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Years: 1981-1986 Names: Turbo Esprit / Type 82 Units: 1,845 (2,274 including HC) Engine: 2,174 cc inline 4 turbo Power: 210 bhp @ 6,250 rpm Torque: 200 lb/ft @ 4,500 rpm 0-60 mph: 5.6 seconds April 1981 to October 1986. Cheaper ‘production’ version, with reduced trim spec; ...

Lotus 340R

Born from the Lotus Elise family, the open-top 340R began as a concept car in 1998 and was showcased at the UK’s Birmingham Motor Show. Its popularity proved monumental, and enough blank checks were sent to Lotus for them to ...

2006 Lotus Exige Cup

Lotus Sport, the motor sport division of Lotus Cars Ltd., has developed two higher performance versions of the 2006 Model Year Lotus Exige, the Lotus Exige Cup and the Lotus Exige Cup 240, both developed for track use straight out ...

Lotus Sport 2-Eleven

28th February 2007 – Lotus Sport, the race car performance arm of Lotus Cars Ltd, today unveiled the new Lotus 2-Eleven. Launched at the 77th annual Geneva International Motor Show, the Lotus 2-Eleven is aimed at the true track day ...

2006 Lotus Sport Exige GT3

A prototype of the Lotus Sport Exige GT3 race car was unveiled at the annual FIA GT Championship presentation ceremony outside the world famous Casino in Monte Carlo, Monaco on 02 December, 2005. The following day (03 December 2005), the ...

Lotus Elise Type 25 Jim Clark Edition

Jim Clark is considered by many as the finest and most naturally gifted racing driver of all time. He won the F1 World Championship twice for Team Lotus in 1963 and in 1965. In total, he won 25 Grand Prix ...

Lotus Elise (S3)

The Lotus Elise revolutionized the sports car market 14 years ago when the small, lightweight and agile 2-seat mid-engine sports car was introduced. By ensuring that the Elise stuck rigidly to Lotus’ core values of performance through light weight, the ...

2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer

For 2008 Lotus Cars released its latest limited edition – the exciting “Club Racer”, a visually distinctive version of the Exige S. The Club Racer represents a real value proposition, benefiting from standard upgrades as well as featuring a number ...

Lotus Esprit S4s

Released in 1995, the Esprit S4S fits between the 264bhp S4 and the Sport 300. The S4S is designed to drive like a 300 and ride like an S4. In 1995, many modifications were added to the S4 to improve ...

1999 Lotus Elise 49

Commemorating the great Type 49 grand prix car. Lotus closed the 20th century with a special edition Lotus Elise 49 that commemorates Lotus’ Grand Prix glory and racing history. It is painted in the same red, gold and white colour ...

Lotus Sport Exige GT3 Concept

The Lotus Exige S is the latest addition to the Exige range and is a real sports car that redefines the term Extreme Performance. With 121.4 bhp per liter it is one of most powerful production cars in the world ...

Lotus Elise 111R

In 2004, Lotus took to bold move and brought the Elise overseas to America. At the same time they secured a deal with Toyota to power the new car with the same 2ZZ-GE engine from the Celica GT-S. Run in ...

Lotus Exige (Series 2)

After an absence from the marketplace for 2 years, Lotus is reintroducing the Lotus Exige. The second generation Exige, unveiled as a world debut at the Geneva Motorshow in 2004, takes the same race car-for-the-road philosophy and applies it to ...

2005 Lotus Sport Exige 240R

Lotus Sport, the performance division of Lotus Cars Ltd., has developed the Lotus Sport Exige 240R, a limited edition high performance sports car with total production limited at fifty examples. Lotus Sport will build the 240R within its facilities at ...

Lotus Esprit S1

Years: 1975-1978 Names: Series 1 / S1 / Type 79 Units: 718 Engine: 1973 cc inline 4 Power: 160 bhp @ 6,200 rpm Torque: 140 lb/ft @ 4,900 rpm 0-60 mph: 8.4 secs The first Esprit had a Type 907 inline-4 which produced 160 bhp in European ...

2008 Lotus Sport Exige Cup 260

13th February 2008 – Lotus Sport, the motorsport division of Lotus Cars Ltd, has unveiled the MY2008 Lotus Sport Exige Cup 260. A direct development of the 2007 Exige Cup Car, this year’s car has a revised engine management ...

2006 Radical SR9

The SR9 is Radical’s first LMP2 car which debuted at Paul Ricard test in March 2006. The initial concept of the SR9 was a ‘value for money’ LMP2 car that used Radical’s own Powertec RPD 3.0 litre V8, but the ...

Lotus Europa John Player Special

Introduced in September 1972, the first 100 Big Valve cars were special. To honour Team Lotus’s victory in the 1972 and 1973 F1 World Championships, John Player Special (JPS) was released to commemorate the success. The cars were number-badged (numbered ...

1907 Renault 130HP Grand Prix

In Detail submitted by Richard Owen engine Inline-4 valvetrain OHV 2 Valves Cyl displacement 16286 cc / 993.8 in³ bore 180 mm / 7.09 in stroke 160 mm / 6.3 in power 96.9 kw / 129.9 bhp @ 1600 ...

2006 Lotus Exige S British GT Special Edition

Introducing the Lotus Exige S British GT Special Edition, based on the Lotus Exige S, the car that replicates the race colors of 019 as raced by Lotus Sport Cadena and celebrates the winning of the Brtish GT Championship. The ...

2003 Radical SR3 Turbo

Date: 15th July 2003-Radical’s new SR3 Turbo, driven by touring car ace, Phil Bennett, shattered the Nordschleife lap record of 7:32, by a massive 13 seconds. The new record was made all the more impressive by the fact that the ...

Lotus Elite

The Lotus Elite was introduced in 1957 at the London Motor Car Show as an example of a truly driver-oriented offering. It was the world’s first fiberglass monocoque production car, had a stressed-skin fiberglass unibody and was one of the ...

2009 Lotus Elise Club Racer

03 September 2009 Lotus Elise Club Racer – the perfect combination of performance, efficiency and style Making its debut at the I.A.A. in Frankfurt 2009, the Special Edition Lotus Elise Club Racer introduces new and exclusive colour schemes, bespoke ...

2008 Lotus Exige Sprint

21 January 2008 – Lotus Cars has taken one of the most recognisable and iconic Lotus colour schemes from the early 1970s and reintroduced it for the first time with the limited edition Exige Sprint. Just 40 right hand ...

Lotus Elise Sports Racer (S2)

21 October 2005 – Harking back to some key Lotus sports and GT racer colour schemes from the 1950s and 1960s, Lotus introduces the limited edition Lotus Elise Sports Racer. Under the blue and red colour schemes, the Elise ...

1963 Austin Mini Cooper S

BY 1963 the BMC Competition department knew what they wanted to do with the Mini. Their efforts culminated in the 1963 Austin Cooper S and Morris Cooper S. Besides a host of upgrades, the primary difference was a specially cast ...

1993 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione II

One of Lancia’s most successful products was the Delta. It was produced from 1979 to 1994 for many different road and track applications. The car debuted at the Frankfurt motor show as a Giorgio Guigaro design based on Fiat ...

2013 Audi S3

221 kW (300 hp) of power and 380 Nm (280.27 lb-ft) of torque – the third-generation Audi S3 raises the bar once again. Scheduled to launch in early 2013, the lightweight premium compact model combines its dynamic performance with groundbreaking ...

1999 Leblanc Caroline

In Detail submitted by Richard Owen price $ $863 000 USD engine Twin Turbo Inline-4 displacement 2000 cc / 122.0 in³ power 381.8 kw / 512.0 bhp @ 0 rpm specific output 256.0 bhp per litre bhp/weight bhp per ...

2013 Audi S3 Sportback

2005 Audi A4 DTM Edition

With the DTM series complete, Audi celebrates the year’s successes with a new car. The new AUDI A4 DTM edition, which was developed by quattro GmbH, is yet another reminder that Audi won all three titles this year. The model ...

2008 Audi A3 TDI clubsport quattro

A TDI from Audi is more than just another diesel – it is, in fact, a dynamic power unit and a rich source of driving pleasure. At the 27th annual Lake Wörther Tour being held in the Austria province of ...

2012 Audi A1 quattro

Audi is crowning its successful A1 model series with an exclusive top-of-the-line model. The dynamic A1 quattro, limited to just 333 units, moves to the head of the compact class. Its two-liter, turbocharged engine produces 188 kW (256 hp) and ...

2001 Mullen M-11 Roadster

The Mullen was originaly conceived to be an exotic sports car that would be available to the public for under $40k. It is built as hybrid car that combines the handling and performance of a lightweight race car but with ...

1958 Fiat Abarth 750 Record Monza Zagato

In 1958, Abarth updated their small ‘750 GT Zagato’ racecar and renamed it ‘750 Record Monza Zagato’. The biggest upgrade was a new DOHC cylinder head that was specially designed for the Fiat 600D engine. As early as 1956, ...

2003 Multimatic Daytona Prototype

Ford looks forward to a future in endurance racing with their Focus Daytona Prototype. A collaboration with Multimatic and Ford Racing has resulted in a new Daytona Prototype scheduled to run in the 2003 Grand-Am season. Multimatic is a Canadian-based ...

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