Top Gear show at the Motorfair 1987

The New Lotus Esprit at the 1987 Earls Court Motorfair

The date was the 27th Noverber 1987 and there was some exciting news, Lotus was debuting the new Lotus Esprit Turbo at Earls Court. Unfortunately this coincided with Ferrar's launch of the Ferrari F40 at Earls Court too, still that didn't dampen spirits and the new Esprit proved a popular display with many interested people. Lotus took many deposits for the new Esprit and the car was a great success.

 

Motor Magazine feature on the Motorfair

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