{"id":50977,"date":"2009-11-27T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/27\/spy-shots-elise-exige-esprit-lotus-tests-new-model\/"},"modified":"2009-11-27T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T18:03:00","slug":"spy-shots-elise-exige-esprit-lotus-tests-new-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/50977","title":{"rendered":"Spy Shots: Elise, Exige, Esprit? Lotus tests new model"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Spy Photos<\/a>, Coupe<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Lotus<\/a>, Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When it comes to 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. Autocar<\/em> has pics of an Exige with a seriously modified rear end, leading to speculation that the new Esprit’s powertrain lives underneath.<\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n

[Source: Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Spy Shots: Elise, Exige, Esprit? Lotus tests new model<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Lotus, Luxury When it comes to the successor to the Lotus Esprit, the specs — and even the name — are still up in the air. There is, however, a mule undergoing testing on the ground. Autocar has pics of an Exige with a seriously modified rear end, leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}