Lotus wonât replace the Esprit until early 2011, company boss Mike Kimberley has said. The British supercar is being totally redesigned after Lotus put it on the back burner to fast-track the new Lotus Evora.

The highly-rumored new Lotus Esprit was put on hold while the company fast-tracked the new Evora, and won't be showing up until 2011 according to Lotus CEO Mike Kimberly in a recent Autocar report.

Lotus' limited resources were apparently tapped out by the fast-tracking of the new Evora , so the Esprit replacement has been delayed until 2011. According to Autocar , the new Esprit will be based off the same chassis as the Evora, but it will be widened and...

With its 60th anniversary rolling around the corner, Lotus isn't about to coast down the straightaway. After years of relying on Elise derivatives including the Exige, 2-Eleven and Europa the world-renowned gurus of handling are preparing two completely new mo...

Some people just can't be satisfied. As if the Lotus Esprit weren't still one of the hottest-handling cars on the market, back in 1996 the British sportscar firm updated the iconic Bondmobile with an all-new 3.