#esprit turbo

[nsdclassic]

Lotus Esprit Turbo x2

#lotus #esprit turbo #esprit #rsf

[untouchvbles]

Lotus Evora at Waukesha Cars & Coffee (2023) - Meet 1 in Waukesha, WI.  

#stance #stanced #lotus #elise #seven #elan #cortina #europa #eclat #excel #esprit #europa s #exige #evora #evija #emira #eletre #esprit turbo #esprit v8 #elise 111s #elise s #elise 111r #exige s #evora gt #evora gte #evora s #evora 400 #evora 430 gt #evora 410 #exige cup

[crownmoto]

#lotus esprit #esprit turbo #sfbayarea #skylondamotorclub

[dduane]

it may interest you to know that because I continually forget on my SYWTBAW rereads and have to look up what, exactly, a Lotus Esprit looks like so many times, my Google homepage now always includes at least one article and/or sale of some kind of Lotus. It's been months. (And some of the offers have wormed their way into my very long term 'for future consideration' bucket...)

It's interesting to note that the classic 1983 model has routinely had a pretty good rep as an admittedly high-performance used car. Prices naturally vary, depending on where you're sourcing one and what kind of shape it's in. But you can plainly get pretty nice ones without breaking the bank (in sports car-money terms anyway).

The thought "Wouldn't it be cool to have one of those?" has crossed my mind more than once. But this far along in my life, I very much doubt just getting/having one could match the sheer open-mouthed rush of falling-in-love-with-hardware I first experienced on passing the Lotus showroom in Manhattan, seeing the Esprit in the window there, and realizing exactly what the sentient, predatory sports car in So You Want To Be A Wizard needed to look like.

It was a just-in-time addition, as the book was in copyedit at that point. I'd been groping around for something to fill in for the visual experience of falling down in front of a sports car that, when you sit up, appears to be smiiiiiiling at you. This happened to me with David Gerrold's Corvette, one time. But I knew that for SYW... I really needed something less, well, commonplace. And then the Lotus turned up right under my nose (around 5th and 30th or thereabouts, IIRC), and that was that.

Every now and then, one crosses my path in London, or here. Never fails to make me smile.

#Young Wizards meta #Lotus Turbo Esprit

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Lotus #Essex #Turbo #Esprit #cars

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Lotus Esprit Turbo SE "Jim Clark Edition," 1991. A special edition to commemorate the mid-engined Lotus 38 that won the 1965 Indy 500 driven by Scotsman Jim Clark. Twenty cars were made, finished in British Racing Green with gold trim and an interior trimmed in gold Connolly leather with green piping.

#Jim Clark Edition #Lotus #Lotus Esprit #Lotus Esprit Turbo SE #1991 #special edition #limited edition #tribute car #mid-engined #1990s

[radracer]

Lotus Esprit Turbo

#Lotus Esprit Turbo #exotics #80s sports car #90s sports cars #fitment #static #pop ups #modified #stance #tuning #retro rides #tuner #slammed #street #imports #lowered #euro

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

#UK1987 #DURELL #ACTION #RACING #SPECTRUM #C64 #AMSTRAD #DEEP STRIKE #SIGMA 7 #THANATOS #SABOTEUR II AVENGING ANGEL #COMBAT LYNX #CRITICAL MASS #SABOTEUR! #TURBO ESPRIT #FAT WORM BLOWS A SPARKY #JUNGLE TROUBLE #SCUBA DIVE #HARRIER ATTACK! #DURELL BIG 4 #DURELL BIG 4 VOL. II #DURELL SPECTRUM 4

[en-wheelz-me]

#lotus #lotus esprit #turbo #car #cars #classic #classic supercar

[shujinacademyvgmclub]

Get ready! There's an all new episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club and we're checking out Barry Leitch's work on the Lotus and Top Gear games! It's the most Amiga music I've ever played on one episode, and some great SNES stuff too! Listen now or get left in the dust!

#video game music #vgm #game music #classic video games #game soundtrack #classic gaming #vgm podcast #top gear #top racer #lotus turbo challenge #lotus esprit turbo challenge #lotus turbo challenge 2 #lotus turbo challenge ii #barry leitch #amiga #amiga music #snes #super nintendo #snes music #super nintendo music

[blackros78]

1980 Lotus Essex Turbo Esprit

#lotus esprit #lotus essex turbo esprit #1980s #vintage cars #sports cars #vintage sports cars #1980

[trstmeimaliar]

88 Lotus Esprit Turbo

#coupe #lotus #car #esprit #turbo

[untouchvbles]

Lotus Evora at Waukesha Cars & Coffee (2023) - Meet 1 in Waukesha, WI.  

#stance #stanced #lotus #elise #seven #elan #cortina #europa #eclat #excel #esprit #europa s #exige #evora #evija #emira #eletre #esprit turbo #esprit v8 #elise 111s #elise s #elise 111r #exige s #evora gt #evora gte #evora s #evora 400 #evora 430gt #evora 410 #exige cup

[illuminated-fox]

Lotus Esprit S4 2.2 Turbo

#coupe #lotus #car #esprit #turbo

[dduane]

I'm desperately trying to look for the specific model of Lotus that you referenced in the first of the Young Wizard series. I've been wanting to draw a storyboard for a long while for it and for some reason Google is useless.

It's this one: the Lotus Turbo Esprit. Lovely, lovely thing that it was...

(Sorry, the YouTube video seems to have failed to insert correctly. But check it out:  https://youtu.be/CQnOusKNDKs)

...Later in the eighties they softened its lines down. But this is the one that made me stop and stare when I passed by the Lotus showroom in Manhattan in ‘81...

#Lotus #Lotus Turbo Esprit #or #Lotus Esprit Turbo #which is incorrect #but never mind #Young Wizards meta

[retro-games-slovakia]

Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge

A true racing legend! The game that put all other racing games on C64 in pocket. It offers different tracks, the possibility of simultaneous playing of two players, up to three different music during the race, engine sounds, manual transmission, alternative controls and a million other goodies. I'll start with music that is legendary and has been etched in my memory since I first heard it at my friend's Atari ST. In addition, the game is also very nimble and fast on C64. With dashed edges along the track and simple background graphics, the game manages to give the impression of real speed. Moreover, the game is not only on a flat track. Thanks to simple tricks, the authors managed to achieve that the player has the feeling that he is climbing a hill, or, on the contrary, going down a hill. And all this at a relatively high speed. The option of playing with two players adds a new dimension of fun to the game. In addition, the authors incorporated into the game an RPM, speed and fuel indicators and, thanks to the simple system, also an indicator of your position on the track. A simple scale shows how much of the length of the track you have already covered and how much you still have to go. Perfect! You are not alone on the track. In addition to the teammate, there are many other opponents. Their cars are blue, yours are red. You start in 19th place and have to work your way up to the top three. In addition, it is necessary to monitor the fuel that is being used up. There are parking lanes along the road where you can stop and refuel. What got me as a player playing on a gamepad was the possibility of alternative control, where you throttle not with up direction button, but with fire button. This, along with the option of an automatic transmission, raises the playability to a higher level. Simply, this game is top notch in every aspect and I can only recommend it to every racer!

Publisher: Gremlin Graphics, Magnetic Fields Released: 1990 (33 years ago) Controls: Joystick Number of Players: 2 Genre: Racing Rating: - Graphics: 8 / 10 - Music: 10 / 10 - Sound: 9 / 10 - Intro: 10 / 10 - Total: 10 / 10 Review: https://retro-games-slovakia.web.app/show-game/c64-lotus-esprit-turbo-challenge

#retro #games #slovakia #retrogamesslovakia #commodore #c64 #racing #lotus #esprit #turbo #challenge