✨ Lotus Esprit Series 1 reimagined with 400bhp V8
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New £430k “remastering” from Chelmsford-based Encor improves on 1970s original “in almost every way”
The Lotus Esprit Series 1 has been reimagined with a redesigned carbonfibre body and a new V8 powertrain by a start-up consisting of former Hethel staff, almost 40 years after the sports car went
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New £430k “remastering” from Chelmsford-based Encor improves on 1970s original “in almost every way”
The Lotus Esprit Series 1 has been reimagined with a redesigned carbonfibre body and a new V8 powertrain by a start-up consisting of former Hethel staff, almost 40 years after the sports car went off sale.
The new Series 1 has been created by Chelmsford-based Encor, which plans to make 50 examples priced from around £430,000.
Chief engineer Will Ives said the brief was to “refine” the classic analogue driving experience that made the Series 1 Esprit so popular in the 1970s and then pair it with modern technology to make it more usable today. He added that the car had been “improved in almost every way”.
According to Ives, the team “wanted to respect the original but not be handcuffed by it”, admitting that “while we love the car, there was just so much opportunity to improve it”.
Although the new Encor Series 1 is a reimagining of the first Esprit, its base is actually the Series 4 V