Lotus Esprit
Registered from 1996 to 2009.
About this model
The Lotus Esprit is a sports car built by Lotus Cars from 1976 to 2004 at their Hethel, England factory. It has a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. Together with the Lotus Elise / Exige, it is one of Lotus' most long-lived models.
From the Wikipedia article Lotus Esprit, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2003 | 1380 kg · 2440 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2002 | 1380 kg · 2440 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2001 | 1380 kg · 2440 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway |
| 1997 | 1380 kg · 2440 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Lotus filed one bulletin about the 2004 Esprit.
- Equipment: 1
- Air conditioning compressors failing due to oil starvation. TSB reminds dealers of correct replacement and running-in procedures. · October 2020
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.