Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 14th October from 12pm
Auction: Wed 15th October from 9am
Location: St John’s Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
1989 Lotus Esprit ‘X180’ 2.2 Litre
Entered from the Cambrian Collection
Estimate
£15,000 – £20,000
Registration No: LIL 9747
Chassis No: SCC085912JHD13308
MOT: T.B.A.
Just two former keepers and 31,000 recorded miles
1 of just 290 normally aspirated Lotus Esprit (X180) cars understood to have been made from October 1987- September 1990
Repainted Imperial Blue and re-trimmed with Cream leather since joining the Cambrian Collection
Due to be freshly MOT tested ahead of the auction
Desirable and collectable modern Lotus
Revamped for 1987, the Esprit was restyled by Peter Stevens (later of McLaren F1 fame) who gave the model a more rounded, softer look, coincident with which Lotus introduced a new, more automated body manufacture process called VARI (Vacuum Assisted Resin Injection). Complete with Kevlar reinforcement to the roof and sides, this made the new model (codenamed X180) twenty-two percent stiffer than its predecessor. Underneath little had changed, the two-seater being based on a galvanised steel backbone chassis powered by the company’s four-cylinder 2174cc engine that offered 172bhp in normally aspirated form. The unit was mated to a five-speed manual gearbox. Suspension was fully independent by wishbones and coil springs at the front and unequal length transverse links, radius arms and coil springs at the rear. Braking was by discs all round and steering by rack and pinion. The normally aspirated cars could be readily distinguished from the Turbo examples by the lack of a glass shield between the flying buttresses. The manufacturer’s quoted performance figures were in line with expectations, 0-60mph coming up in 6.5 seconds and 138mph being achievable flat out.
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