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9,239 Original Miles 1989 Lotus Esprit Se Turbo !!! on 2040-cars

Year:1989 Mileage:9239 Color: Paint is as smooth as Glass
Location:

El Sobrante, California, United States

El Sobrante, California, United States
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    Listed for Sale is my Beautiful 1989 Lotus Esprit Turbo SE with only 9,239 Original Miles. This Rare Automobile is in like New Condition inside and out and in my opinion " one of the nicest around ". Words and photos can only begin to say how Beautiful this Car shows in person.

    Finished in the very disired Color combination of Bright Red with Charcoal Leather with Red Stitching and matching Lotus Logo  Custom Euro floor Mats. Looks unreal ! This is a true Show piece.  Car has been meticulously Maintaned and Pampered and it shows. The exterior Paint is as smooth as Glass & has always been Professionaly Detailed and always parked and covered inside since New. There are no blemishes on the Car and all the Rubber Seals inner and outer show no sign at all of wear of any sort. Even the Glass is OEM and Crystal clear. This Car was kept inside and treated as a true Collector Car should be. The Car has a Copy of it's Original Window sticker, the second Owners Purchase Order Papers and all it's Original Books. The Original Spare Wheel & Tire have never been out of the Car. It also has the Original Tool Kit and is even sitting on it's Original Goodyear Eagle ZR50 Tires !!!!! Also the removable Top Cover and Wind Deflector are even still there !

    Mechanically, the Engine and Transmission run flawlessly. It runs and drives with no issues at all. The Turbo Charged 4 Cylinder Engine provides great Power and starts right up and runs as if it was new. Driving down the road there are no squeaks or rattles. The Car was completely Serviced ( 2 Months prior to taking possession ) in 20011 and has only traveled 1K miles since. All Mechanical Components are up to spec. Absolutely everything works on the Car, but the Air Cond. needs to be recharged.

    All in all, this is a Rare and seldom seen Sports Car that will only increase in Value. This may be one of the lowest Mile and Original 1989 Lotus in the World !!!  Please compare to other neglected, abused Vehicles and it will be apparent that this Vehicle represents an excellent Value and is a lot of Car for the Money ! Has a clear Calif. Title and has just passed stringent Calif. Smog Requirements. Serious Bidders can call **** 510 334-1525 **** for details regarding this Vehicle. In fairness to Bidders, the Reserve will not be disclosed prior to the end of Auction. This Vehicle is Sold  " as is, with no warranty expressed or implied and no refunds " Seller reserves the Right to end Auction early, as Vehicle is For Sale locally.

**** 510 334-1525 ****

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Lotus Emira V6 First Edition starts at $93,900 in the U.S.

Sun, Oct 3 2021

A Lotus Talk forum thread revealed the letter Lotus sent to U.S. buyers who put in reservations for the coming Emira. The automaker revealed U.S. pricing; the V6 First Edition arriving in early 2022 starts at $93,900, and in late 2022 as a 2023-model-year-offering there will be a base four-cylinder Emira that starts at $74,900. Before the base I4 comes, the four-pot will also get a First Edition that we expect will elevate that $74,900 figure. Those prices don't include destination.   That V6 isn't cheap, of course, but it's less than the $100,000 price tag we guessed at based on the Emira's European pricing. That launch car also comes just about fully loaded, graced with the Driver's Pack, Lower Black Pack (more on that in a moment), Design Pack, and Convenience Pack, plus optional 20-inch wheels with diamond-cut two-tone finish and two-piece brake discs with branded calipers. It won't cost anything to swap the wheels for silver or black versions. The only other big-time options we know about so far are the $1,400 Extended Black Pack, which adds more black accents in places like the roof, mirror caps, and exhaust finishers, and the $2,150 six-speed automatic to replace the six-speed manual. But why would you get an automatic? The engine in the initial Emira is the same Toyota-sourced supercharged 3.5-liter V6 found in the Evora, producing 400 horsepower and 310 or 317 pound-feet of torque depending on transmission — the automatic gets the greater torque. The go-to competition for the V6 version is the Porsche Cayman GT4, the German doling out 14 more horsepower than the Englander for the same claimed 0-60 time, while being about $8,000 more expensive.  Next year's base model will run with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder procured from AMG, producing 360 hp and shifting through a dual-clutch transmission. The four-cylinder starts at about $2,400 more than the 350-hp Cayman S, but both cars will weigh and accelerate just about the same.   The six colors available now for the Lotus are Seneca Blue, Magma Red, Hethel Yellow, Dark Verdant, Shadow Grey and Nimbus Grey, but Lotus says more colors are coming. Word is Lotus plans to update its configurator on October 18, too, which should provide a better idea of what's going to be possible.  The Emira will replace every current model in Lotus' range, the Evora, Exige, and Elise, and be the last new internal combustion sports car from the Hethel maker.

Lotus could build production versions of Renault Alpine, Infiniti Emerg-E

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As with one of those blockbuster three-team NBA trades that actually improves the fortunes of every team involved, a report in Autocar indicates that Renault, Infiniti and Lotus are in talks that could benefit both manufacturers and enthusiasts. Renault is considering a production version of the devil-in-blue Alpine A110-50 concept but has said that it "probably needs more than the Renault-Nissan Alliance on its own." Enter Lotus, whose Evora platform could supply the running bits for the mid-engined Alpine revival.
That same Evora platform, in range-extended 414E concept form, is the basis for the Infiniti Emerg-E concept. Even though a decision hasn't been made on the Emerg-E's production, it is still being developed and the company has admitted that it "could be built in Britain." For its part, Lotus has said that it's ahead of schedule on the Evora 414E, with its 408 horsepower, 738 pound-feet of torque and 30-mile electric range. Development funds from both Renault and Infiniti could help make all three cars a closer possibility.

In hindsight, Musk wouldn't use Lotus for Tesla Roadster

Thu, May 15 2014

The world will be a different place after Elon Musk builds a time traveling device (don't ask us how we know that will happen). For one thing, the Tesla Roadster of the rewritten future will not have been built using the chassis of the Lotus Elise. Also, verb tenses will be becoming even more confusing and, possibly, awkward. "We ended up changing most of the damn car" – Elon Musk We know about the not-using-the-Lotus thing because the Tesla Motors CEO said as much yesterday at the World Energy Innovation Forum at the Tesla Factory in Fremont. The two-day event, which also offers Model S test rides and a factory tour for attendees, featured a fireside chat with the electric automaker's CEO and Ira Ehrenpreis. During the discussion, Musk revealed that if he had to do it over again, he would have built the Roadster from the ground up instead of using the Lotus Elise chassis. "We ended up changing most of the damn car, so we thought later, why did we do that," he said. Another problem with the original idea for the car was the drivetrain. At first, Tesla had meant to use the motor and other propulsive bits from AC Propulsion, only to find that powertrain didn't work well in a commercial application. Instead Tesla only licensed the reductive charging patent, which allowed some integration of the inverter and charger. Besides knocking Tesla's own early efforts, the outspoken entrepreneur took a couple swings at other technologies with quotable quotes such as: "The internal combustion engine is a ridiculous thing!" and "Current lithium ion technology is better than theoretical fuel cell limits. So, game over. Why bother with fuel cells?" Looks like there are some things Musk is not interested in going back in time and changing.