If you did not see the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Lotus went all gangbusters. They had not one, two, three or four new debuts. Five.
One of the five was the revival of the iconic Esprit nameplate. Allegedly powered by a Lexus 5.0-liter V8, the Lotus is expected to churn out 550 horsepower to 620 horsepower, use a seven-speed gearbox and utilize a KERS system.
Clearly, this Lotus concept ain't foolin' around.
Where things get intriguing is where Lotus says this is the only car the firm is currently developing. Is this a good or bad move for the Lotus brand? Should they be focusing on one of the other five cars that made their debut in Paris?
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The all-new Lotus Esprit is the only one of Lotus’s range of sports cars and supercars to have serious engineering work undertaken on it.
Lotus insiders have told Autocar that the firm is focusing “fully” on the new Esprit at this stage, which is set to be the first of the new Lotuses launched in 2013...
[Source: Autocar]
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