Lotus Espirit
Motorweek Lotus Esprit Turbo SE
Road test of esprit se 1990.
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Motorweek Lotus Esprit Turbo SE
May 6, 2015 by
Automotive News
@mxferro You obvoiusly didn’t read my post. Swapping in a different engine
outside the 4 banger could increase the reliablity and performance. Kind of
like if you pull out the 2.5 out of a Fiero and put in a V6 out of a GTP….
OMG am having fun watching old skool road test thanks for the upload mate
Their performance is still superior to most!
No, the engine doesn’t sound like ass…
Looks like a cross between a Lamborghini Diablo and a Vector w8.
that’s clever to hide the radio and I like to drive that espirt turbo SE,
maybe I play the lotus turbo challenge music from amiga.
Those times are impressive today- they must have been mind blowing 20 years
ago. I don’t think a Ferrari 348 or Acura NSX could touch it. The Esprit
wouldn’t get substantially quicker until the V8 of 1996, so you don’t give
up much performance by opting for an SE rather than an S4 or S4s.
Refinement is another matter, but isn’t that why God created Toyotas?
ohh…nice way to hide the radio
wow 0-60 in 4.5 seconds! how many other cars in the day of the testerossa
could do that? and all this time i thought these weren’t fast!
drove one of these today DAMN, i wasnt expecting it to be that quick, got
abit of a shock, lit up the tires in 1st and 2nd
Don’t need to be rich got £10,000?
Love it, but damn that’s a lot of body roll.
those numbers are amazing, outstanding,remarkable i cant think of anything
that has those kind of times with a 4 banger. Fuckin awesome
The 348 0-60 times were about 5.5 seconds, while the Esprit was under 5, I
have read many scans of older magazines which say that the Esprit is the
fastest, but still prefer the rivals, The Porsche 911 3.8, Ferrari 348 and
the Honda NSX
Selling an M3 to buy a Esprit eh? A great replacement, just don’t try to
use it as a daily driver, even in the summer, its more usable than a
Ferrari or Lamborghini of similar years My dad has a 1990 Turbo SE, on full
boost it’ll pull 0-60mph in 4.7 and will go on to do over 160mph but it
also has no power steering and the air con system can go a bit funky, if
you get a 1987-92 model it also has a lift out, Targa roof for a 20 year
old car, its beyond amazing
@LR3GUY Consider this, I won’t be driving it daily to work and back nor to
go get food. Plus I could pull the motor and put something else in there.
Plenty of V6′s and V8′s out there that can be swapped in for more power and
better reliablity.
I’m thinking about one of these next. These things are now a bargan and
with all the aftermarket now its an affordable exotic.
Aww man this vid just made my favorite car more favorite.
What is this from 1970? That car is butt ugly, compared to todays cars…
um wouldn’t a thief be more interested in the car instead of some radio
I can’t believe this asshat is STILL hosting this show, to this day!!!
@vfIskullangel better reliablity… you a fool or something? reliable? what
could be more reliable then the excellent and well engineered motor in this
car… evidently Lotus (be much more of engineers and experts then you
could EVER POSSIBLY HOPE to be).. knew to put this engine in this car…
the RELIABLITY and SIMPLICITY of a 4 cylinder with turbos goes to show you
don’t have to have some MONSTEROUS V8 with added weight to get a hell of a
good car,only a fool would mess up good engineering.
I love the retro Esprit’s…superior performance in their day, and cool
accessories…i.e. the fake fan vents to cover that badass Sony radio!!
Hahah! I really love this car highly though.
really quick for its day