ars in 2004
The final Lotus Esprit came off the production line in
February 2004,
following
the announcement in January 2003 that the Run Out Program
would recult in end of the line for the Esprit
After a production run of something
like 11,000 cars across all models, the final Esprit to roll
off the production line at the Lotus factory in Hethel, was
a saffron yellow
3.5-litre twin-turbo V8
The photos here are my own, taken during a visit to the
factory in 2004
These are the Esprit final production figures, in all
variants - a total of 5,976 Giugiaro
Esprits, across the S1, S2, S2 JPS, S2.2 Turbo
Esprit, Essex Turbo Esprit, S3 and Turbo Esprit HC - and a total of 1,571 Esprit V8s acros the
Esprit V8, V8 GT, V8 SE, Sport 350 and V8 "02" Final Edition
Model / Variant | Engine | Type No. | Prod Years | Build Quantity |
Esprit S1 | Lotus 907 4 cyl. 2.0 litre n/a | 79 | 1976 - 1978 | 718 |
Esprit S2 | Lotus 907 4 cyl. 2.0 litre n/a | 79 | 1978 - 1980 | 1060 |
Esprit S2 "JPS" | Lotus 907 4 cyl. 2.0 litre n/a | 79 | 1978 - 1979 | 147 (a) |
Esprit S2.2 | Lotus 912 4 cyl. 2.2 litre n/a | 79 | 1980 - 1981 | 88 |
Turbo Esprit | Lotus 910 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1980 - 1987 | 2274 |
Essex Turbo Esprit | Lotus 910 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1980 | 45 (b) |
Esprit S3 | Lotus 912 4 cyl. 2.2 litre n/a | 85 | 1981 - 1987 | 763 |
Turbo Esprit HCPI |
Lotus 910 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1985 - 1988* | 881 |
Esprit N/A (X180) | Lotus 912 4 cyl. 2.2 litre n/a | 85 | 1987 - 1990 | 290 |
Esprit Turbo (X180) | Lotus 910 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1987 - 1991 | 252 |
Esprit Turbo 40th Ann | Lotus 910 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1988 | 40 |
Esprit SE | Lotus 910s 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1989 - 1993 | 1608 |
Esprit Turbo (SCCA) | Lotus 910s 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 105 | 1990 - 1991 | 5 |
Esprit Turbo X180R | Lotus 910s 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 106 | 1991 | 22 |
Esprit S300 | Lotus 910s 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1992 - 1995 | 64 |
Esprit S4 | Lotus 910s 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1992 - 1996** | 625 |
Esprit S4s | Lotus 910s 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 82 | 1994 - 1997*** | 367 |
Esprit GT1 | Lotus 910s 4 cyl. 2.2 litre Turbo | 114 | 1995 - 1996 | 3 |
Esprit GT3 | Lotus 920 4 cyl. 2.0 litre Turbo | 82 | 1996 - 1999 | 196 |
Esprit V8 | Lotus 918 V8 3.5 litre Twin Turbo | 82 | 1996 - 2004 | 1231 |
Esprit V8 GT | Lotus 918 V8 3.5 litre Twin Turbo | 82 | 1997 - 2001 | 204 |
Esprit V8 SE | Lotus 918 V8 3.5 litre Twin Turbo | 82 | 1998 - 2003 | Inc in V8 |
Esprit S350 | Lotus 918 V8 3.5 litre Twin Turbo | 82 | 1999 - 2001 | 54 |
Esprit V8 "02" | Lotus 918 V8 3.5 litre Twin Turbo | 82 | 2002 - 2004 | 82 |
End Of Line for
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