£16,312 (Est: £20,000 - £25,000)
1980 Lotus Esprit S2
United Kingdom • 18 Mar 2026 • Lot 93
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AI Listing Summary
This 1980 Lotus Esprit S2, one of 1,060 made, sold for £16,312. It runs and drives but needs improvement, having emerged from long-term storage and undergone repairs after a 1999 insurance loss.
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5
The car is described as being in running and driving condition with room for improvement. It recently emerged from long term storage and requires some tuning work. It was also subject to a Category D insurance loss in 1999 and subsequently repaired. There is understood to have been engine work c.2003 and interior work in the late 1990s.
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ECF 77V
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Recently emerged from long term storage PLEASE NOTE: We have not been able to start this lot at the auction venue.
We believe this may be due to an issue with the fuel pump The most successful Formula One team of the 1970s with four World Championships to its credit, that same decade saw Lotus launch a credible rival to the Ferrari 308 and Porsche 911.
Unveiled at the October 1975 Paris Salon, the Esprit was notable as one of Giorgetto Guigiaro’s earliest polygonal designs.
A mid-engined two-seater equipped with all-round independent coil-over suspension, four-wheel disc brakes and rack and pinion steering, the newcomer also featured a recumbent, racing car-esque seating position.
Powered by a 1973cc DOHC four-cylinder engine allied to five-speed manual transmission (housed in a transaxle), the fibreglass-bodied Esprit weighed just 900kg.
Although road testers found it difficult to emulate the factory’s performance figures (0-60mph in 6.8 seconds and 137mph), their praise for the ...
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£9,562
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£23,889
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£47,251
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