If you’re the type of automotive enthusiast who loves classic European sports cars, adding an Esprit to your collection should be a no-brainer, especially if you can get a twin-turbo V8 model.

The result was the twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter engine that would now find a home in Esprit's mid-engine chassis. The new Lotus V8 engine was designed to fit perfectly into the Esprit's engine bay.

This 2002 Lotus Esprit V8 is up for auction at Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas, and could be the affordable exotic you've been waiting for.

Lotus CEO suggests the Emira could be due for an upgrade from V6 to V8 power as feasibility investigation is underway.

Whatever engine Lotus adopts for its first V8 sports car since the Esprit bowed out in 2004, we just hope it works out how to package it with a manual transmission – something Aston did manage ...

Lotus built a total of 10,675 units of the Esprit during the 28-year production run, but the Last Edition is quite rare with only 79 models manufactured between 2003 and 2004.

The Emira's current supercharged V6 won't be emissions-compliant for much longer, and Lotus needs something that Americans will want to buy.

The mid-engine Esprit is built in England by a company famous for its engineering and racing success, but Lotus is no longer a purely British company. Proton, the national car company of Malaysia ...

Still, there was no arguing with the performance supplied by the 350-hp twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-8. Though the new V-8 may not sound Ferrari-esque, it certainly inspires the Esprit to supercar ...

The Esprit is one of the most famous and longest-living Lotus models ever having remained in production for close to three decades (!), from 1976 to 2004.

The car at auction today brings those things together and adds a dash of coolness, as it is a 25th Anniversary Edition Lotus Esprit. This car isn’t special just because it comes as the last ...

The result was the twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter engine that would now find a home in Esprit's mid-engine chassis. The new Lotus V8 engine was designed to fit perfectly into the Esprit's engine bay.