A special one.

[MetBlue]

Arrived at Rowsley yesterday (LITP) amongst a mass of modern.
All the modern being directed into the field when I hear the marshal shout across to her colleague "Special one?".
"Yes" comes back the answer and I'm routed to the top area.

How ironic when it value is less than a halve of virtually every other car there - and a 10th of many.

What a bargain

Tony

[Alan_M]

Nice one
In some ways it would be nice if they were valued as to how good they are, but I may not now have one if they were.

[Pete Boole]

Didn't realise you at the Top Table there Tony!! Great to meet you and Claire and see your car yesterday

Pete

[DavidOliver]

The Excel (and Elite) is truly a special car, better than an original Esprit!
With a front engine we get a sizeable boot, room for ocasional rear passengers, no noise a foot behind drivers ears, and an easy cam belt change.
Our wedge bonnet accomodates perfectly our slanted engine, why slant an Esprit engine and put it in the boot?
And crash protection?
Not much wrong with the Excel handling, OK an Esprit might be a thrill on track day, I don´t live close to a track.

I ask the readers on this Forum to seriously consider whether the Excel is the Lotus SPECIAL ONE, your opinions please.

Dave the cog.

[Hawaiis0]

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Not much wrong with the Excel handling, OK an Esprit might be a thrill on track day, I don´t live close to a track.
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I had a NA esprit in my rear mirror round Olivers Mount and he couldn't catch me. I'll keep the Excel (Auto too - in manual mode )

[pistolpete]

I think it was only when the Esprit engine was charge cooled that it went faster around the lotus track, so when a lot of extra power over came better handling of the excel

[TrevorK]

They could have been talking about you and not the car, Tony!

[MetBlue]

No chance of that Trevor.

I did initially need to check Morinio hadn't snuck in the back door.
Then I remembered I didn't have back doors . Phew.