To provide more interior passenger space and to allow for the use of the more bulky Type 907 engine, the wheelbase of the M70 was to be 8ft, or 5in longer than that of the Europa which it would replace.It was also destined to be a much wider car than the Europa, though it was always intended to feature a steel backbone chassis-frame. Apart from the unlockable glove box and a small cubbyhole on the central armrest there is scarcely any stowage space in the passenger compartment, though flat objects may be squeezed behind the seats.The Esprit’s ride is generally impressive, for major road surface irregularities are ironed out smoothly; only the occasional deep rut causes jarring. Hydraulics are twin circuit, without a servo.Elite drive shafts and hubs are used, with the exception that the studding is different, to suit the Wolfrace GKN wheels. Steering is by rack and pinion and unassisted in view of the lightly loaded front end.

For us, the term hypercar basically means the top tier of supercars. 72000 miles. That for the rear compartment is a small T-handle in the offside door shut. Equivalent dimensions planned for the M70 – which did not have a name at this stage – were 8ft and 4ft 11.5in, respectively, so it was not surprising that the chassis supplied to Italy, thus lengthened and widened, was not Lotus’ final word on the subject. Since the Type 907 engine pushed out 140lb.ft of torque, even in 2-litre form – and the highest figure reached by the ‘Big-Valve’ Lotus-Ford twin-cams had been 113lb.ft – it was clear that the five-speed transmission from Renault, as used in the Europa Special, would not be strong enough for the job.With the general layout of backbone frame chosen, the engine and transmission design finalized and the front suspension basically being the same as that fitted to the Opel Ascona/Vauxhall Cavalier, the rest of the mechanical design soon slotted into place. The rear suspension is homegrown, with fixed-length half shafts as upper arms, lower links and semi-trailing arms. The wedge-shaped fibreglass body was mounted on a steel backbone chassis. Exhaust gases wafted into the car in traffic takes a long time to waft out again, and usually it is advisable to open a window in such circumstances.For nearly £8000 you’d expect peace and quiet and that any intruding noise would at least be a nice noise: the Esprit is disappointing in this respect. Yet drive it into a corner, flick the wheel and the car responds quickly.

Switches have fibre-optic illumination at night except for the heat/vent sliders which additionally are awkward to find behind the steering wheel and difficult to operate.

The car fetched £111,500 GBP.This Lotus Esprit is one of two complete, fully functioning cars that were used for the driving scenes in the motion picture ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, starring Roger Moore as secret agent James Bond, ‘007’. Looked at through that filter, the Esprit appears difficult to live with and that hardly allows for it not having the minimal level of ventilation we expect from every car we test.But at this point the importance of the square-cut criterion dims, because, Lord, is the Esprit fun. Having driven only the prototype, we should not talk in detail about impressions of the Esprit, except to say that regardless of inevitable noisiness in a machine still in the early stages of development, it clearly has the makings of one of the very best Lotuses there has ever been – very fast, very safe, and very great fun. Lotus claim that the engine, a zestful unit spoiled only by too much harshness caused partly by an inadequately stiff crankcase, has been refined ‘by the experience gained from over 15,000 units’. By fitting the spring damper units with clips which hold them in the normal laden weight length during assembly of the suspension, ride height and attitude is fixed correctly when the inboard bushes are tightened, thus providing a small but – Lotus say – useful effect on these two variables.The rear brakes, also disc, are inboard, relieving the suspension of any brake twist effects. We’ll be the first to admit that taken in total there are many cars on the road that are more practical than the Esprit, but there are few that are as much fun.Regular tech executive by day, car nut by night.

Strident horns are fitted; a single wiper lacks an intermittent facility but has two speeds, the faster being usefully so. Now, a newer and even sportier supercar makers are getting involved. However, we hope that development will make it quieter at certain speeds, and easier to see out of.The twin-cam, belt-driven Lotus engine is very efficient, for from its 1973cc no less than 160 bhp is extracted at 6200 rpm, and it produces 140 lb ft to torque at 4900 rpm.

. Production is planned to start at 10 per week, with an intended maximum capacity at the Hethel plant of 40 to 45 per week.

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