Just watched the same video (about the Evija) :D

minatormyth it must have been one of your life’s favourite moments, cool!

The fact that those cars were designed with that feature made it vastly appealing to the nostalgia sports car enthusiast. It had a subtle charm and a very 90's appeal to the body styling. Something the more modern cars today lack. In regards to the Corvette I'll gladly take a C5 over the C6 or C7 any day..

+Vucky abx I just looked it up, looks pretty cool. But it's technically not a real car, it's basically a kit car for rich guys. It's built off a Lamborghini Huracan and they're only gonna make 5-15 total. www.motor1.com/news/233249/ares-project-panther-first-look/

@@vuckyabx a design concept is NOT a car you dumb fuck. It's a design concept. Hope this helps..

@@Ruddyscheeseemporium 2004

Nope it was 02 or did the video description escape your notice.

Let's not forget the Trans Am too! 2002 was it's last year!

They likely didn’t because I don’t think C5 Corvettes were offered in the UK

They didn't mention it because they hate those generations of American cars and don't wanna give them any light lol.

It seems the Lotus is the only 70's British icon that didn't touch children.

Don't be a prude. Ol' Jimmy is as British as tea, scones and sodomy.

I’d shag him

Looked in the comments to see if the community fixed the gear box, nice!

Good to know. I knew there are smart people out there. Thanks.

What kind of forums do you find this information?

Judge Dredd so what you're saying is, all you have to do is buy a 15+ year old car for 45,000+ dollars and then rebuild the transmission and reduce the horsepower/remove the turbos Doesn't sound like much of a deal...

This is typical of 'pub talk, and internet keyboard engineers' who hear of a few peoples misfortunes and they then label everything from then on as faulty. If the Renault box is as fragile as the internet fraternity think then why did it not spit gears out over the road when Clarkson was hammering the hell out of it around the track or doing burnouts at takeoff? I have more than first hand experience with the Renault box, first having one in my Esprit SE that has never failed me, on the road or track, and second I have a 5700cc V8 with more than standard horsepower and torque connected onto another. I have a few friends with the Renault boxes, unmodified, in GT40 replicas with Chevys and Ford V8s on them and they dont break either. Clarkson is not a design engineer of gearboxes - hes employed to hold the attention of the audience and sometimes I question if he even knows where to check the oil on a gearbox, neither are most of the keyboard warriors on the internet. So before people start writing off something because of what they perceive where it comes from, think again. Then of course there is that 'internet fable' about why people think the engine was 'detuned' to 350 hp. Well it wasnt detuned. It can be easily tuned up, it was not tuned down. The fact is a marketing one. You wouldnt go putting out more power than the next new model will have now would you. 350hp is more than plenty to power this car into supercar status. The gearbox also is not a standard Renault 25, but the Esprit V8 has an upgraded version already installed in it. This is mainly in the form of bearings and lubrication, but still runs the 2-piece input shaft. Granted there is a minor weak spot in the gearboxes, the mainshaft where the 5th gear is only supported by a bearing on one side, what happens is the 5th gear breaks at this point because it is necked down - upgraded aftermarket shafts have a larger diameter here and the 2-piece shaft is also made as a 1-piece shaft, removing the need for the sleeve to join the input shafts together. The uprated input shafts are larger all around - I know that too as I have on on my work bench for a huge torquemyster V8 engine, and I wanted revised ratios. I bet there would only be 1 other person in this whole thread who owns or has owned an Esprit of this type - the rest can go back to their Hondas - coz thats all they can afford - let alone even ever seeing one for real.

Good luck! I was lucky enough to get one. I have a Silver 99 Esprit V8 in the SW Chicago suburbs.

Forza Motorsport 1 actually came out in 2005 my guy

@@dalewasson5919 2005 I stand corrected been a long time

Is that apart from the mid 80s ferrari 288 GTO and F40?

minatormyth 2 litre ferrari 208.

McLaren?

@@labarone8910 McLaren p1. I think it's a 3.8 engine with over 900bhp

You have to remember, while this is true, these cars werent sold in the UK at the time.

Plus no one gives a fuck cos they're shit lmao

@@Ruddyscheeseemporium Lol ok i guess you like your cars to not run 20 years later

@@SoI_Badguy 🙄no car would run 20 years later unless it's been maintained regularly.

Pity about the simean in the driver's seat really.

blobvision I would kill a puppy for one of these...

blobvision got one and unless fall on hard times won’t sell, she’s one of two chrome metallic orange V8GT in the country you will find it on lotus esprit world owners if you can get one get one as they are now going up fast

wayne owen I agree I have a 94s4 calypso red , and I will never get rid of it

Эxodus fuck me I want this car so bad....!

We all have precognition dreams, but forget them when we awake. If you practice dream recall techniques, you will discover this yourself.

Not relevant in that country.

c5's didn't exist in 96. 97 was their first year and they ran until 2003

I swore they were going to say "Corvette".

gedaman the vetted is trashy and tastless. This is a work of art and engineering.

I beg to differ mate. The Vette is brash and loud, but it definitely deserves respect. The SAE thought so and gave the Corvette engineers an award for the chassis back in 1997 or 1998.

And was the last car to

michael575538 was it available in the UK? Then stfu..

@@colinjohnston8519 they didnt specify to it only be the uk dumbass. Even if its not relevant to their country they didnt say shit about that.

@@cudaman7175 you're the fucking dumbass replying to a 9 MONTH old comemt you stupid fuck. Top gear is a UK show. It didn't go out anywhere else in 2002, so why would they mention cars NOT available in the UK????? "The only car you can buy with pop up headlights (talking to a UK audience)". How the fuck is that hard for you to understand you fucking spastic?? BTW trams ams are shit. Of course he didn't mention them.

@@colinjohnston8519 lol did i strike a nerve you commie? "Trams ams are shit" lol youre so mad you cant even spell? And lying? Lol im out. (Btw the age of a comment is irrelevant to how stupid it was but i didnt expect you to know that, have fun being so upstuck)

@@cudaman7175 always on the ball eh? 3 weeks later. I've no idea what your in about. Commie?? Cos American cars are shit?? Hahaha ok little dude. You are clearly a genius. Now fuck off. Cheers.

Steven Lopez but no one is going to import it because because, it's expensive to import due to taxes, lhd and the Esprit is better

Steven Lopez yes but he said the only car you can buy today. But it was only broadcast in the UK so for that audience it was the only car they could buy new from a dealer IN the uk with pop up lights.

No he didn't. It's a uk show and the c5 is American. Also he hated the c4 and even shot one up with a gunship, but he loved the c6 z1 and even said he'd buy one if it was right hand drive so wrong on both counts..

Yeah, but this video was made 14 years later. Btw, my '94 FD has them as well. :-)

what a nice Game, everytime again!

Zippy you tell us? He existed did he not? Do you want us to re write history for you?

Colin...him existing isn't exactly justification for including him in your video intro is it? It's in poor taste to say the least, and such intros can easily be changed (most youtubers update theirs every so often anyways!)

not after 2002.

Adajio for Strings - Samuel Barber. (Also used for the closing scenes of The Elephant Man)

dave glover thanks

Colin Johnston up yours mate

Jazzrengue they can buts probably cheaper to outsource to getrag or someone like that

This is 100% untrue

It's cause of the crank shaft - it's a flat plane crank instead of the V-plane one you get in muscle cars. A shame really but then it does make it faster.

AliAdean Not even. Look up straight pipe Esprit. Sounds like a turbo Corvette

Lack of bass to the tone

That's because of the displacement. 3.5 liters (0.4375cc per cylinder) is difficult to get to sound bottom-heavy. Still, it sounds better than any contemporary Ferrari.

No it's because of the firing order of the pistons.. It's an even firing order, where muscle v8 engines typically have uneven firing order which makes the rumble and deep tone. The even firing order is what "sings" like in a ferrari v8

He said 266hp per ton