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1998 Lotus Esprit V8 Twin Turbo on 2040-cars

US $19,100.00
Year:1998 Mileage:50523 Color: Red /
 Tan
Location:

Reklaw, Texas, United States

Reklaw, Texas, United States
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Feel free to ask me any questions about the car : jessicajppolhemus@tennisfans.net .

The Lotus Esprit is an iconic Super Car for its appearances in James Bond’s “The Spy who Loved Me” and "For
Your Eyes Only" movies, and who can’t forget the scenes in “Pretty Woman” and in “Basic Instinct”. The
Esprit’s timeless lines, amazing delivery of speed and performance make it an amazing collector car. It's not
often that one comes through the doors of Flat 12 Gallery, as not many were produced or kept to the standards that
we require. We were lucky enough to find this example in Southern California and are able to offer it for sale to
the public. We believe that Lotus Esprits are quite the gem in both the performance department and upcoming
collectability, like we have seen with Ferrari’s and Porsches of late. These cars, in our opinion, are a great
investment vehicle and a pleasure to drive.

Lotus was careful in keeping the Esprit production numbers low, with lifelong limited production numbers for ALL
Esprits shipped worldwide from 1976 to 2004 coming in at 10,675 total units. Which if you average that number over
the production years it would mean they average of only 381 cars built every year TOTAL! Although production
numbers varied over the years, this 1998 Lotus featured here is one of only 301 were build that year with only 142
V8’s, 99 being V8GT's and 60 being GT3’s. So in true super car fashion they are an elitist, limited production
super car.

This 1998 B03 Calypso Red Lotus with Magnolia interior Esprit 3.5L Twin Turbo V8 is an amazing example of the Lotus
vehicle. It has been well cared for with tatesful upgrades added to give it that timeless exotic sports car
appeal. You can easily pull up to a million dollar ride and still feel relevant. The paint, finish and interior
on this Epsrit will not disappoint, as it is apparent that the previous owners of this car wanted a top notch ride
that didn't show its age. This example has two signatures on the inner fender one we have concluded is Roger G.
Becker who was an important part of Lotus from 1966-2010 as Product Engineering Director and is also mentioned as a
stunt driver in the James Bond thriller "The Spy Who Loved Me" and the second signature we are still researching.
It was also photographed for an upcoming magazine feature and a sample photo has been placed at the end of the
photos. The car you see in the photograph is this actual car.

The B03 Calypso Red paint is extremely fresh with some rock chips present but with an overall thick fresh paint
vibe. There are some scraps to the black lower valance on the front bumper from use and a few touched up rock
chips.

The Magnolia interior has not been re-dyed or as we like to say "spray dyed" which truly makes a difference when
you get up close and once you feel the leather. The interior shows extremely well and appears original with only
some minor wearing to the boldest of the drivers seat. Normal leather creases are visible and are appreciated over
a spray dyed look. The carpets, door panels, dash, gauges, shifter, etc are all in excellent condition.

I have been around quite a few Esprits and many have issues with the seat leather shrinking and the paint vibrancy
and often times they appear like a 90’s car. This Esprit looks like a modern supercar with its glossy red
exterior, tasteful upgrades, custom black nicely staggered Forgestar Performance Wheels 18" in the front and 19" in
the rear wheels that are wrapped in nicely treaded 225 40R18 and 305 30R19 Potenza tires. It is finished with a
color matched removable Sunroof. I do want to remind the taller drivers that this model will house someone up to
about 6'5" unlike the older versions. Take a look at the photographs as you will see a difference in quality of
this Lotus.

Powered by 3.5L V8 Twin Turno with 5 speed transmission, leather Seats, Power windows, locks and mirriors with cold
A/C and MP3 adaptable Alpine stereo. This really is a respectable example of the Lotus sports car that graced the
scenes of so many iconic movies! We appreciate the tasteful updated look like the rear facia with the center
exiting exhaust system and the safety addition of the turbo timer to always allow adequate turbo calling time.

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Mon, Mar 14 2016

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