The auction house H and H expects the 1980 Lotus Esprit "Essex" Turbo with the active suspension to sell for £70,000 to £80,000 ($91,876 to $105,000). Source: H and H ...

For a fuller explanation of the system, and a demonstration of how it compared to a standard, steel-sprung Esprit Turbo, check out this YouTube review by John Miles, himself a former Lotus Formula ...

The Lotus Esprit Turbo SE produces 264 hp at 6500 rpm—a 36-hp increase over the standard-issue 1990 Esprit Tur­bo. Of course, the SE package adds twelve grand to the sticker, which works out to ...

The last time we test­ed an Esprit Turbo, it propelled itself to 60 mph in 6.4 seconds and tripped the quarter-mile in 14.6 seconds at 95 mph.

It had decidedly become a member of the supercar club's junior league by 1989, however, when the Esprit SE Turbo nowowned by Kingston area resident Ken Morgan rolled out of the Lotus works.