Exige Espionage

[Ikemi]

It's a bit slow on here today and I'm bored at work so ... Any excuse to make a new thread!

Whatever happened to the Exige Espionage? It makes an appearance in the XBox 360 game Forza 2 as a 'unicorn car' (Only available in the online auction, very rare!) and was produced in conjunction with the tailors Gieves & Hawkes, but did anything come of it? Was it a one off model sporting a one off interior?





Interesting!

[uggski]

Her you go.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/430596.htm

[Ikemi]

Whoa! I didn't think one would pop up in the classifieds like that ...

[Jez O]

Hopefully the fashion filth have impounded it.

[Digital]

Ikemi said:

Whoa! I didn't think it would pop up in the classifieds like that ...

Pretty sure there was only one (said in a Highlander type voice )

[mahju]

I remember the owner posting here a year or so ago when the xbox game was getting made...

[Anatol]

That's NOT the Espionage in the classifieds - it's "based on". Imitation and flattery, I suppose

The Espionage is sat on my drive. It'll be at Snetterton Tuesday next week.

Tol

ETA - just had a look at the interior of the car in the classifieds. The interior is nothing like my car - I guess G&H had nothing to do with it. The pinstriping on the outside is hand-laid vinyl stripes, whereas the whole viper-stripe on the original is a high-res print, with a stripe pattern that matches the G&H cloth on the interior - very fine stripes with a diagonal slash stripe behind.

I notice nowhere does the seller say that it was customised by Lotus - I think this is an aftermarket/DIY job. The actual Espionage isn't Nightfall Blue - it's "Bespoke Navy" according to Lotus - painted with a variant of Mercedes' Dunkelblau, and with the wide vinyls as the factory scheme... /EspionageBore

Edited by Anatol on Tuesday 15th April 08:14

[emenel]

I'm pretty sure that the car in the Classifieds was originally bought from Dream Machines in Sussex. I saw it there when I picked mine up.

It's not an Espionage. It was quite simply a custom trim job and some vinyl stripes. The stripes may now be painted as I beleive the original owner was not happy with the results of the vinyl.

[midas029]

I thought this car was sold at Harrods?? Or was it just on dislpay there?

[Anatol]

On display there as part of the Best of Britain exhibition from October to December 2005. Then run by Lotus GM (Heathcliffe Robert-Shaw) as his company car for 2700 miles.

Then bought by me

Tol