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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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Has come along way since Roger Moore's 2.0L turbo.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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Has come along way since Roger Moore's 2.0L turbo.
No, still a long way to go, that one is amphibious and capable of firing rockets
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Gojirra99
No, still a long way to go, that one is amphibious and capable of firing rockets
Probably has a better security system as well.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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Nice
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by rsantiago
Here's a question for Toyota fans here in Clublexus why can't just Toyota buy a stake of Lotus and use all their engineering expertise in making a better handling car. If I was the CEO of Toyota I would buy the whole Lotus company in a heartbeat.
Well they used to own a bit of it. I've always said that they need to tell proton to go to hell and get their stake back.

Originally Posted by Och
Wow, LF-A engines? The boys at Lotus seem to like Toyota's engine, I wonder if they had any role in designing the LF-A as well.
Back when the LFA was deem in development, they reportedly helped to work on the front aluminum crash structure and some suspension tuning. Not sure how accurate that information is.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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Lotus had no hand in the LFA
Toyota will sell Lotus "Toyota engines", not Lexus ones. That is why the Evora gets the 3.5 without direct injection.... Lotus has worked on their own forced induction system for the Evora..

Will this change? Who knows...
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Old Nov 13, 2009 | 12:00 AM
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Very nice design!

Peter Stevens would be proud of what this new Esprit becomes if the production model looks like what's shown in the picture.

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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SLegacy99
Probably has a better security system as well.
It has the best security system, it has the self destruct option that blows the car up when someone touches it. I still remember having the Bond white Lotus Espirit hot wheels car as a child with the big British flag painted on the hood, I actually still have it in the attic.
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