/h.
So the 4.8L BMW V8 with 367ps needing 4sec to 100km/u and capeble of 290km/u all theoreticly ofcorse, but its a start
and I think this would be the basis car... Next could be a 450ps M5 V8 engined Esprit
And 2 years orso later maybe even a 550ps V10??? who knows...just wishing
GTRene
me too when its gona look like this I don't mined if its badged as a Esprit or a S3 Elise/Exige
But I think it looks to serious/chunky? for a Elise/Exige and looks more like A Esprit caliber...Elise's and Exige's are more little boy/girl racers while the Esprit is more a caliber that can compete with the bigger sportcars(Ferr, Porsch, Lamb sort likes?) and this will fit in that range me thinks? so though it has on the picture some 240 cup wheels look alike's and some front and side style inlet look alike's its to grown up? for Elise S3, and to close to his big brother the Esprit?
Best of all its a familliar face of the Lotus cars on the moment, so I will not complane and if the end result will look like this? they have a new,"want to have car in my garage too" car
GTRene
when its gona look like this I don't mined if its badged as a Esprit or a S3 Elise/Exige But I think it looks to serious/chunky? for a Elise/Exige and looks more like A Esprit caliber...Elise's and Exige's are more little boy/girl racers while the Esprit is more a caliber that can compete with the bigger sportcars(Ferr, Porsch, Lamb sort likes?) and this will fit in that range me thinks? so though it has on the picture some 240 cup wheels look alike's and some front and side style inlet look alike's its to grown up? for Elise S3, and to close to his big brother the Esprit?
Best of all its a familliar face of the Lotus cars on the moment, so I will not complane and if the end result will look like this? they have a new,"want to have car in my garage too" car
GTRene
Edited by GTRene on Sunday 9th July 22:37
CatherineJ said:
Well it's a Hans Lehmann picture so I would like to think that it would be reasonably accurate.
Lets hope so
I realy love this idea and looks! I also hope the can keep the weight low and/or offer 2 types, lets say, a GT wich stands for sporty grand tourer? for big distances in sporty comfort(more luxery items and weight)
And a RS version wich could stand for Road/racing Sport? for the more hardcore sportcar drivers with ABS and some sort of sport DSC(switchable) and as light as possible, some carbon and ligtweight seats(non elektric) simple or non stereo, so more a lightweight sportscar easy to put in for races(like a porsche GT3 RS) and that also as option has a fast peddle shift auto/box...faster then you good ever switch then the standard box and also will be quikker then, just like some other cars have...
That would be a nice idea
(hard to write things down in English when you only know the easy words
) GTRene
To me the roof and windscreen in that pic are off a Gallardo (or a Murcielago, looking at the mirrors) with the rear quarter windows filled in, the side vents and front bumper off an S2 Elise and the outside of the headlamps off a F430.
I'm right and you know it.
I'm right and you know it.
Edited by mr_c on Monday 10th July 14:19
mr_c said:
To me the roof and windscreen in that pic are off a Gallardo (or a Murcielago, looking at the mirrors) with the rear quarter windows filled in, the side vents and front bumper off an S2 Elise and the outside of the headlamps off a F430.
I'm right and you know it.
I'm right and you know it.
Edited by mr_c on Monday 10th July 14:19
You also noticed the front and side vents are much bigger then the S2...so they look like it, but are bigger and the car looks more grown up! I like it...
GTRene
egomeister said:
Yep, that's definitely a 'shopped Gallardo in my mind. A very nice looking one at that!
I don't think they'd have trouble selling them if they looked like that!
I don't think they'd have trouble selling them if they looked like that!
Agreed - that screams "photoshop" at me. It is a posed photo and if there are going to be posed photos, lotus would release them itself.
That photo is a fake and I claim my 5 quid!
after a bid searching I found this...its sad...it can be a pfotoshop car, its one of the same photo set me thinks..though a lot lines and curves more in the Lotus! the Lotus looks way better me thinks...most lines are different...you have to look good
still, I say....I shout...MAKE IT LIKE THIS and it will sell
GTRene
add; still better then this Gallardo trying to go as fast through the corners as the Lotus
still, I say....I shout...MAKE IT LIKE THIS and it will sell
GTRene
add; still better then this Gallardo trying to go as fast through the corners as the Lotus
Edited by GTRene on Monday 10th July 16:06
Edited by GTRene on Tuesday 11th July 10:35
shangani said:
The big picture is a photoshopped Lambo Gallardo - look at the front lights and wheels.
The other one is probably also a photoshop picture, but looks like a fabulous interpretation of the elise theme.
The other one is probably also a photoshop picture, but looks like a fabulous interpretation of the elise theme.
we could do a group buy when they make it like that
save's us a lot(us) GTRene
GTRene said:
shangani said:
The big picture is a photoshopped Lambo Gallardo - look at the front lights and wheels.
The other one is probably also a photoshop picture, but looks like a fabulous interpretation of the elise theme.
The other one is probably also a photoshop picture, but looks like a fabulous interpretation of the elise theme.
we could do a group buy when they make it like that
save's us a lot(us) GTRene
I can lend you photoshop for free!!
They are testing
Spy photos: 2008 Lotus Esprit
Although Lotus is still cranking out new cars, work is also under way on a replacement for the Esprit. It will hit the streets around 2008 and is expected to use a BMW V8 for power while sticking with the Lotus mantra of minimal weight. Although this test mule was spotted on the Nurburgring wearing an older Esprit shell, the odd proportions suggest this is most likely a test mule for the chassis of the new supercar.
more news to come...
GTRene
Spy photos: 2008 Lotus Esprit
Although Lotus is still cranking out new cars, work is also under way on a replacement for the Esprit. It will hit the streets around 2008 and is expected to use a BMW V8 for power while sticking with the Lotus mantra of minimal weight. Although this test mule was spotted on the Nurburgring wearing an older Esprit shell, the odd proportions suggest this is most likely a test mule for the chassis of the new supercar.
more news to come...
GTRene
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