Lotus 2013 Esprit Concept
It was only two years ago that Lotus enthusiastically gave five (!) New models in concept form and showed them in Paris. Suddenly there where the Elise, Elite, Elan, Esprit and Eterne. Terms such as "hay" and "consumers" were soon used, and for good reason, because these plans are pretty toned it stopped when CEO Dany Bahar was asked his designs partly elsewhere. Only the last, the successor to the legendary Esprit was still in the pipeline. Lotus has been at that when they Bahar top.
This week has been buzzing of media reports on the termination of the Esprit. And frankly, we would not be surprised since. Restructuring of DRB-Hicom Lotus But Lotus has announced that this automoive gossip, if not true, continue the development of the Esprit.
If we just assume that the next generation come Esprit, then a super sports car with mid-engine configuration, developed in-house 5.0 V8 and a dose hybrid technology will be waiting for us. At the presentation of the concept car in 2010 Lotus spoke of a 620 hp and 720 Nm, which received the spirit of zero to one hundred km / h in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 330 km / h. The listed weight of 1450 kg shown once again that they are not intending to stay in the corner of the lightweight.
