Usually you can't buy a car with experimental racing technology, but this pre-production 1980 Lotus Esprit 'Essex' Turbo isn't your typical road car. It began life as a pre-production model loaned ...

In the end there wasn't much about the Esprit that I didn't like. It goes and stops as quickly as nearly anything in its exotic class while pulling eyeballs like nothing south of a Ferrari or ...

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 1988 Esprit Turbo, in fact, is one of the quickest cars in the U.S. of any kind. Consider a few comparisons. The V-8-powered Mustang GT accelerates from 0 to 60 in 6.3 seconds.

Called the Essex Turbo Esprit, the limited-run performance model would not only mark the company’s partnership with the short-lived oil firm but also herald the end of Series 2 production.