The Esprit, especially the S1, embodies Lotus Cars' ethos of prioritizing lightweight vehicles geared towards performance. No matter what the budget, there's a '90s sports car on the used market ...

Car enthusiasts who came of age in the ’80s or ’90s regard Lotus as a bonafide manufacturer ... This was not accidental, nor was that always the case, and the Esprit is almost singlehandedly ...