[/caption]His name Esprit. Lotus Esprit. He is a mid-engine British sports car and has never seriously claimed that a Ferrari or Porsche-fighter. But it does not bother him at all, because the spirit is the way Queen's Secret. If necessary, even under water.
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The real secret agent moves as usual. They drove down dull in the streets or take the same subway. Not so the most famous secret agent of all time. James Bond 007 is also known as 15/08 on four wheels is not in question. If the bad guys to find out whether the current James Bond in this country, he must keep striking only after the car out for miles around. If then a man dressed in perfectly with Martini, shaken not stirred out of hand, need Blofeld, Goldfinger, Largo or Stromberg is not just trying to further. In 1977, one can hardly be given greater prominence in traffic on the road than in the Lotus Esprit. Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli has found a prototype car that was parked in front of the Pinewood Studios in London. And perhaps no coincidence: Don McLauchlan, marketing people at Lotus hopes that Britain will be found as a wedge-screen star. The statement went on - wit whitewashed writing in the history of the film "The Spy Who Loved Me".
Wedge as phase
In 1972 it was the first time to admire the Esprit concept car at the Turin Motor Show. Styling is by Giugiaro, Maserati stuck then after a few drafts in the middle phase of his wedge. So, Esprit cornered like a door wedge and flat as a flounder.Even a ton of heavy British runner who has a four-cylinder engine with two liters and 160 horsepower. Operations include four-seater model Elite and Eclat. So Lotus Esprit ran at least 210 km / h Transmission took a five-speed gearbox from Citroën SM. In the cockpit, was the Esprit one thing: narrow. "A Lotus without compromise, for the driver and companion who was chosen" because it is also in a brochure Esprit. Hugo Schneider, chairman of Club Lotus Germany: "When I found the spirit at the Frankfurt Motor Show in the early 80s, it happened to me." In the hall near Wiesbaden fine jewel different neat exclusive Lotus design. Of course, a number of special models including Esprit, among others, black and gold John Player Special, and metallic blue Essex. Placed the red leather interior and sound system on the roof. As in a spaceship.
Turbo-maturation
The Esprit is known models come from the 80s. Presented in 1981 with the Series II, the sportiest version supported by the 2.2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. Finally, Esprit has become the spirit of proper optics. 154 KW / 210 PS and 240 km / h, finally, the top drivers with sporting ambitions satisfied. But more power and more comfortable because of the thick leather chair in the construct of many Michelin men consuming weight. Such increased empty weight of the original pure model of nearly 1,000 to nearly 1,400 pounds. In the years since it was still strong. The basic concept is that the slightly rounded forms. The mid-90s from the line four-cylinder turbocharged 300 hp and takes approximately eight-cylinder with two turbocharging and more than 350 hp. A successful sale was never Lotus Esprit.
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