2013 Esprit will get 570hp in-house made V8?

[GTRene]

Lotus Will Build In-House V8 for next Esprit

story said:

When the 2013 Lotus Esprit is unveiled, it'll be powered by an in-house 4.8-liter V8 with over 500hp.


While it's been no secret that Lotus would very much like to build their own V8 engine for the upcoming 2013 Esprit, we hadn't heard anything official to confirm this would actually happen. Until now. Lotus officials have revealed to the guys over at Autoblog that they're working on their own in-house 4.8-liter V8. In addition to powering the mid-engined Esprit, it'll also give life to upcoming front-engine Elite and Eterne. Lotus has also confirmed that output for the base 4.8-liter will be 570hp.

Nov 22, 2011



An even more powerful version that won't use turbos will produce some 620hp. Lotus CEO Dany Bahar has previously stated that building a V8 should be a priority instead of outsourcing one from another automaker, such as Toyota. He also rightly claimed if his company wants to progress as builder of modern supercars, then it would be essential to build engines of their own.First revealed at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, the Esprit concept was well received and is considered by Lotus to be the key to their revival. The production version's styling won't likely differ much from that of the concept, but we'll have to wait another year for its official premier.

Photos displayed are of the 2010 Lotus Esprit Concept.





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[Hedgerley]

Carbuzz seems to be a little behind the curve. This is 'old' news now and in fact Lotus have already documented the firing up of the engine back in August with the release of a short video in September -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

The first test mules hit the road mid-November.

[GTRene]

hope it will be a good, reliable and strong engine.

[Oilchange]

The engine will be fine, the gearbox however, needs to be bullet proof.

[Dodgey_Rog]

I can't wait for the noise, a proper V8 at last!!

[GTRene]

Oilchange said:

The engine will be fine, the gearbox however, needs to be bullet proof.

ow, you mean with the old V8 Esprits there were many problems specially when you gave them more boost
then indeed they have to make it bulletproof, they have to when they also make a 620hp engine...
hope they come up with new idea's maybe they learned from F1 cars...
now you mentioned it...not have read anything about a gearbox yet.

[Thorburn]

GTRene said:

ow, you mean with the old V8 Esprits there were many problems specially when you gave them more boost
then indeed they have to make it bulletproof, they have to when they also make a 620hp engine...
hope they come up with new idea's maybe they learned from F1 cars...
now you mentioned it...not have read anything about a gearbox yet.

Plenty options out there for gearboxes.

[marshalla]

Thorburn said:

Plenty options out there for gearboxes.

Fewer if they go with Bahar's announced option : http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011/06/lotus-e...

[Thorburn]

marshalla said:

Fewer if they go with Bahar's announced option : http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011/06/lotus-e...

Sorry, meant manufacturers

[GTRene]

said:

“We’d like to do a manual and a dual-clutch transmission for the Esprit,”

thats good news, you have a choice in those.
when they choose for the dual-clutch system I hope it is not that refined as in the VW DSG transmission, it is so seamless that you almost don't feel a thing, that is good for the car etc but spoils a bit the raw feeling.
then I would like to see a option were you feel the shifts a bit better, not to smooth.