British originality

[gingerjedi]

If it's anything like the old esprit, it'll be popping up in Autotrader in a couple of years as engine blown £500 ono

The Elise has proved to be reliable especially since they started using Toyota engines and I just read that the new Esprit will most probably have a BMW V8 so I doubt it will have too many problems.

[Troll]

The new British Lotus Esprit:

http://euro.rpmplanets.com/peimages/...t_1_070606.jpg

The old Italian Lambo Gallardo:

http://www.velocityjournal.com/image...do1156616m.jpg

Are they both plastic?

[Bagpuss]

Lotus rocks, the fact it looks like a Gallardo is a bonus to me. However they should price it at a lower point, just checked and apparently it is priced to compete with a Porsche 911 Turbo, think I'd go with the Porsche TBH.

If it's anything like the old esprit, it'll be popping up in Autotrader in a couple of years as engine blown £500 ono

[Bagpuss]

What does it mean being british?

"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. And the most British thing of all?
Suspicion of anything foreign ".

[OrangeHopper]

Its got a different badge! For heaven's sake, what more do you want?

[Charles Foster Kane]

Lotus rocks, the fact it looks like a Gallardo is a bonus to me. However they should price it at a lower point, just checked and apparently it is priced to compete with a Porsche 911 Turbo, think I'd go with the Porsche TBH.

[The Lone Gunman]

The new British Lotus Esprit:

http://euro.rpmplanets.com/peimages/...t_1_070606.jpg

The old Italian Lambo Gallardo:

http://www.velocityjournal.com/image...do1156616m.jpg

Are you trying to say Lotus is copying?

what about the older lotus esprit turbo?
http://cafe.chosun.com/img_file/club...4163001%5D.jpg

This car has had a similar shape and design for years, virtualy all super cars follow the same lines.

[Moscow Mule]

The new British Lotus Esprit:

http://euro.rpmplanets.com/peimages/...t_1_070606.jpg

The old Italian Lambo Gallardo:

http://www.velocityjournal.com/image...do1156616m.jpg

That's what happens when all cars are designed by wind-tunnel.

[Francko]

The new British Lotus Esprit:

http://euro.rpmplanets.com/peimages/...t_1_070606.jpg

The old Italian Lambo Gallardo:

http://www.velocityjournal.com/image...do1156616m.jpg

What does it mean being british?

"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. And the most British thing of all?
Suspicion of anything foreign ".

[DimPrawn]

The new British Lotus Esprit:

http://euro.rpmplanets.com/peimages/...t_1_070606.jpg

The old Italian Lambo Gallardo:

http://www.velocityjournal.com/image...do1156616m.jpg