[mikeyd]

Today's edition of Autoexpress and Motortrend have these pics - anyone seen 'em before?
Articles suggests they're official... Anybody know about it?

Article here: Lotus’s reborn Esprit gets V10 power | Auto Express News | News | Auto Express

 

[Thomasio]

Interesting, I hadn't seen these. The side vent looks out of proportion to the rest of the car.

 

[mikeyd]

Interesting, I hadn't seen these. The side vent looks out of proportion to the rest of the car.

yeah they're probably not planning to cool the engine at all...

 

[Demonized]

I like the rear, and that's about it.

Side profile reminds me of a few early concepts I remember seeing.

 

[lotus69f2]

Someone took the Lotus Design Hot Wheels car and photoshopped it. I think it highly unlikely that the real car will have anything in common with the Hot Wheels......It'd be cool though.





lotus design hot wheels - Google Image Search

 

[MattG]

AutoExpress always seems a bit murky when it comes to the authenticity of photos, and Motor Trend, well, I stopped reading that a long time ago for many reasons. I'd say these photos are highly suspect, most likely just artists' guesses.

 

[Demonized]

Ah! That's what I've seen! :clap:

Someone took the Lotus Design Hot Wheels car and photoshopped it. I think it highly unlikely that the real car will have anything in common with the Hot Wheels......It'd be cool though.





lotus design hot wheels - Google Image Search

 

[Wimbledon]

I wouldn't put much faith in these renderings.

 

[shadeone]

fail.

wheels from teh lambo estoque concept:

shade

 

[swaq]

fail.

+1. The side intake vents look pulled straight from the Elise as well.

 

[shay2nak]

i like! especially the back.

 

[Monsi]

those wheels are hideous and very heavy looking

 

[RoadDad]

It would be hard as h3ll to keep the interior windshield clean. I have trouble way up in the front of the Elise. That one would be far worse.

Keeping it practical .

 

[RoadDad]

<------- WTH? I can't keep an avatar to save my life.

 

[Green Ghost]

RoadDad.. are you done washing the deck?

 

[Aedo]

Good selection of images shade

Articles suggests they're official...

Since Lotus managed to keep the Evora from the public eye until a week before unveiling I can't imagine them ever officially releasing sketches of a future car

 

[Flash G]

I wouldn't put too much stock in "artist renderings". I've yet to see one that actually turned out looking anything like the final production car.

Remember the Eagle/Evora renderings?!... :huh:

 

[Kjakk]

Based on what is already established about the design, I would say that this is as close of a guess as they have gotten so far. You know it will have some common elements with the other newer cars, and that it will have the Evora chassis. Put that together with some 'must have' Esprit aspects, and voila! I think it looks as good as I could hope the real one does.

 

[mikeyd]

It would be hard as h3ll to keep the interior windshield clean. I have trouble way up in the front of the Elise. That one would be far worse.

Keeping it practical .

That would be number 1 on my list of wants for the new Esprit too - must have a powerwashable interior.
(number of made up words = 1 powerwashable)

 

[maz]

i think i like it.