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Attention all Lotus Esprit owners!.

Discussion in 'British' started by Pantera, Oct 31, 2008.

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  1. hyenahf

    hyenahf F1 Rookie

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    odd yes... chris bangle did it. you cant get odder than him!
     
  2. MITYRARE

    MITYRARE F1 Rookie

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    You are correct about Bangles contribution.
    And Pininfarina did the interior yet oddly no mention of Bangle on the car yet Pininfarina is badged on both the exterior and interior . Im surprised Pininfarina allowed the exterior to be badged that way.
    Awesome car ( now that she pushing 300 plus hp)

    Love the Esprit even more though.

    Beev
     
  3. hyenahf

    hyenahf F1 Rookie

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    yea i know... i worked at centro stile in torino right after bangle years and saw his sketches. there were 6 american designers there and 4 of us were from washington state! most be something in the water up there to make us all want to work in torino. most of the americans disbanded and moved on long algo. mike robinson, head of lancia elected to stay. i think he is the head of the bertone studio now.


    when the coupe came out, it had many "first" design features. the engineers had to tune the headlamp washers to rainbow on the layed back double bubble lens because it was a fix nozzle. a designer there said the way they emitted the soapy fluid was almost pornograhic on the way they worked!

    you will be suprised how many pinin cars are out there that dont have there badge on it.


    cheers

    hf
     
  4. MITYRARE

    MITYRARE F1 Rookie

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    Wow. Interesting stuff .


    Beev
     
  5. rdefabri

    rdefabri Three Time F1 World Champ

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    There's an Esprit S2 on eBay not far from me...looks a bit messy, but current bid is low ($3600). Don't think there's a reserve either...
     
  6. rdefabri

    rdefabri Three Time F1 World Champ

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    Great pics!
     
  7. ijvpet

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  8. MITYRARE

    MITYRARE F1 Rookie

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    Beautiful


    B
     
  9. 4re Nut

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  11. PoleApart

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  12. 4re Nut

    4re Nut F1 World Champ

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  13. Tony K

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    That red S1 is actually the very first production Esprit ever made, chassis number 100G. It has been with the same owner since the 1980s, and has spent a considerable amount of time at the Lotus factory on display. It has a lot of interesting details about it that even later S1s don't have. :)
     
  14. gcmerak

    gcmerak Formula 3

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    What is the latest word on the new production Esprit?

    The last version reminded me of the McLaren in general size and shape.

    Just Wunderin! :)

    Ciao,
    George
     
  15. andyww

    andyww F1 Rookie

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  16. JasonMiller

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    Wow thats beautiful love it in white!!
     

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