Picture Of Lotus Esprit Cars

The Lotus Esprit Cars has been one of the most successful and longest running supercars, produced from 1976 until 2004, and was developed and improved over time. The car was famously popularised by the James Bond films, The Spy who loved me and For your eyes only.


The Lotus Esprit began life in 1972 as a concept car (the "Silver Car"), which was displayed at the Turin Motor show. Sat next to the Maserati Boomerang, it stole the show. The original Esprit was design by Giorgetto Giugiaro's of Ital Design as a styling exercise. He had met Colin Chapman the year previously, from a chance meeting and Chapman commissioned the new Lotus and as a result, decided to put the car into production. The Lotus Esprit Cars (or Kiwi as it was initially known) was developed over 3 years and launched in September 1975, to replace the long running Lotus Europa (although Owner's had to wait till 1976 to collect their cars). Like its forebear, the Lotus Esprit Cars was a GRP-bodied, mid-engined sports car with a steel backbone chassis, but that's where the similarities end.