This 1997 Lotus Esprit twin-turbo V8 was built just five years before the model's demise and could be considered the ultimate ...

Produced from 1975 to 1978, the Series 1 Esprit was powered by the two-liter 16-valve, DOHC, 160-hp 907 engine. Lotus made 894 of them.

James Bond made it famous when he drove a white Lotus Esprit straight into the ocean, turning it into a nifty, wedge-shaped submarine complete with fins and propellers. What Agent 007 didn't tell ...

But, in 1996, Lotus would unleash the best iteration of the Esprit – the Esprit V8. Today, we have a beautiful V8 Esprit from 2004, which means it’s a Final Edition special.

The era of the Lotus V8 was brief, compared to the 20-year run that the Esprit had as a four-cylinder sports car. Lotus made 1,237 examples of the Esprit V8 from 1996 through 2004.