Vehicle History & Overview

Per the included clean Carfax report, this Esprit V8 was sold to its first New Jersey-based owner in May 1998 and was registered in Pennsylvania beginning in December 2005. Per the selling dealer, the second reported owner was the original owner's uncle, who was gifted the car in July 2011 and kept it registered in Massachusetts. The selling dealer purchased this Esprit in February 2022 and had over $10,000 in servicing completed shortly thereafter, as detailed below. Service records since 2017, owner’s manuals, a factory toolkit, and three keys are included.

The Lotus Esprit was first launched in October 1975, with production beginning June 1976. Wedge-shaped bodywork by famed Italian designer Giugiaro was laid over a steel backbone chassis. Several design updates took place over the next two decades, with the Esprit V8 featured here being the last of the model and launched in 1996. A Lotus-designed twin-turbocharged 3.5L flat-plane-crank V8 engine was modestly tuned to produce 350 horsepower. Chassis, suspension, and braking updates all combined with the new engine to bring the Esprit up to nearly supercar levels of performance. Series production of the Esprit ended in 2004.

Equipment

• Model-specific bodywork and wheels

• Retractable headlights

• Tilt metal sunroof

• Interior trimmed in leather with contrasting red accents

• Alpine AM/FM/CD stereo with Alpine speakers

• Twin-turbocharged 3.5L V8 engine

• 5-Speed manual transmission

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Servicing & Documentation

• In 2022, the selling dealer commissioned Leading Edge Autosport of West Chester, Pennsylvania to perform the following services, totaling $10,695, as detailed in the images below.

• Additionally, the seller has included service and parts receipts since 2017 totaling more than $15,000, as shown in the attached documents below.

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Imperfections

• The selling dealer reports a few chips in the paint and front windshield, which are reportedly small and do not show up easily in photos

• Paint protection film is cracked and faded in some places

• The selling dealer states that the wheels show minor curb rash, as shown in the gallery below, with close-ups of all wheels in the main gallery

• Passenger door is missing piece of interior trim

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Included Items

• Service records since 2017

• Owner's manuals

• Factory tool-kit

• Three keys

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Additional Information

The seller has provided a cold-start and road-test video that can be seen below.

Videos

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