2000 | One-Owner 5,800-Mile Lotus Esprit V8

In the early 1970s, the genesis of the now iconic Lotus Esprit was seeded through a collaboration that brought together Lotus boss Colin Chapman and renowned Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro. This partnership, forged on the foundation of Tony Rudd's proposition to produce a successor to the Europa, envisioned a mid-engine sports car influenced by Giugiaro's Maserati Boomerang concept, birthing a project that would span several decades. By 1975, the first-generation Esprit made its debut at the Paris Motor Show, a testament to four years of determined prototyping and a harbinger of the success the model would soon enjoy.
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After years of pondering and minimal changes to the British firm's inline-four-powered wedge, 1996 saw the arrival of the powerplant the Esprit always deserved. After an exterior refresh and a $7.5 million investment, Lotus Engineering bestowed upon the car a purpose-built 3.5-liter V8 with twin turbochargers to boot. At long last, the Esprit could finally deliver the performance its low-slung, road-hugging styling always beguiled, now boasting 100 horsepower per liter of displacement. Incorporating the innovative V8 catapulted the Esprit into the supercar class of its time, wrapping up everything to be loved about its contemporaries and placing them neatly onto the nimble Lotus chassis, all for a fraction of the price of a Ferrari or Lamborghini. 
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This 2000 Lotus Esprit V8 is finished in black over a striking red leather interior, and has been cared for by one owner since new, now showing only 5,800 miles on the odometer. Always garaged or kept in climate controlled storage, the car represents the pinnacle of driving pleasure in pure Lotus form. Attractively optioned with both factory available upgrades, a glass roof panel in addition to the standard metal, as well as desirable magnesium wheels. Regularly dealer-serviced, this Esprit V8 is now offered with a window sticker, original purchase documentation, a clean Carfax report, and a clean title. 

 

This Lotus was originally sold by Fox Valley Motorcars of Chicago, Illinois, and has spent time with one owner in Illinois and Indiana before the selling dealer's acquisition. 

 

This vehicle shows wear consistent with its age and low mileage according to a third-party Inspection Report. Please review the entire document by clicking "Inspection Report" above.