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Lotus Esprit (1997)
for sale

Price: US $19,988.00

Description:

In 1996 the
Esprit V8
used Lotus' self-developed all-aluminium, twin-turbocharged (Garrett T25/60 turbos) 90-degree V-8, Code-named Type 918, in front of the same Renaulttransmission as before with no Chargecooler. Derek Bell developed an uprated gearbox that overcame a lot of the gearbox problems with a much thicker single piece input shaft. The Type 918 engine was detuned from a potential 500 bhp (373 kW; 507 PS) to 350 bhp (261 kW; 355 PS) to prevent gearbox damage due to the fragility of the Renault UN-1 transmission.[31] In period tests, zero to sixty miles per hour came in at 4.4 seconds and top speeds of over 175 mph (282 km/h) were achieved.[32][33]
Produced alongside V8 models was the
GT3
, a turbocharged four-cylinder car with the type 920 2.0 L chargecooled and turbocharged engine which had been used only in Italian market cars previously.
In 1998 the V8 range was split into
SE
and
GT
specifications, both cars with a much changed interior configuration, both offering similar performance with the SE being the more luxurious of the two.
2004 V8The ultimate incarnation of the Esprit came in 1999 with the
Sport 350
. Only 50 were made, [34] each offering 350 horsepower (per the name) and various engine, chassis and braking improvements, like the addition of AP Racing brakes, stiffer springs and a revised ECU.[35] Several visual changes were made as well, including the addition of a largecarbon fiber rear wing on aluminium uprights in place of the standard fibreglass rear wing. By this time the Esprit could reach 60 mph (100 km/h) in 4.3[36] seconds as well as reaching 0-100 mph in less than 10 seconds, [37] and weighed 1, 300 kg (2, 866 lb) as a result of many modifications.
Thereafter, Lotus made little development aside from minor cosmetic changes including a switch to four round tail lights for the 2002 model year. Esprit production ceased in February 2004 after a 28-year production run. A total of 10, 675 Esprits were produced.

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