On the 18th August, on time and as planned Lotus fired up the all new V8 engine which is to be the heart of the new era range of cars, starting with the Esprit in late 2013. The engine, designed in-house by Chief Technical Officer Wolf Zimmermann has so far 'exceed all expectations' in terms of power output, redline and other factors which is quite something seeing as the unit was expected to produce 590ps and 9,200rpm from our initial briefings. The team worked incredibly hard to keep on schedule on such an important and complex project, actually meeting their … [Read more...]
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