1997 Lotus Esprit Average ... Its heart is powered by a formidable 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8 engine, unleashing an astonishing ...

The Lotus Emira could become the first model from the Geely-owned performance car brand to offer V8 power since the Esprit V8 was axed in 2004. Autocar reports Lotus is investigating the installation ...

AMG also supplies its 4.0 twin-turbo V8 to Aston Martin for fitment into cars such as the Vantage sports car and DBX SUV. However, it remains to be seen how much adaptation the mid-engined Emira ...

The Lotus Esprit Turbo SE produces 264 hp at 6500 rpm—a 36-hp increase over the standard-issue 1990 Esprit Tur­bo. Of course, the SE package adds twelve grand to the sticker, which works out to ...

The ultimate Esprit arrived in 1996, packing a twin-turbo V-8 engine of Lotus design that truly put the model in the supercar league. Over 350 hp was available from the 3.5-liter engine. The extra ...

Lotus Esprit Sport 300: ... The vast majority of Esprits were powered by inline fours, but the fourth and last series was available with a potent twin-turbo V8 from the 1996 model year onwards.

Even once it was signed off, no one had great hopes for the little Sunbeam, despite Lotus tweaks to the suspension and shell, and a 2.2-litre version of their twin-cam 900-series engine up front.

But, in 1996, Lotus would unleash the best iteration of the Esprit – the Esprit V8. Today, we have a beautiful V8 Esprit from 2004, which means it’s a Final Edition special.