LOTUS

Lotus Cars is a British company^[1] that manufactures sports cars and racing cars with its headquarters in Hethel, United Kingdom, and is a subsidiary of Malaysian automotive company Proton. Notable Lotus cars include the Esprit, Elan, Europa and Elise sports cars and it had motor racing success with Team Lotus in Formula One. Lotus Cars is based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics.^[2] It also owns the engineering consultancy Lotus Engineering, which has facilities in the United Kingdom, United States, China, and Malaysia.

Lotus is owned by DRB-HICOM through its subsidiary Proton, which acquired it following the bankruptcy of former owner Romano Artioli in 1996

History

The company was formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. by engineers Colin Chapman and Colin Dare, both graduates of University College, London, in 1952. The four letters in the middle of the logo stand for the initials of company founder, Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. When the logo was created, Colin Chapman’s original partners Michael and Nigel Allen were led to believe that the letters stood for Colin Chapman and the Allen Brothers.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]}

The first factory was situated in old stables behind the Railway Hotel in Hornsey, North London. Team Lotus, which was split off from Lotus Engineering in 1954, was active and competitive in Formula One racing from 1958 to 1994. The Lotus Group of Companies was formed in 1959. This was made up of Lotus Cars Limited and Lotus Components Limited, which focused on road cars and customer competition car production, respectively. Lotus Components Limited became Lotus Racing Limited in 1971 but the newly renamed entity ceased operation in the same year.^[3]

The company moved to a purpose built factory at Cheshunt in 1959^[4] and since 1966 the company has occupied a modern factory and road test facility at Hethel, near Wymondham. This site is the former RAF Hethel base and the test track uses sections of the old runway.

In its early days Lotus sold cars aimed at privateer racers and trialists. Its early road cars could be bought as kits, in order to save on purchase tax. The kit car era ended in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Lotus Elan Plus Two being the first Lotus road car not to be offered in kit form, and the Lotus Eclat and Lotus Elite of the mid 1970s being offered only in factory built versions.

After the elegant but delicate Lotus Elite of the 1950s, Lotus found critical and sales success in the 1960s with the Lotus Elan two seater, later developed to two plus two form. Lotus was notable for its use of fibreglass bodies, backbone chassis, and twin cam engines, initially supplied by Coventry Climax but later replaced by Lotus-Ford units (Ford block, Lotus head and valve gear). Lotus worked with Ford on the Lotus Cortina, a successful sports saloon.

Another Lotus of the late 60s and early 70s was the two seater Lotus Europa, initially intended only for the European market, which paired a backbone chassis and lightweight body with a mid mounted Renault engine, later upgraded to the Lotus-Ford twin cam unit as used in the Elan.

The Lotus Seven, originating in the 1950s as a simple, lightweight open two seater continued in production into the early 70s. Lotus then sold the rights to produce the Seven to Caterham, which has continued to produce the car since then.

By the mid 1970s, Lotus sought to move upmarket with the launch of the Elite and Eclat models, four seaters aimed at prosperous buyers, with features such as optional air conditioning and optional automatic transmissions. The mid engined line continued with the Lotus Esprit, which was to prove one of the company’s longest lived and most iconic models. Lotus developed its own series of four cylinder DOHC engines, the Lotus 900 series, and later a V8, and turbocharged versions of the engines appeared in the Esprit.

Variants of the 900 series engine were supplied for the Jensen Healey sports car and the Sunbeam Lotus “hot hatchback”. In the 1980s, Lotus collaborated with Vauxhall Motors to produce the Lotus Carlton, the fastest roadgoing Vauxhall car.

Financial troubles, death of Chapman

By 1980, Group Lotus was in serious financial trouble. Production had dropped from 1,200 units per year to a mere 383. The combined reasons were that the world was in the middle of an economic recession, sales in the key United States market had virtually collapsed and there had been limited development of the then model range.^[5]

In early 1982, Chapman came to an agreement with Toyota to exchange intellectual property and applied expertise. This initially resulted in Lotus Engineering helping to develop the Mk2 Toyota Supra, also known as the Toyota Celica XX. Secondly it allowed Lotus to launch the new Lotus Excel to replace the ageing Lotus Eclat. Using drivetrain and other components from Toyota enabled Lotus to sell the Excel for £1,109 less than the outgoing Eclat.^[5]

Looking to re-enter the North American market, Chapman was approached by young law professor and investment banking consultant, Joe Bianco, who proposed a new and separate United States sales company for Lotus. By creating an unprecedented tax-incentived mechanism (wherein each investor received a specially personalised Lotus Turbo Esprit),^[6] the new American company, Lotus Performance Cars Inc. (LPCI), was able to provide fresh capital to the Group Lotus in the United Kingdom. Former Ferrari North America general manager John Spiech was brought in to run LPCI, which imported the remarkable Giugiaro-designed Turbo Esprit for the first time. US sales began to quickly jump into triple digits annually.^[7]

Chapman died of a heart attack on 16 December 1982 at the age of 54, having begun life an innkeeper’s son and ended a multi-millionaire industrialist in post-war Britain. At the time of his death, the car maker had built thousands of successful racing and road cars, and won the Formula One World Championship seven times.

At the time of his death, both Chapman and Lotus were linked with the DeLorean Motor Company scandal over the use of UK Government subsidies for the production of the DeLorean DMC-12, for which Lotus had designed the chassis. Chasing large sums of money which had disappeared from the DeLorean company, Lotus was besieged by Inland Revenue inspectors, who imposed an £84 million legal “protective assessment” on the company.^[8] Chapman died before the full deceit unravelled but, at the subsequent trial of Fred Bushell, the Lotus accountant, the judge insisted that, had Chapman himself been in the dock, he would have received a sentence “of at least 10 years”.^[9]

With Group Lotus near bankruptcy in 1983, through an introduction from his friend Mark Thatcher,^[8] English accountant and entrepreneur David Wickins, the founder of the world’s largest vehicle remarketing business British Car Auctions, agreed to become the new company chairman.^[8] Taking a combined 29% BCA/personal stake in Group Lotus,^[10] Wickins negotiated with the Inland Revenue, and then brought in new investors: merchant bank Schroeder-Wagg (14%);^[10]Michael Ashcroft‘s Bermudian operating company Benor (14%);^[11] Sir Anthony Bamford of JCB (12%).^[10] Wickins oversaw a complete turnaround in the company’s fortunes, which resulted in him being called “The saviour of Lotus”.

International ownership

Despite having employed designer Peter Stevens to revamp the range and design two new concept cars,^{[citation needed]} by 1985 the British investors recognised that they lacked the required capital to invest in the required new model development to production, and sought to find a major motor manufacturing buyer.^[10] In January 1986, Wickins oversaw the majority sale of the Group Lotus companies and 100% of North American–based LPCI to General Motors, with engineer Bob Eaton a big Lotus car fan.^[10] After four months of controlling but co-owning Group Lotus with Toyota, the Japanese company sold out to GM. By October 1986, GM had acquired a 91% stake in Group Lotus for £22.7 million, which allowed them to legally force the company buyout.^[10]

On 27 August 1993, GM sold the company, for £30 million, to A.C.B.N. Holdings S.A. of Luxembourg, a company controlled by Italian businessman Romano Artioli, who also owned Bugatti Automobili SpA. In 1996, a majority share in Lotus was sold to Proton, a Malaysian car company listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Lotus car models

Current Lotus models include:

• Lotus Elise: The Elise was launched in 1996 and weighed 725 kg (1,598 lb). The current range of Elise’s starts at 866 kg (1,909 lb) and incorporates some engineering innovations, such as an aluminium extrusion frame and a composite body shell. The Elise has spawned several racing variants, including a limited series called the 340R, which has an open-body design echoing the old Seven. The Elise was introduced into the US, with a Toyota engine, to pass strict US emissions laws. The 1ZZ & 2ZZ Toyota engines used to have a Lotus ECU with their own fuel mapping. The supercharged Lotus Elise S (which replaced the SC model) and limited edition Jim Clark Type 25 Elise editions add a new performance dimension to the Elise range. 0–60 mph acceleration is in 4.3 seconds and 0–100 km/h in 4.6 seconds.
• Lotus Exige S: Currently the only Exige on sale is the Exige S with a supercharged engine providing 345 bhp (the same as in the Evora S) from supercharged 3.5-litre V6 .
• Lotus Evora: Launched 22 July 2008. Code named Project Eagle during development. A 2+2 sports car with a mid-mounted, transverse 3.5-litre V6 engine. Lotus will provide the Evora S Model (2011) as Rapid Response Vehicles to the Rome and Milan Carabinieri to replace the previous Lamborghini Gallardos. See Lotus webpage A facelifted and more powerful Evora 400 model was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.^[18]
• Lotus T125 Exos: Track-only Formula One inspired car. 3.5l Cosworth V8, 640 bhp; 25 will be built at $1 million each. To run in the ‘Exos Experience by Lotus’, a club, initiated and operated by Lotus Motorsport, in which a limited number of owner drivers can refine their driving skills and challenge themselves with expert one-to-one advice from former Grand Prix drivers and trainers. Also, previous holder of the fastest Top Gear lap time although it was disqualified for not being able to meet the requirements of getting over a speed bump.

 

Previous

• Lotus Mark I (1948): Austin 7–based sports car
• Lotus Mark II (1949–1950): Ford-powered trials car
• Lotus Mark III (1951): 750 cc formula car
• Lotus Mark IV (1952): Trials car
• Lotus Mark V (1952): 750 cc formula car, never built
• Lotus Mark VI (1953–1955): The first “production” racer, about 100 built
• Lotus Seven (1957–1972): A minimalist open sports car designed to manoeuvre a racing circuit.^[19]
• Lotus Mark VIII (1954): sports racer, MG 1.5 L
• Lotus Mark IX (1955): sports racer, shorter and improved Eight
• Lotus Mark X (1955): sports racer for larger displacement, Bristol/BMW 2 L
• Lotus Eleven (1956–1957): small displacement sports racer (750 – 1500 cc)
• Lotus 12 (1956–1957): Formula Two and Formula One racecar
• Lotus 13: Designation not used
• Lotus 14 (1957–1963): Lotus Elite, the first production street car
• Lotus 15 (1958–1960): Sports racer, update of the Mk.X, Climax 1.5 – 2.5 L
• Lotus 16 (1958–1959): F1/F2 car, “Miniature Vanwall”
• Lotus 17 (1959): Lighter sports racer update of the 11 in response to Lola Mk.I
• Lotus 18 (1960–1961): First mid-engined Lotus single seater—Formula Junior/F2/F1
• Lotus 19 (1960–1962): Mid-engined larger displacement sports racer, “Monte Carlo”
• Lotus 20 (1961): Formula Junior
• Lotus 21 (1961): Formula One
• Lotus 22 (1962–1965): Formula Junior/F3
• Lotus 23 (1962–1966): Small displacement mid-engined sports racer
• Lotus 24 (1962): Formula One
• Lotus 25 (1962–1964): Formula One World Champion
• Lotus 26 (1962–1971): Lotus Elan, production street sports car
• Lotus 26R (1962–1966): Racing version of Elan
• Lotus 27 (1963): Formula Junior
• Lotus 28 (1963–1966): Lotus version of the Ford Cortina street/racer
• Lotus 29 (1963): Indy car, Ford all-aluminium OHV small block V8
• Lotus 30 (1964): Large displacement sports racer (Ford small block V8)
• Lotus 31 (1964–1966): Formula Three space frame racer
• Lotus 32 (1964–1965): Monocoque F2 and Tasman Cup racer
• Lotus 33 (1964–1965): Formula One World Champion
• Lotus 34 (1964): Indy car, DOHC Ford V8
• Lotus 35 (1965): F2/F3/FB
• Lotus 36 (1965–1968): Elan Fixed Head Coupe (Type 26 could be fitted with a removable hard top)
• Lotus 38 (1965): Indy winning mid-engined car
• Lotus 39 (1965–1966): Tasman Cup formula car
• Lotus 40 (1965): Sports racer, a development of the 30
• Lotus 41 (1965–1968): Formula Three, Formula Two, Formula B
• Lotus 42 (1967): Indy car, Ford V8
• Lotus 43 (1966): Formula One
• Lotus 44 (1967): Formula Two
• Lotus 45 (1966–1974): Convertible (Drop Head Coupe) Elan with permanent side window frames.
• Lotus 46 (1966–1968): Original Renault-engined Europa
• Lotus 47 (1966–1970): Racing version of Europa
• Lotus 48 (1967): Formula Two
• Lotus 49 (1967–1969): Formula One World Champion
• Lotus 50 (1967–1974): Lotus Elan +2, four-seat production car
• Lotus 51 (1967–1969): Formula Ford
• Lotus 52 (1968): Prototype Europa Twin Cam
• Lotus 53 (1968): Small displacement sports racer, never built
• Lotus 54 (1968–1970): Series 2 ‘Europa’ production car.
• Lotus 55 (1968): F3
• Lotus 56 (1968–1969): Indy turbine wedge
• Lotus 56B (1971): F1 turbine wedge
• Lotus 57 (1968): F2 design study
• Lotus 58 (1968): F1 design study
• Lotus 59 (1969–1970): F2/F3/Formula Ford
• Lotus LX (1960): Lotus Elite built to win at Le Mans with a 2.0 L FPF engine.
• Lotus 60 (1970–1973): Lotus Seven S4, Greatly modified version of the Seven
• Lotus 61 (1969): Formula Ford, “the wedge”
• Lotus 62 (1969): prototype Europa racer
• Lotus 63 (1969): 4-wheel drive F1
• Lotus 64 (1969): 4-wheel drive Indy car, did not compete
• Lotus 65 (1969–1971): Federalized Europa S2
• Lotus 66: Can-Am design study^[20]
• Lotus 67 (1970): Proposed Tasman Cup car, never built
• Lotus 68 (1969): F5000 prototype
• Lotus 69 (1970): F2/F3/Formula Ford
• Lotus 70 (1970): F5000/Formula A
• Lotus 71: Undisclosed design study
• Lotus 72 (1970–1972): Formula One World Champion
• Lotus 73 (1972–1973): F3
• Lotus 74 (1971–1975): Europa Twin Cam production car
• Lotus 75 (1974–1982): Elite II, Luxury 4-seat GT
• Lotus 76 (1974): F1, redundant designation
• Lotus 76 (1975–1982): Éclat S1, fastback version of Elite II, redundant designation
• Lotus 77 (1976): F1
• Lotus 78 (1977–1978): F1 ground effects car
• Lotus 79 (1975–1980) Lotus Esprit, street GT,^[21] redundant designation
• Lotus 79 (1978–1979): Formula One World Champion, redundant designation
• Lotus 80 (1979): F1
• Lotus 81 (1979–1980): Sunbeam Talbot Lotus, redundant designation
• Lotus 81 (1980–1981): F1, redundant designation
• Lotus 82 (1982–1987): Turbo Esprit, street GT car
• Lotus 83 (1980): Elite series 2
• Lotus 84 (1980–1982): Éclat series 2
• Lotus 85 (1980–1987): Esprit series 3
• Lotus 86 (1980–1983): F1 dual chassis, never raced
• Lotus 87 (1980–1982): F1
• Lotus 88 (1981): F1 dual chassis car, banned
• Lotus 89 (1982–1992): Lotus Excel GT, re-engineered Éclat
• Lotus 90: Unreleased Elan/Toyota
• Lotus 91 (1982): F1
• Lotus 92 (1983): F1
• Lotus 93T (1983): F1 Turbo
• Lotus 94T (1983): F1 Turbo
• Lotus 95T (1984): F1 Turbo
• Lotus 96T (1984): Indy car project, abandoned
• Lotus 97T (1985–1986): F1 Turbo
• Lotus 98T (1986–1987): F1 Turbo
• Lotus 99T (1987): F1 Turbo, last Lotus F1 winner
• Lotus 100T (1988): F1 Turbo
• Lotus Elan (Type M100) (1989–1995): Front-drive convertible Elan.
• Lotus 101 (1989): F1
• Lotus 102 (1990–1991): F1
• Lotus 103 (1990): F1, not produced
• Lotus 104 (1990–1992): Lotus Carlton/Omega, tuned version of the Opel/Vauxhall saloon.
• Lotus 105 (1990): Racing X180R, IMSA Supercars Drivers Champ (Doc Bundy)
• Lotus 106 (1991): X180R, roadgoing homologation special
• Lotus 107 (1992–1994): F1
• Lotus 108 (1992): a bicycle ridden by Chris Boardman to win a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, also known as the “LotusSport Pursuit Bicycle”.
• Lotus 109 (1994): F1, Last Lotus F1 car.
• Lotus 110: Production version of type 108 bicycle
• Lotus 111: Lotus Elise
• Lotus 112: Partial F1 design, reached as far as the monocoque buck
• Lotus 113: Number not allocated
• Lotus 114 (1996): Lotus Esprit GT1 race car
• Lotus 115 (1997–1998): Lotus Elise GT1 race car
• Lotus 116: Opel Speedster/Vauxhall VX220, a collaboration with Opel
• Lotus 117: Lotus Elise S2^{[citation needed]}
• Lotus 118: Lotus M250, two-seat mid-range sports car concept unveiled in Autumn of 1999, project cancelled in 2001
• Lotus 119: Soapbox Derby car made of carbon and aluminium, disc brakes, no engine, for Goodwood Festival of Speed
• Lotus 120 (1998): Elise V6, code named M120, never produced
• Lotus 121 (2006): Europa S^[22]
• Lotus 122: Lotus Evora
• Lotus 123: Lotus 2-Eleven
• Lotus 124: Lotus Evora, race car
• Lotus 125: Lotus Exos

 

Announcements of future cars

At the 2010 Paris Motorshow, Lotus announced five new models to be introduced over the next five years:^[24] Their intention was to replace the Elise with an entirely different model, as well as to introduce two entirely new sports coupes, which would have been known as the Elite and the Elan, a new sports saloon, the Eterne, to rival the Aston Martin Rapide and Maserati Quattroporte, and a modern interpretation of the Esprit supercar.^[25]

It became apparent in July 2012 that the firm’s financial difficulties had made this plan impossible to implement, and initially all but the Esprit project were cancelled.^[26][27] Subsequently the Esprit project was also cancelled.^[28]

Lotus also showed an unnamed city car concept using its 1.2L range-extender engine.^[29] In 2011, Lotus revealed this as the Lotus Ethos, a plug-in hybrid car based on the EMAS concept from its parent company Proton, and likely to be primarily built by Proton in Malaysia.^[25] This car has also been cancelled.^[30]

Lotus CEO Jean Marc Gales has confirmed that development of an SUV is currently under way.

 

 

LOTUS CONCEPT

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE GT3 CONCEPT 2007

BBR LOTUS ESPRIT 2010 PARIS AUTO SHOW concept

LOTUS CARS

LOTUS – SEVEN

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – SEVEN S2 1960

MINICHAMPS – LOTUS – SUPER SEVEN SPIDER 1968

SOLIDO – LOTUS – SUPER SEVEN 1969

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – SEVEN S4 SPIDER TYPE 60 1969

 LOTUS – ELITE

IXO-MODELS – LOTUS – ELITE 1962

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELITE 1974

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELITE S2 1980

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELITE S2 ESSEX COUPE 2-DOOR 1980

LOTUS – ECLAT

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ECLAT S1 1975

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ECLAT COUPE S2 1980

LOTUS – CORTINA

MINICHAMPS – LOTUS – CORTINA MKI 1963

VANGUARDS – LOTUS – CORTINA MKII

LOTUS – EUROPA

EBBRO – LOTUS – EUROPA S1 TYPE 46 1966

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EUROPA S1 1966

EBBRO – LOTUS – EUROPA S2 1968

HONGWELL – LOTUS – EUROPA SPECIAL 1968

EBBRO – LOTUS – EUROPA S2 TYPE 65 1969

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EUROPA TWIN CAM COUPE 1971

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EUROPA COUPE SPECIAL 1972

KYOSHO – LOTUS – EUROPA SPECIAL JPS 1974

KYOSHO – LOTUS – EUROPA GT N 47 1974

KYOSHO – LOTUS – EUROPA SPECIAL – The Circuit Wolf by Satoshi Ikezawa

KYOSHO – LOTUS – EUROPA SPECIAL 1974

AUTOART – LOTUS – EUROPA S 2006

AUTOART – LOTUS – EUROPA S COUPE 2006

LOTUS – ELAN

VITESSE – LOTUS – ELAN 3 SERIES S/E COUPE

KYOSHO – LOTUS – ELAN S3 OPEN

HONGWELL – LOTUS – ELAN SPRINT CABRIOLET

EDICOLA – LOTUS – ELAN COUPE

EBBRO – LOTUS – ELAN TYPE 26 S1

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELAN S1 SPIDER 1961

EBBRO – LOTUS – ELAN TYPE 26 S2 1964

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELANE SPRINT FHC COUPE 1965

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELANE S3 FHC COUPE 1965

OXFORD-MODELS – LOTUS – ELANE PLUS II COUPE 2-DOOR 1965

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELAN SPRINT DHC SPIDER 1971

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELAN S4 HEXAGON ESTATE 1971

PREMIUM-X – LOTUS – ELAN M100 S2 SPIDER 1994

 

PREMIUM-X – LOTUS – ELAN M100 S2 SPIDER CLOSED 1994

SMTS – Lotus Elan SE

LOTUS – ELISE

HONGWELL – LOTUS SPORT ELISE

HONGWELL – LOTUS SPORT ELISE HARDTOP

VITESSE – LOTUS – ELISE 111S SPIDER – OPEN

VITESSE – LOTUS – ELISE 111S – HARD TOP

Vitesse Lotus Elise S1 Type 49

MAXI-CAR – LOTUS – ELISE 49 SPIDER

Provence Moulage – Lotus Elise MkI

VITESSE – LOTUS – ELISE MKI closed

VITESSE – LOTUS – ELISE MKI

AUTOART – LOTUS – ELISE 111S

AUTOART – LOTUS – ELISE 111R

AUTOART – LOTUS – ELISE 2002

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELISE GT1 1997

EDICOLA – LOTUS – ELISE GT1 1997

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELISE S CUP 2016

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELISE N 14 CUP R 2015

LOTUS – EXIGE

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE MKI 2000

ALTAYA –  LOTUS – EXIGE S2 COUPE 2000

SOLIDO – LOTUS – EXIGE S2 COUPE 2000

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE 2000

IXO-MODELS – LOTUS – EXIGE 2003

AUTOART – LOTUS – EXIGE MKII 2005

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – SPORT EXIGE 2005

IXO-MODELS – LOTUS – EXIGE COUPE SPRINT EDITION 2006

ALTAYA – LOTUS – EXIGE S 2006

IXO-MODELS – LOTUS – EXIGE S 2006

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – SPORT EXIGE GT3 2006

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE R-GT COUPE N 16 2-DOOR 2011

MOTOR-MAX – LOTUS – EXIGE S 2012

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE S N 3 2012

LOOKSMART – LOTUS – EXIGE S3 2012

LOOKSMART – LOTUS – EXIGE S3 2012

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE S 2012

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE S ROADSTER 2013

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE S V6 CUP R 2013

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE S ROADSTER 2013

LOOKSMART – LOTUS – EXIGE S3 ROADSTER 2013

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EXIGE S CLUB RACER 2016

EDICOLA – LOTUS EXIGE SPORT 380 – 2016

LOTUS – ESPRIT

VANGUARDS – LOTUS – ESPRITE MKI COUPE 1976 – LAST S1 PRODUCED

CORGI – LOTUS – ESPRITE MKI COUPE S1 CHASSIS 0100G 1976 – THE FIRST PRODUCTION ESPRITE

MINICHAMPS – LOTUS – ESPRIT 1978

VANGUARDS – LOTUS – ESPRITE MKII 1978 – WORLD CHAMPION COMMEMORATIVE MODEL

VANGUARDS – LOTUS – ESPRITE MKII 1978 – 1st PRODUCTION SERIES 2

AUTOART – LOTUS – ESPRIT TYPE 1979

 Western models – Lotus esprit Turbo Essex

AUTOART – LOTUS – ESPRIT TURBO 1987

SMTS – Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo

STARTER – LOTUS – ESPRIT V8 3.0 1996

ALEZAN – Lotus Esprit SE

AUTOART – LOTUS – ESPRIT V8 1996

AUTOART – LOTUS – ESPRIT V8 COUPE 1996

EDICOLA – LOTUS – ESPRITE V8 COUPE 2002

EDICOLA – LOTUS – ESPRIT 1977 – 007 JAMES BOND – THE SPY WHO LOVED ME – LA SPIA CHE MI AMAVA

MINICHAMPS – LOTUS – ESPRIT S1 SUBMARINE – 007 JAMES BOND – THE SPY WHO LOVED ME – LA SPIA CHE MI AMAVA

EDICOLA – LOTUS – ESPRIT TURBO 1981 – 007 JAMES BOND – FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – SOLO PER I TUOI OCCHI

MINICHAMPS – LOTUS – ESPRITE TURBO CON SCI – 007 JAMES BOND- FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – SOLO PER I TUOI OCCHI

MINICHAMPS – LOTUS – ESPRIT S1 – 007 JAMES BOND – THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

EDICOLA – LOTUS – ESPRIT TURBO 1981 – 007 JAMES BOND – FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – SOLO PER I TUOI OCCHI

EDICOLA – LOTUS – ESPRIT 1977 – 007 JAMES BOND – THE SPY WHO LOVED ME – LA SPIA CHE MI AMAVA

LOTUS – EVORA

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA 2009

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA S COUPE 2010

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA HYBRID 2010

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA TYPE 124 CUP 2010

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA S – SPECIAL EDITION – 2011

CORGI – LOTUS – EVORA S 2011 – SPECIAL EDITION

CORGI – LOTUS – EVORA S COUPE 2011

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA S CARABINIERI 2-DOOR 2011

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA GTE COUPE 2011

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA 400 COUPE 2015

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – EVORA 400 2016

EDICOLA – LOTUS – EVORA 410 2016

LOTUS – 3-ELEVEN

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – 3-ELEVEN PRESENTATION 2015

SPARK-MODEL – LOTUS – ELEVEN 2 – TOKYO MOTORSHOW 2007