Spy Shots: Elise, Exige, Esprit? Lotus tests new model
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/lotus/" rel="tag">Lotus</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24528 7"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/lotus_spy_mule.jpg" alt="" /></a>When it comes to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/lotus-reportedly-gives-the-go-ahead-to-esprit-replacement/">the successor to the Lotus Esprit</a>, the specs -- and even the name -- are still up in the air. There is, however, a mule undergoing testing on the ground. <em>Autocar</em> has pics of an Exige with a seriously modified rear end, leading to speculation that the new Esprit's powertrain lives underneath.<br />
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This time engine talk centers on "a version of" the Lexus lump in the IS F, but with 275-325 bhp per ton as the goal, that could mean an engine which is quite close or quite far from its source material. Knowing Lotus, we won't doubt the power -- what we really can't wait to see are the looks. The Esprit V8 was the last of the gee-willikers rip-snorters from the house of Chapman, but it was the design of the earlier s4s that made us go "Oh yeah." Please, Lotus, give us that lovin' feelin' again...<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24528 7 ">Autocar</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/27/spy-shots-elise-exige-esprit-lotus-tests-new-model/">Spy Shots: Elise, Exige, Esprit? Lotus tests new model</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24528 7>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/27/spy-shots-elise-exige-esprit-lotus-tests-new-model/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19255232/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/27/spy-shots-elise-exige-esprit-lotus-tests-new-model/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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