Lotus Plans Flagship Supercar

17 Oct, 2007 4 Comments

It may be no secret that a successor to the highly collectible Esprit super car is in the works, however Lotus USA boss Mike Kimberly has said it won’t be taking pride of place as Lotus’ hero car.

Instead, Kimberly has said that a new Lotus super car to rival the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche has been planned for 2010 onward.

In an ambitious move, Lotus also plan to triple production from 2,875 cars last year to over 8,000. This move is to be led by a new 2+2 GT Coupe codenamed Project Eagle which will debut at next years British International Motor Show and go on sale by 2009.

Kimberley has also indicated shareholder interest in Lotus collaborating with parent company Proton to create go-fast versions of their current models, similar to the previous generation Proton Satria GTi.

Thanks to MotorAuthority.

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4 Responses to “Lotus Plans Flagship Supercar”

Going Ford, Is The Going Thing Says:
October 17th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Hope it will be alot more powerfull than the other ones.
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Flying High Says:
October 17th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
a new Esprit would be very nice….please Mr Kimberly…and don’t screw around with the shape - just an update to the Esprit we all know and (some of us) love
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Going Ford, Is The Going Thing Says:
October 17th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
If it’s ment to take on Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche (NOW NISSAN, LOL!) it needs to have a twinturbo charged engine or atleast more than a 4 cilinder.
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ImportJap Says:
October 17th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Any of you guys even been in that ‘4cylinder’, the Exige S? The car weighs under 920kg, carries a supercharged, intercooled 1.7L 163KW motor that pushes this thing to 100 in under 4 seconds. It won’t take many more horses to get it into the 3 sec territory. And thats just the S, never mind other models.
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