Lotus Esprit Essex Turbo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nLotus Esprit Essex Turbo<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Though the Lotus Esprit Essex Turbo is far from being the most powerful car on this list, it is one of the most iconic turbo cars of the 1980s with it’s unmistakable wedge shape and James Bond beginnings. The car became the first factory turbocharged Esprit in 1980 and featured a turbocharged dry-sump type 910 engine producing 210 hp and 200 lb ft of torque. The Essex cars came fitted with a Giugiaro-designed aerodynamic kit complete with rear lip spoiler, louvered rear hatch, bumpers, deeper front airdam and air ducts in the sills just ahead of the rear wheels. Only 45 of the Essex cars were built, and a copper-colored Esprit was featured in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSpecifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nPeak Power:<\/strong> 210 hp @ 6250 rpm
Peak Torque:<\/strong> 200 lb-ft @ 4,500 rpm
Curb Weight:<\/strong> 3,052 lb
0-60 mph:<\/strong> 5.4 sec.
Top Speed:<\/strong> 153 mph<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 1980s are often referred to as the dark ages for many car manufacturers. Rising oil prices, a Cold War, and questionable taste in music paved the way for anemic, oddly-shaped utilitarian cars, known more for their shortcomings than for their performance. But we must not forget that the 1980s also produced, as a result of Group B racing regulations, some of the most amazing supercars ever created. Group B called for few restrictions on technology and design, allowing manufacturers […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blownvsturbo.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}