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yg60m · 08-10-2004, 02:57 PM

I think RC45 is right on this one, USA bought lot of Lotus Esprit , i think it was its biggest market for this car

mindgam3 · 08-10-2004, 03:02 PM

lol, that just proves my point then, if its a good car it will sell everywhere....

yg60m · 08-10-2004, 03:10 PM

RC45 · 08-10-2004, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by mindgam3

lol, that just proves my point then, if its a good car it will sell everywhere....

Wrong - if it is sold in a market with "disposable income" and the car has a support network - it will sell.

Lotus fucked themselves out of the US market with bad delaer support and really low quality control.

Once again - the US economy will save another consumer product.. (unless the Chinese suddenly decide to buuy sorts cars instead of Cadillacs..

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bmagni · 08-10-2004, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by thenumber1

Hmm.. i hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as the M250 Concept

i think it might be based on it

possessed_beaver · 08-11-2004, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by RC45

Originally Posted by mindgam3

Originally Posted by RC45

Originally Posted by mindgam3

Originally Posted by RC45

Lotus need to have a much better dealer network outside of the UK if they want to grow the way they invision.

The lack of proper dealer support has always hurt Lotus in the rest of the world.

At least they're actually selling some in america unlike GM with their vette in europe

If you are going to offer counter points - please at least be factual.

GM sells more Corvettes on the world export market than Lotus makes cars each year

I'll try find some for you

But i bet, as a proportion of the total amount of lotus's sold each year, more are sold in america than the proportion of the total amount of vettes that are sold in the uk

I'd go one step further, and say that if it wasn't for wealthy Yanks buying Lotii - they would have gone out of business decades ago..

i would actualy saw "if it wasen't for proton buying lotus"

Chingachgook · 08-11-2004, 10:08 AM

I don't like the look...but I think it's not even near to the real car...it seems a photoshopped VX220... But I'd like to see the real one...a car between Elise (the best for me) and the Esprit

HeilSvenska · 08-12-2004, 11:21 AM

it seems a photoshopped VX220

because it is. The pic is that of a mid engined car, but the GT, if it will ever be made sounds like a front engined.

but Lotus shouldn't make GTs. What happened to hard core sports cars?

Nik^XeN · 08-12-2004, 01:12 PM

That car on the Auto Express front...

My frend work for lotus.. and he said this
"that car is a Lotus 'fun toy' released to the public, the final car will look different"

mindgam3 · 08-12-2004, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by HeilSvenska

it seems a photoshopped VX220

because it is. The pic is that of a mid engined car, but the GT, if it will ever be made sounds like a front engined.

but Lotus shouldn't make GTs. What happened to hard core sports cars?

I would consider the esprit a GT.... more so than a hardcore sports car anyway.

SilviaEvo · 08-12-2004, 11:43 PM

looks weird

HeilSvenska · 08-13-2004, 09:58 AM

I would consider the esprit a GT.... more so than a hardcore sports car anyway.

???how???

no (modern) Lotus can be relaxing to drive or comfortable for cruising!

a mid engined car weighing only 1380kg with 350bhp twin turbo V8 cannot be a GT even if it tried

ViperASR · 08-13-2004, 10:38 AM

but its fun on the track, and thats what lotus is good at, making a street legal car go incredably fast