The Lotus Esprit was crouched at guard a few feet away from the grille opening, its engine running in long, tired-sounding gasps.

The Lotus Esprit was developed on this track 25 years ago and remains among the world's best-handling grand touring cars.

The last Lotus Esprit rolled off the production line on 20 February 2004, after 28 years in production.

Lotus Esprit: A mid-engined sports car, launched in the early 1970s.

The Lotus Esprit was an example of a 1970s super car, producing high performance from a small engine.

The Lotus Esprit is a mid-engine exotic that dates from 1975.

In this world, cars are alive, and when a Lotus Esprit kills another car, its prey, a piece of metal gets stuck in it.

This gamble paid off as the sales of the Lotus Esprit tripled during 1990-91.

Sales of the Lotus Esprit tripled during 1990 and 1991.

The backbone chassis is very similar to that of the Lotus Esprit.