1991 Lotus Esprit Turbo Se Coupe 2-door 2.2l on 2040-cars
Dana Point, California, United States
1991 Lotus Turbo Esprit SE The mid-engine Lotus Esprit was conceived in 1972 by two of the world’s premier automotive designers; Colin Chapman, the Lotus founder and innovative design engineer, think Lotus 25 & Lotus 49, and Giorgetto Giugiaro, one of the most prolific body designers with the Lamborghini Miura and Maserati Ghibli among many others to his credit. Production began in 1976 and continued thru 2004. The Stephens body smoothed the lines and added for the Turbo Esprit SE, a charged cooled 2.2 liter four cylinder twin cam engine, sporting 264 HP high revving power plant capable of 164 MPH and 0 to 60 in 4.6 seconds. The Esprit SE rightfully gained the reputation of Britain’s first Super Car. It competed with Ferrari, Corvette and Porsche of the era. This car brings Lotus’ sure and predictable handling together with stunning acceleration and phenomenal breaking. The 1991 Lotus Esprit is the fourth Lotus I’ve owned; a lotus enthusiast since 1968. Although I’ve only owned the Esprit SE for a couple of years, it was enough time to fully sort the car from a very sound original example and to add electric power steering via column assist. If you’ve a driven pre 1993 Esprit with it's 7 1/2 ” wide front tires and 6’ wide body in a parking lot, you’ll appreciate this addition. I will attest to the soundness of this car. It definitely provides the experience of driving a near race car on the street; it can be docile throughout town and turn into a beast when asked to on the highway! This 1991 gorgeous example has original calypso red paint with full dark grey leather interior. At 23 years old and 70,000 miles, she has averaged a little over 3000 per year; those who know will tell you that the best thing for a car is to drive it! Yes, she has a few stone chips and patina, but presents very well. She has always been garaged and shows no rust. The interior and carpet has been recently freshened. Major Services have been performed including: · New belts · Water pump
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Cooling fans
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Window motors
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Head light motors
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Clutch master & slave cylinders
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Refurbished radiator
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Boot struts
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Charge cooler pump rebuild
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Replace horns
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Replace brake caliper kit & pads
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Replace anti-lock ECM
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Dash lights rheostat repair
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Re-bush shift linkage
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Repair steering knuckle
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Front wheel alignment
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All filters
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Badging
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Replace thermostat Esprit Upgrades include:
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Electric power steering with variable assist (EZ Power Steering)
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Add Turbo dump valve
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Full custom car cover
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Matching fiberglass sunroof panel
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Wind deflector attachment
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Battery tender
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Lotus Elise steering wheel (original included)
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Later model shift knob (original included)
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Replacement dash clock included
Please feel free to call me with questions, 949-241-7770.
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Turns out the 2020 Lotus Evora GT is one of the best sounding cars on sale
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Race Recap: 2014 Spanish Grand Prix is boom and bust [spoilers]
Mon, 12 May 2014The Spanish Grand Prix's 2.892-mile Circuit de Catalunya is considered a preview for the rest of the season, since it's a combination of long front straight and twisting middle sectors mimic sections from every other Formula One track to follow. After the long break following the flyaway races to open the season, teams and fans have also been looking forward to this race to see if anyone had a realistic hope of catching Mercedes AMG Petronas; Infiniti Red Bull Racing honcho Christian Horner boiled his team's outlook for the season down to the line, "We've got to [beat them in Spain] if we're going to make a championship of it."
If we take that as our starting point then the weekend began as a bust. Lewis Hamilton only just beat Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg for pole, the Brit's final effort getting him 0.178 seconds clear of the German. Daniel Ricciardo, proving Red Bull is at least the best of the rest, took third but did so more than a second behind Hamilton. Valtteri Bottas of Williams lined up fourth, almost 1.5 second behind and Romain Grosjean delivered overdue good news for Lotus by taking fifth on the grid, more than 1.7 seconds behind pole. Kimi Räikkönen in sixth outqualified his Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso in seventh, but he couldn't be happy about it because the Ferraris were nearly two seconds behind, and Jenson Button in eighth in the McLaren was more than two second behind. Felipe Massa put the second Williams in ninth, and Sebastian Vettel overcame a terrible start to the weekend to make it into Q3, then didn't set a time when his gearbox failed, then got dropped five places to 15th on the grid when the gearbox had to be changed.
When the lights went out, then came the boom...
The Stig bungees a Lotus F1 car in Durban
Mon, 18 Aug 2014Remember a couple of months ago when a mischievous Stig broke into the Lotus racing headquarters in Enstone and made off with an F1 car? Well, now we know where he went with it.
In this humorous clip from Top Gear, the tamed racing driver in the white suit disembarks with Pastor Maldonado's Lotus-Renault E22 (not the E21 he took from the team's headquarters, eagle-eye viewers might notice) in Durban, South Africa, and takes it to Moses Mabhida Stadium for the Top Gear Festival. After having some fun on a dirt bike, a chrome Mustang drift car and a few other curiosities, he hooks it up to a bungee cord and jumps off a tower behind the wheel.
Now we're not quite convinced they actually did this and that it wasn't all CGI, but it's still worth a watch and a laugh.