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Originally Posted by Lux
Automon, with all due respect, the Esprit was badass in the '80s and early '90s but are somewhat "disco" now. Their chassis dates back to, what, the '70s? Reliablility is horrible. And remember how they were in bed with Isuzu? Look at the steering wheel in that Esprit...it's an Isuzu steering wheel! Uggh. Well, I guess Porsche does have VW parts...but let's not go there. 
Anyway, good luck with whatever you buy but keep in mind that you will most likely be trading a worry for a lot bigger worry. |
Hi,
No disrespect, but you haven't a clue what you're talking about. My 22 year old Turbo Esprit will run circles and blow the doors off 99% of all current models out there. The dated chassis you refer to will go 1.12G on a skidpad, something
no stock Porsche will do.
In bed with Isuzu? Clearly you don't understand Lotus. Lotus is essentially two halves forming one company, the limited production manufacturing side and Lotus Engineering.
Lotus Engineering provides more than 50% of all revenues to the company by doing engineering work for many other car manufacturers. The Delorean, Toyota MR2, Vauxhall VX220, even the Aston Martin DB9 all had chassis work done by Lotus, so what if Isuzu also contracted with them? Lotus also developed the LT1 Engine for Chevy when GM owned Lotus ('86-'89) (though they don't brag about it - little wonder). And, let's not forget that the Lotus 910 engine (which powered the 1st 5 generations of the Esprit) also powered the Jensen-Healey before the Esprit was even released with little reliability issues. An Esprit is as reliable as you want to make it. It requires more frequent maintenance, but that's engineering, not reliability.
And, FYI, the stock Esprit Steering Wheel is a MOMO Wheel (and
much nicer than any Porsche Wheel) with a proprietary Horn Button,
not from some Isuzu parts bin! No Isuzu parts have ever been used in an Esprit or any other Lotus Car...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99