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Wanted by Colin Chapman, it's Lotus' new supercar, whose story begins with some difficulties and then it becomes an icon for this English brand.<\/p>\n

Lotus' chairman, Colin Chapman<\/strong>, asks Italdesign to design a new supercar <\/strong>and wants to see a 1:4 scale model as soon as possible. The tests in the wind gallery mark a cx of 0,34 and Chapman<\/strong>, disappointed by the results, stops the project<\/strong> but Italdesign decides anyway to going on with it until the creation of a 1:1 model, presented at the Turin Motor Show in 1972.<\/p>\n

Chapman<\/strong>, fascinated by this model decides to go on with the project.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Esprit, designed with a new technology for plastic materials<\/strong>, was produced since 1975 in 1700 units. The Esprit's style recalls the Boomerang<\/strong>, whose lines are smothered. The windscreen, raked at 18°, bold for that time, even though very similar to Manta's and Boomerang's one.<\/p>\n

Only the Esprit mass-production proves that a solution considered futuristic by glass producers is, on the contrary, possible.<\/p>\n

Trivia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lotus Esprit S1 is James Bond's car<\/strong> in 007 The Spy Who Loved Me (Lewis Gilbert, GB 1977); Roger Moore drives also a submarine version of the Esprit. The car appears also on the following episode of the saga: For Your Eyes Only <\/em>(John Glen, 1981), but only in few scenes. The anti-theft system blows it up quite soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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