A little British company called Encor is marking the 50-year anniversary of the Lotus Esprit’s spectacular debut at the 1975 Paris Motor Show with a new restomod, essentially a ground-up redo of the ...
Although James Bond is most associated with legendary Aston Martins like the DB5, the Vanquish V12 and the Vantage V8, those aren’t the only British vehicles to have graced the silver screen on his ...
What in the name of Wet Nellie… Meet the Encor Series 1, a full-blown modernisation – not to mention complete improvement – over the original Lotus Esprit S1 V8, the model that starred as the aqua-car ...
British start-up Encor Design has revealed teaser images of its imagined Lotus’ legendary Esprit, a restomod that uses the same chassis as the original two-seater but also features a rebuilt engine ...
Half a century ago, Giorgetto Giugiaro's wedge-shaped Lotus Esprit made its public debut and quickly became a British sports car icon. Today, this icon is reborn as a stunning, limited-edition ...
The enduring wedge that Lotus calls the Esprit is being reborn in the form of a ground-up remastering. More than your typical restomod, the Encor Series 1 costs a staggering £430,000 before taxes, ...
The Lotus Esprit is 50, and a British company plans to build the ultimate version of it. Called the Encor Series 1, this restomod will blend the wedge-tastic design of the original car with the V-8 ...
In recent years, the automotive restomod scene has picked up serious steam. From Alfa Romeos to Porsches, it seems like there is always a company (or sometimes, several) that will take your classic ...
The Esprit remained in production all the way through to 1996, with each successive generation slightly softening the sharp edges of the Giugiaro original (the last model, the Series 4 from 1994, was ...